Mikhail S. Nikulin is Emeritus Professor at the University Victor Segalen, and a member of the Institute of Mathematics at Bordeaux, France. His research and teaching activities concern mathematical statistics and its applications in reliability and survival analysis.
Ekaterina V. Chimitova is Associate Professor at Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russia. Her research and teaching activities concern mathematical statistics and the application of computer simulation techniques for investigation of statistical regularities and data analysis.