Vern I. Paulsen held a John and Rebecca Moores Chair in the Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, from 1996 to 2015. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Pure Mathematics at the Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo. He is the author of four books, over 100 research articles, and the winner of several teaching awards.
Mrinal Raghupathi is a Lead Quantitative Risk Analyst at the United Services Automobile Association (USAA). His research involves applications of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, risk analysis, and model validation.