John Maindonald is Visiting Fellow at the Mathematical Sciences Institute at the Australian National University. He has collaborated extensively with scientists in a wide range of application areas, from medicine and public health to population genetics, machine learning, economic history, and forensic linguistics.
W. John Braun is Professor in the Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences at the University of Western Ontario. He has collaborated with biostatisticians, biologists, psychologists, and most recently has become involved with a network of forestry researchers.