Emmanuel N. Barron, Ph.D., is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Loyola University Chicago. After receiving his B.S. in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics from Northwestern University. While at Northwestern University, he specialized in partial differential equations and differential games. He also held positions as an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech and a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories. Dr. Barron has published over 80 research papers and two books.

John G. DelGreco, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Loyola University Chicago. He holds a B.S. in mathematics from John Carroll University, an M.A. in mathematics from the University of Massachusetts, and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Purdue University. Before joining Loyola's faculty in 1987, Dr. DelGreco worked as a systems analyst for Micro Data Base Systems, Inc., located in Lafayette, Indiana. His research interests include applied graph theory, operations research, network flows, and parallel algorithms.