**About the Editor**

**Emilio Gomez ´** -**D´eni<sup>z</sup>** (M.S. in Mathematics, M.S. in Economics, and Ph.D. in Economics) is professor of Mathematics at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), where he has taught and conducted research for more than 30 years. He is also member of the Institute of Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development (TIDES). His main lines of research focus on distribution theory, Bayesian statistics, robustness, and Bayesian applications in economics, with emphasis in actuarial statistics, tourism, education, sports, electronic engineering, health economics, etc. He has published more than 150 articles, most of them with JCR impact factor according to Web of Science and his work has been cited more than 1000 times on Google Scholar with an h-index of 16 and an i10 index of 35. He is currently the editor or member of the editorial board of the Spanish Journal of Statistics (SJS), Chilean Journal of Statistics, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Risks, Risk Magazine, and Journal of Financial and Risk Management (Reviewer Board) and Statistical Methodology and Mathematical Reviews in the past. He has also acted and regularly acts as reviewer for more than 100 international journals. His academic leadership is further reflected through collaborative research with more than 50 leading international scientists worldwide. He is the author of many books on mathematics education and research, including "Actuarial Statistics. Theory and Applications", Prentice Hall (in Spanish). He has organized and participated in many international conferences and seminars. In addition, he has visited, as gues<sup>t</sup> researcher and speaker, the University of Melbourne, the University of Kuwait, the University of Cantabria, the University of Antofagasta (Chile), the University of Barcelona, and the University of Granada, among others. In 2008, he was awarded the prestigious IV Julio Castelo Matran´ International Insurance Award, sponsored by the Mapfre Foundation and also recognized by his university for excellence in teaching.
