Biographical note

ANNE-MARIE AUBERT is Research Director in Mathematics at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) at the Institut Mathématiques de Jussieu Paris Rive-Gauche, Paris, France. She is a member of the Comité National de la Recherche Scientifique, and has served on the editorial board of the Bulletin and the Memoirs of the French Mathematical Society. 

MANISH MISHRA is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India. He previously held postdoctoral positions at the Heidelberg University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He completed his BTech at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and his PhD at Purdue University, USA. 

ALAN ROCHE is Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oklahoma, USA. He previously held visiting positions at Purdue University and Oklahoma State University, USA. 

STEVEN SPALLONE is Associate Professor of Mathematics at the IndianInstitute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his PhD at the University of Chicago, USA, in 1998 and 2004, respectively. His research interests include number theory and representation theory.