Aiden A. Bruen, PhD, was most-recently adjunct research professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Carleton University. He was professor of mathematics and honorary professor of applied mathematics at the University of Western Ontario from 1972-1999 and has instructed at various institutions since then. Dr. Bruen is the co-author of Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction: A Handbook for the 21st Century (Wiley, 2004).Mario A. Forcinito, PhD, is Director and Chief Engineer at AP Dynamics Inc. in Calgary. He is previously instructor at the Pipeline Engineering Center at the Schulich School of Engineering in Calgary. Dr. Forcinito is co-author of Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction: A Handbook for the 21st Century (Wiley, 2004).