Fortunato Pesarin, Department of Statistics, University of Padova, ItalyProfessor Pesarin has been actively involved in the areas of multidimensional testing and permutation for almost 40 years, and is the author of dozens of publications in numerous international journals. Luigi Salmaso, Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, ItalyWithin the last 10 years, Dr Salmaso has amassed a large number of published articles, in a variety of journals, and has taught a number of courses in statsistics and nonparametric methods.