Guy-Vanie Miakonkana holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from Auburn University (USA), where he has taught numerous courses in mathematics and statistics from spring 2009 to spring 2013. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in mathematics from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy) and a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Marien Ngouabi University (Congo). His research interests include nonparametric robust statistics, dimension reduction and variable selection, generalized linear models, data mining and machine learning, and statistical methods for insurance and finance. Dr. Miakonkana currently works as a senior consultant within the personal insurance research and development department at Travelers, a property and casualty insurance company, based in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.