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Etienne Pardoux: Born in 1947, graduated from Ecole Polytechnique (1970), Thesis Univ. Paris-Sud 1975, CNRS Research Assoc. 1970-79, Maître de Conférences, then Professor Univ. d'Aix-Marseille since 1979. Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton NJ, 1986-1987. Member of the Institut Universitaire de France, 1992-2002. Pardoux has published more than 140 papers on nonlinear filtering, stochastic partial differential equations, anticipating stochastic calculus, backward stochastic differential equations, homogenization and probabilistic models in evolutionary biology, and three books. Aurel Rascanu: Born 1950, Graduated from "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi (UAIC-Iasi), Romania (1974), Thesis UAIC-Iasi 1983, Assistant (1978-1985), Lecturer (1985-1990), Doctor (1990-1997), Professor (since 1997) at UAIC-Iasi, Dean of Faculty of Mathematics (1990-1992) and Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics (2000-2004) at UAIC Iasi. He has written 35 scientific papers. His scientific research is in stochastic differential equations, stochastic variational inequalities, approximation and numerical simulation, stochastic optimal control, viability and invariance, and probabilistic methods in the study of partial differential equations.