Patrick Doreian, MA, is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Statistics at the University of Pittsburgh and has a research position at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana. He has published over 150 articles in academic journals as well as nine books and numerous book chapters. His co-authored book Generalized Blockmodeling written with Vladimir Batagelj and AnuSka Ferligoj received the Harrison White Outstanding Book Award in 2007. He is an honorary Senator of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Vladimir Batagelj, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Discrete and Computational Mathematics from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is Senior Researcher at the Department of Theoretical Computer Science of IMFM, Ljubljana, the Institute Andrej MaruSic at University of Primorska, Koper, and NRU HSE International Laboratory for Applied Network Research, Moscow. He is a co-author of program Pajek for large network analysis and visualization. He is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. With Patrick Doreian, AnuSka Ferligoj and NataSa Kej??ar he co-authored the book Understanding Large Temporal Networks and Spatial Networks, Wiley, 2014.
AnuSka Ferligoj, PhD, is Professor of Statistics at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana and academic supervisor at the NRU HSE International Laboratory for Applied Network Research, Moscow. She is a member of the European Academy of Sociology. In 2010 she received the Doctor et Professor Honoris Causa at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.