Professor Dr. Shelton Peiris holds a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from Monash University, Australia. He Currently is at the University of Sydney. His research interest includes Statistical Analysis of Time Series, Saddlepoint and Edgeworth type approximations in Time Series, Estimating Functions and Applications in Time Series and topics in Financial Econometrics. He published papers in Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Time Series Analysis, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Stochastic Processes and Applications, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Metrika, Computational Statistics, The Australian Journal of Statistics, Biometrical Journal, Expert Systems with Applications, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Economics Letters, Statistics and Probability Letters, The Australian Journal of Management and Econometrics. His editorial work include:

?AMS Math Reviewer Mathematical Reviews,

?Associate Editor/Editorial Board Member of Advances in Decision Sciences,

?Associate Editor of Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation,

?Editorial Advisory Board Member, Sri Lankan Journal of Applied Statistics.

He has collaborated with many well-known academics around the world including Professors C.R. Rao and Bovas Abraham, and visited many leading universities (University of Waterloo, University of Iowa, Pennsylvania State University, University of Manitoba, Royal Holloway University, Thaksin and Tammasat Universities in Thailand, University of Malaya, University of Calcutta and Soka University in Tokyo) as Distinguished Visiting Professor/Visiting Professor of Statistics or Economics.

In 2011, he organized and chaired the largest International Statistics Conference in Colombo where Professor C.R. Rao was a Keynote speaker. Prof Peiris has been awarded the Faculty of Science Citation for Excellence in Teaching in 2012 on Tuesday, 15 May. This is awarded to academic teaching staff to recognize contributions to high quality teaching and enhancing the student learning environment.