Bård Støve is Professor of Statistics at the University of Bergen. He received his PhD degree in Statistics, 2005. He was Assistant Professor at the Norwegian School of Economics (...view moreBård Støve is Professor of Statistics at the University of Bergen. He received his PhD degree in Statistics, 2005. He was Assistant Professor at the Norwegian School of Economics (2007--2011) and worked as an Actuary in a consulting firm (2005--2007). He has been working on the development of nonparametric models and application of such models to areas in finance and economics. He has published several research papers in journals such as Econometric Theory and Scandinavian Journal of Statistics.view less