Luis A. Barboza is a professor at the School of Mathematics and a researcher at the Center for Research in Pure and Applied Mathematics at the University of Costa Rica. After completing his bachelor's degree in Actuarial Sciences and a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics at the University of Costa Rica, he earned a Ph.D. in Statistics at Purdue University in Indiana, USA, specializing in Bayesian Analysis and Inference of Stochastic Processes, particularly State-Space Processes.