Prof. Dr. Saeed Heravi is a professor of quantitative analysis at Cardiff Business School. He obtained his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in 1986. Since then, he has held full-time posts in different universities as a Researcher \ Lecturer \ Senior Lecturer and Reader.  During this time, he has taught various quantitative courses and his research activities include applied statistics, time series analysis, forecasting, and computing. He has a broad knowledge of statistical modeling techniques, particularly in non-linear and non-stationary time series. Before joining the Cardiff Business School, he was actively involved in a number of research projects with the University of Manchester and Reading University. These projects include research on the theory and applications of non-linear time series models, data revisions, modeling European industrial production, and a series of articles analyzing the accuracy of OECD forecasts. In addition, he has worked on a number of new areas, particularly on measuring consumer price indexes using scanner data. His current research includes forecasting with Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA), comparison of performance of various sampling schemes on price index estimation using the TNS dataset, relation between violence and alcohol prices, and tourism forecasting.