Preface to the special issue on Stochastic Analysis

This special issue of the journal Stochastics, contains 15 refereed research articles on stochastic analysis resulting from the International conference on Stochastic Analysis and Applications that took place in Hammamet (Tunisia), from 5 to 10 November 2007. The conference was co-organized by the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS) and the Tunisian Mathematical Society (TMS).

This meeting was devoted to the exposition of recent developments in stochastic analysis and its applications, infinite dimensional analysis, white noise analysis, mathematical physics, quantum probability and mathematical finance.

We are grateful to Saul Jacka, Editor-in-Chief of Stochastics, for his great help in publishing its proceedings in a special issue of this journal.

A large number of colleagues have anonymously and graciously contributed to this volume as referees, special thanks are due to them. The conference was sponsored by grants from the Tunisian Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Technology, the University of Tunis El Manar, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the TMS, the SAMS and other Tunisian Research Institutes.

Finally, we hope that this conference has contributed not only to the promotion scientific activities but also to mutual international understanding.

Guest Editors: Nicole El Karoui, Paul Malliavin, Giulia Di Nunno, Nobuaki Obata, Bernt Oksendal, Habib Ouerdiane

Paris/Oslo/Sendai/Tunis; 6 January 2009