Chiara Brombin is Assistant Professor in Statistics atthe Faculty of Psychology (University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano) andnational coordinator of the research project FIRB 2012 (RBFR12VHR7)"Interpreting emotions: a computational tool integrating facialexpressions and biosignals based on shape analysis and Bayesian networks".Her research interests focus on applied statistics and include nonparametricpermutation tests, statistical shape analysis, multivariate statistics, linearmixed-effect models, joint models for longitudinal and time-to-event data.Luigi Salmaso is Full Professor of Statistics at theDepartment of Management and Engineering at University of Padova. His researchinterests include biostatistics, statistical methods for marketing research,design of experiments, nonparametric statistics and agricultural statistics.Specific topics of interests include permutation tests, resampling techniquesand ranking and selection methods.Luigi Ippoliti is an Associate Professor in Statistics atthe University "G. d'Annunzio"of Chieti Pescara, Italy. His researchactivity is mainly focused on the analysis of multivariate processes withtemporal, spatial and spatio-temporal structures with interests in economic,environmental and Neuro-Physiological applications.  Specific topics of interests include hierarchicalspatio-temporal models, image processing, functional data analysis and dynamicshape analysis.Lara Fontanella is a Researcher in Statistics at theUniversity G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Her research interests focusmainly on Latent Variable models and Statistical Analysis of Dynamic Shapes,with applications to environmental, neuro-physiological, social and economicdata.Caterina Fusilli holds a Bachelor's Degree in Statisticsand Information Technologies and a Master Degree in Statistics for Biomedicine,Environment and Technology from the University "La Sapienza" of Rome. She also received thePh.D degree in Economics and Statistics from the University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti - Pescara. She is a postdoctoral research fellowin the Bioinformatic unit at the IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza - MendelInstitute (Rome). Her research interests include the Next-GenerationSequencing, Bioinformatics, Shape Analysis, Cluster Analysis and Finite MixtureModels.

• Part I Offset Normal Distribution for Dynamic Shapes.- Basic Concepts and Definitions.- Shape Inference and the Offset-Normal Distribution.- Dynamic Shape Analysis Through the Offset-Normal Distribution.- Part II Combination-Based Permutation Tests for Shape Analysis.- Parametric and Non-Parametric Testing of Mean Shapes.- Applications of NPC Methodology.- Shape Inference and the Offset-Normal Distribution.

Chiara Brombin is Assistant Professor in Statistics atthe Faculty of Psychology (University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano) andnational coordinator of the research project FIRB 2012 (RBFR12VHR7)"Interpreting emotions: a computational tool integrating facialexpressions and biosignals based on shape analysis and Bayesian networks".Her research interests focus on applied statistics and include nonparametricpermutation tests, statistical shape analysis, multivariate statistics, linearmixed-effect models, joint models for longitudinal and time-to-event data.Luigi Salmaso is Full Professor of Statistics at theDepartment of Management and Engineering at University of Padova. His researchinterests include biostatistics, statistical methods for marketing research,design of experiments, nonparametric statistics and agricultural statistics.Specific topics of interests include permutation tests, resampling techniquesand ranking and selection methods.Luigi Ippoliti is an Associate Professor in Statistics atthe University "G. d'Annunzio"of Chieti Pescara, Italy. His researchactivity is mainly focused on the analysis of multivariate processes withtemporal, spatial and spatio-temporal structures with interests in economic,environmental and Neuro-Physiological applications.  Specific topics of interests include hierarchicalspatio-temporal models, image processing, functional data analysis and dynamicshape analysis.Lara Fontanella is a Researcher in Statistics at theUniversity G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Her research interests focusmainly on Latent Variable models and Statistical Analysis of Dynamic Shapes,with applications to environmental, neuro-physiological, social and economicdata.Caterina Fusilli holds a Bachelor's Degree in Statisticsand Information Technologies and a Master Degree in Statistics for Biomedicine,Environment and Technology from the University "La Sapienza" of Rome. She also received thePh.D degree in Economics and Statistics from the University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti - Pescara. She is a postdoctoral research fellowin the Bioinformatic unit at the IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza - MendelInstitute (Rome). Her research interests include the Next-GenerationSequencing, Bioinformatics, Shape Analysis, Cluster Analysis and Finite MixtureModels.

• Part I Offset Normal Distribution for Dynamic Shapes.- Basic Concepts and Definitions.- Shape Inference and the Offset-Normal Distribution.- Dynamic Shape Analysis Through the Offset-Normal Distribution.- Part II Combination-Based Permutation Tests for Shape Analysis.- Parametric and Non-Parametric Testing of Mean Shapes.- Applications of NPC Methodology.- Shape Inference and the Offset-Normal Distribution.

Chiara Brombin is Assistant Professor in Statistics atthe Faculty of Psychology (University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano) andnational coordinator of the research project FIRB 2012 (RBFR12VHR7)"Interpreting emotions: a computational tool integrating facialexpressions and biosignals based on shape analysis and Bayesian networks".Her research interests focus on applied statistics and include nonparametricpermutation tests, statistical shape analysis, multivariate statistics, linearmixed-effect models, joint models for longitudinal and time-to-event data.Luigi Salmaso is Full Professor of Statistics at theDepartment of Management and Engineering at University of Padova. His researchinterests include biostatistics, statistical methods for marketing research,design of experiments, nonparametric statistics and agricultural statistics.Specific topics of interests include permutation tests, resampling techniquesand ranking and selection methods.Luigi Ippoliti is an Associate Professor in Statistics atthe University "G. d'Annunzio"of Chieti Pescara, Italy. His researchactivity is mainly focused on the analysis of multivariate processes withtemporal, spatial and spatio-temporal structures with interests in economic,environmental and Neuro-Physiological applications.  Specific topics of interests include hierarchicalspatio-temporal models, image processing, functional data analysis and dynamicshape analysis.Lara Fontanella is a Researcher in Statistics at theUniversity G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Her research interests focusmainly on Latent Variable models and Statistical Analysis of Dynamic Shapes,with applications to environmental, neuro-physiological, social and economicdata.Caterina Fusilli holds a Bachelor's Degree in Statisticsand Information Technologies and a Master Degree in Statistics for Biomedicine,Environment and Technology from the University "La Sapienza" of Rome. She also received thePh.D degree in Economics and Statistics from the University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti - Pescara. She is a postdoctoral research fellowin the Bioinformatic unit at the IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza - MendelInstitute (Rome). Her research interests include the Next-GenerationSequencing, Bioinformatics, Shape Analysis, Cluster Analysis and Finite MixtureModels.

• Part I Offset Normal Distribution for Dynamic Shapes.- Basic Concepts and Definitions.- Shape Inference and the Offset-Normal Distribution.- Dynamic Shape Analysis Through the Offset-Normal Distribution.- Part II Combination-Based Permutation Tests for Shape Analysis.- Parametric and Non-Parametric Testing of Mean Shapes.- Applications of NPC Methodology.- Shape Inference and the Offset-Normal Distribution.