Andrej Bogdanov is an associate professor of Computer Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is on short leave from the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Hong Kong after a disastrous attempt at utthita pada sirsasana. He was advised by Luca Trevisan who taught him the fine art of enjoying xiaolongbao.

Siyao Guo is an assistant professor of Computer Science at NYU Shanghai. She received her Ph.D. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, advised by Andrej Bogdanov, who taught her how to eat xiaolongbao properly.

Ilan Komargodski is an assistant professor of Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Scientist at NTT Research. During his Ph.D. at the Weizmann Institute of Science, advised by Moni Naor, he visited Andrej Bogdanov and Siyao Guo who introduced to him xiaolongbao and other delicious treats like Fourier analysis.