The Editors
Marcus Magnor is professor of computer science at Technische Univer-
sit¨at (TU) Braunschweig, Germany, where he is chair of the computer
graphics lab. He also holds an appointment as adjunct professor in the
Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of New Mexico, USA.
He earned his BA (1995) and MS (1997) in physics from W¨urzburg Univer-
sity and the University of New Mexico, respectively, and his PhD (2000)
in electrical engineering from Erlangen University. After his postdoctoral
time at Stanford University, he joined the Max-Planck-Institut Informatik
in Saarbr¨ucken as Independent Research Group leader. He completed his
habilitation in 2005 and received the venia legendi for computer science
from Saarland University. His