Building Bridges between Research and Applications

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications magazine was launched in 1980, when I was in third grade on the other side of the Iron Curtain. In its first issue, then Editor in Chief Michael J. Wozny talked about the growing importance of computer graphics and applications in industry and science. This magazine “will appeal to the end user as well as to the specialist. Each issue will cover a broad spectrum of research areas and applications.” The world has changed dramatically since then, but it is clearer now more than ever that the impact of computer graphics and its applications is broad and wide and is felt in every aspect of our lives today. I am greatly honored to take over as the editor in chief of such a long-lasting, impactful magazine.