Mateu Sbert received the M.Sc. degree in theoretical physics from the University of Valencia, in 1977, the M.Sc. degree in mathematics (statistics and operations research) from UNED University, Madrid, in 1983, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Universitat Politènica de Catalunya (UPC), in 1997. He is currently a Full Professor of Computer Science with the University of Girona, Spain. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 articles and four books in his areas of research, and participated in several Eurographics, SIGGRAPH Asia, and VisWeek tutorials. His research interests include the application of Monte Carlo, integral geometry, and information theory techniques to radiosity, global illumination, visualization, and image processing. He was a recipient of the Best Ph.D. Award.