Kai Hormann is a full professor in the Faculty of Informatics at USI Lugano. His research interests are focused on the mathematical foundations of geometry processing algorithms and their applications in computer graphics and related fields. In particular, he is working on generalized barycentric coordinates, subdivision of curves and surfaces, barycentric rational interpolation, and dynamic geometry processing. He has published over 80 papers in the professional literature, is an associate editor of Computer Aided Geometric Design, Computers & Graphics, the Dolomites Research Notes on Approximation, and chairs the steering committee of the international conference on Geometric Modeling and Processing (GMP).