Beat Signer (www.beatsigner.com) is Professor of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium, where he is co-director of the Web and Information System Engineering (WISE) laboratory. He studied Computer Science at ETH Zurich and obtained a PhD in Computer Science from ETH Zurich. With his team of researchers he is investigating cross-media information spaces and architectures (CISA), interactive paper and augmented reality solutions as well as multimodal and multi-touch interaction frameworks. His research interests further include human-information interaction, ubiquitous and tangible computing, personal information management as well as tangible holograms and data physicalisation. Beat Signer is also a passionate wildlife photographer who likes to travel and explore the world.