Yiorgos L. Chrysanthou is a Professor at the Computer Science Department of the University of Cyprus and the General Director of the CYENS Centre of Excellence. He has been involved in the setup of the Centre since the beginning and was the Research Director for the first four years. He has published over 90 papers in journals and international conferences on computer graphics and virtual reality and is a co-author of the book “Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments: From Realism to Real-Time”, (Addison-Wesley 2001). He served as the local or overall coordinator of over 25 research projects, related to his research interests, that lie in the general area of 3D Computer Graphics, recently focusing more on the development of algorithms for real-time AR and VR rendering, reconstruction of urban environments and computer animation. Over the years, Yiorgos has supported a number of start-up companies with his technical expertise.