We warmly welcome Sebastian Schmechel as a new member and PhD student in our Computer Graphics Systems group. Sebastian received a degree in media technologies from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich in 2011; recent work included, e.g., 3D Virtual Environments and Augmented Reality in innovative driver assistance systems. As a member of the CGS group, Sebastian plans to research on visualization technologies to support understanding and analysis of complex software systems. Sebastian joined our group already in December 2011.