Frank Emmert-Streib studied physics at the University of Siegen, Germany, and received his PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Bremen, Germany. He is currently Senior Fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, in Biostatistics and Genome Sciences.

Matthias Dehmer studied mathematics at the University of Siegen, Germany, and received his PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. Currently, he holds a research position at Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry in Vienna, Austria.