Dar'ya Guarnera is a Research Associate at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She obtained her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Loughborough University, UK. She obtained her Postgraduate Certificate in Education and first-class degree in Computer Science from Liverpool Hope University. In 2006, she received the Student of the Year award upon graduation from Liverpool Community College in 3D modeling. She also obtained a B.Sc. in Architecture from the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Her interests include 3D Architectural Visualization, virtual materials, digital art, and sculpture. She is a guest lecturer at Liverpool Hope University and part-time lecturer at Liverpool Community College. Giuseppe Claudio Guarnera, Ph.D., is a Research Associate at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His current research interests include appearance modeling and human perception of materials. Previously he was a postdoctoral Research Associate at Loughborough University, focusing on fabric appearance modeling and acquisition. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Catania, Italy, with a doctoral dissertation in the area of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, partially achieved while he was a Visiting Researcher at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies under the supervision of Dr. Abhijeet Ghosh and Prof. Paul Debevec. University of California, Berkeley