<p>Gottfried Hofmann is a PhD student at the Open Source Research Groupd at Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His research topic is empirical analysis of open source software projects. In the Blender community he is known for his website <a href="http://www.BlenderDiplom.com">www.BlenderDiplom.com</a> which provides tutorials on advanced Blender topics.</p>