Editorial: zbMATH – Looking to the Future

[摘要] After 9 years in office as Vice-President for Research atLeibniz Universität Hannover, it had not been my intention to take on another administrative position. Consequently, I was somewhat reluctant (but still honoured)when representatives of FIZ Karlsruhe and SpringerVerlag contacted me with the offer to become the newEditor-in-Chief of zbMATH. However, discussions withcolleagues soon convinced me that this was not only aninteresting and challenging task but also one that couldprovide a useful service to the mathematical community.I took over my new responsibilities in April 2016, succeeding (after an interlude with Olaf Teschke as actingEditor-in-Chief) Gert-Martin Greuel, who was Editorin-Chief 2012–2015, and Bernd Wegner, who had heldthe office for 37 years before that.