Guest Editor's Foreword

This is part I of a special issue consisting of a survey paper and 9 papers selected from the 6th International Meshing Roundtable held at Park City, Utah on October 13-15, 1997. The goal of this Roundtable was to bring together researchers and developers from industry, academia, and government labs in a stimulating, open environment for the exchange of technical information related to mesh generation. The conference steering committee consists of Steve Benzley, Ted Blacker (Chair), Lori Freitag, David Field, Shang-Hua Teng, and David White. Part II of the special issue will be published in a subsequent issue.