2026 Chenyang Xu: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	43	7735	7512	3339	3212	116	25545

Research.com Recognitions

2021 - Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra
2020 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society For contributions to algebraic geometry, in particular the minimal model program and the K-stability of Fano varieties.

Overview

Chenyang Xu is a researcher affiliated with Princeton University in the United States, whose work primarily centers on mathematics, with special emphasis on geometry and topology. Their contributions cover a range of subfields including mathematical physics, applied mathematics, computational theory and mathematics, as well as algebra and number theory.

Their research topics include:

Geometry and complex manifolds
Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
Advanced Algebra and Geometry
Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Polynomial and algebraic computation
Functional Equations Stability Results

Chenyang Xu has published extensively in several academic venues with frequent appearances in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Oberwolfach Reports
Annals of Mathematics
Journal of the American Mathematical Society
Duke Mathematical Journal

Notable recent papers include:

"Finite generation for valuations computing stability thresholds and applications to K-stability" (2022), Annals of Mathematics
"A minimizing valuation is quasi-monomial" (2020), Annals of Mathematics
"Openness of K-semistability for Fano varieties" (2022), Duke Mathematical Journal
"K-stability of Fano varieties: an algebro-geometric approach" (2021), EMS Surveys in Mathematical Sciences
"Algebraicity of the metric tangent cones and equivariant K-stability" (2021), Journal of the American Mathematical Society

In addition, Chenyang Xu is preparing a book on "K-stability of Fano Varieties," to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2025.

Their frequent coauthors include:

Yuchen Liu
Ziquan Zhuang
Harold Blum
Chi Li
Daniel Huybrechts

Chenyang Xu has received several awards such as the Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra in 2021. In 2020, they were named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, recognized for contributions to algebraic geometry, especially regarding the minimal model program and the K-stability of Fano varieties.

Best Publications

Snakes, shapes, and gradient vector flow

Chenyang Xu;J.L. Prince

6275
Citations
Current methods in medical image segmentation.

Dzung L. Pham;Chenyang Xu;Jerry L. Prince

3788
Citations
Level set evolution without re-initialization: a new variational formulation

Chunming Li;Chenyang Xu;Changfeng Gui;M.D. Fox

3010
Citations
Distance Regularized Level Set Evolution and Its Application to Image Segmentation

Chunming Li;Chenyang Xu;Changfeng Gui;Martin D Fox

2705
Citations
Gradient vector flow: a new external force for snakes

Chenyang Xu;J.L. Prince

1428
Citations
Generalized gradient vector flow external forces for active contours

Chenyang Xu;Jerry L. Prince

1037
Citations
A topology preserving level set method for geometric deformable models

Xiao Han;Chenyang Xu;J.L. Prince

643
Citations
A Survey of Current Methods in Medical Image Segmentation

Dzung L. Pham;Chenyang Xu;Jerry L. Prince

639
Citations
Image Segmentation Using Deformable Models

Dzung L. Pham;Chenyang Xu;Jerry L. Prince

567
Citations
LEVEL SET EVOLUTION WITHOUT REINITIALIZATION: A NEW VARIATIONAL FORMULATION

C M Li;C Y Xu;C F Gui

452
Citations
On the relationship between parametric and geometric active contours

Chenyang Xu;A. Yezzi;J.L. Prince

421
Citations
A multilevel banded graph cuts method for fast image segmentation

H. Lombaert;Yiyong Sun;L. Grady;Chenyang Xu

343
Citations
Reconstruction of the human cerebral cortex from magnetic resonance images

C. Xu;D.L. Pham;M.E. Rettmann;D.N. Yu

303
Citations
CRUISE: cortical reconstruction using implicit surface evolution.

Xiao Han;Dzung L. Pham;Duygu Tosun;Maryam E. Rettmann

285
Citations
Automated sulcal segmentation using watersheds on the cortical surface.

Maryam E. Rettmann;Xiao Han;Chenyang Xu;Jerry L. Prince

192
Citations
Topology correction in brain cortex segmentation using a multiscale, graph-based algorithm

Xiao Han;Chenyang Xu;U. Braga-Neto;J.L. Prince

177
Citations
MRI Tissue Classification and Bias Field Estimation Based on Coherent Local Intensity Clustering: A Unified Energy Minimization Framework

Chunming Li;Chenyang Xu;Adam W. Anderson;John C. Gore

170
Citations
A Computational Framework for the Statistical Analysis of Cardiac Diffusion Tensors: Application to a Small Database of Canine Hearts

J.-M. Peyrat;M. Sermesant;X. Pennec;H. Delingette

164
Citations
Gradient vector flow deformable models

Chenyang Xu;Jerry L. Prince

122
Citations
Registration of 4D Cardiac CT Sequences Under Trajectory Constraints With Multichannel Diffeomorphic Demons

Jean-Marc Peyrat;Hervé Delingette;Maxime Sermesant;Chenyang Xu

108
Citations
Sulcal segmentation using watersheds on the cortical surface

Maryam E. Rettmann;Xiao Han;Chenyang Xu;Jerry L. Prince

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry L. Prince Johns Hopkins University

Dzung L. Pham Henry M. Jackson Foundation

Norbert Rahn Siemens (Germany)

Duygu Tosun University of California, San Francisco

Joachim Hornegger University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Maxime Sermesant Université Côte d'Azur

Hervé Delingette French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Xavier Pennec French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Nicholas Ayache French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Christos Davatzikos University of Pennsylvania

External Links

Personal website of Chenyang Xu Google Scholar page

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