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D-Index
33
Citations
9834
World Ranking
2978
National Ranking
173

David Cohen-Steiner publication distribution in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mathematics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Cohen-Steiner sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 537+

This scientist: 71 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 537 publications or more.

David Cohen-Steiner D-index placement in Mathematics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mathematics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Cohen-Steiner sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 174 scientists 31 D-Index: 151 scientists 32 D-Index: 174 scientists 33 D-Index: 117 scientists 34 D-Index: 136 scientists 35 D-Index: 127 scientists 36 D-Index: 145 scientists 37 D-Index: 153 scientists 38 D-Index: 150 scientists 39 D-Index: 150 scientists 40 D-Index: 138 scientists 41 D-Index: 136 scientists 42 D-Index: 93 scientists 43 D-Index: 108 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 112 scientists 46 D-Index: 103 scientists 47 D-Index: 75 scientists 48 D-Index: 59 scientists 49 D-Index: 67 scientists 50 D-Index: 60 scientists 51 D-Index: 57 scientists 52 D-Index: 59 scientists 53 D-Index: 62 scientists 54 D-Index: 60 scientists 55 D-Index: 50 scientists 56 D-Index: 42 scientists 57 D-Index: 54 scientists 58 D-Index: 50 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 41 scientists 61 D-Index: 35 scientists 62 D-Index: 40 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 31 scientists 65 D-Index: 27 scientists 66 D-Index: 29 scientists 67 D-Index: 19 scientists 68 D-Index: 25 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 18 scientists 71 D-Index: 12 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 13 scientists 74 D-Index: 18 scientists 75 D-Index: 9 scientists 76 D-Index: 11 scientists 77 D-Index: 10 scientists 78 D-Index: 9 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 10 scientists 82 D-Index: 5 scientists 83 D-Index: 5 scientists 84 D-Index: 13 scientists 85 D-Index: 6 scientists 86+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 86+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 86 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Cohen-Steiner is affiliated with the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) in France. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Computer Science, with a focus on several subfields such as Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Mathematical Physics, and Computational Mechanics.

The scholar's work spans multiple topics in computational and applied mathematics, including:

  • Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
  • Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
  • Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
  • 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis
  • Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Nonlinear Photonic Systems

Recent publications highlight the scope and depth of their research contributions. These include:

  • "Alpha wrapping with an offset," 2022, published in ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • "Material coherence from trajectories via Burau eigenanalysis of braids," 2020, Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
  • "Lexicographic Optimal Homologous Chains and Applications to Point Cloud Triangulations," 2022, Discrete & Computational Geometry
  • "Delaunay and Regular Triangulations as Lexicographic Optimal Chains," 2023, Discrete & Computational Geometry
  • "Critical points of the distance function to a generic submanifold," 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Their frequent coauthors include notable collaborators who appear repeatedly in joint research efforts:

  • André Lieutier
  • Julien Vuillamy
  • Charles Arnal
  • Vincent Divol
  • Cédric Portaneri

Their work has been published predominantly in venues such as Discrete & Computational Geometry and arXiv (Cornell University), with additional contributions in ACM Transactions on Graphics and Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, reflecting a diverse range of scholarly contexts.

Best Publications

  • Stability of Persistence Diagrams

    David Cohen-Steiner;Herbert Edelsbrunner;John Harer

  • Variational shape approximation

    David Cohen-Steiner;Pierre Alliez;Mathieu Desbrun

  • Stability of persistence diagrams

    David Cohen-Steiner;Herbert Edelsbrunner;John Harer

  • Anisotropic polygonal remeshing

    Pierre Alliez;David Cohen-Steiner;Olivier Devillers;Bruno Lévy

  • Restricted delaunay triangulations and normal cycle

    David Cohen-Steiner;Jean-Marie Morvan

  • Proximity of persistence modules and their diagrams

    Frédéric Chazal;David Cohen-Steiner;Marc Glisse;Leonidas J. Guibas

  • Variational tetrahedral meshing

    Pierre Alliez;David Cohen-Steiner;Mariette Yvinec;Mathieu Desbrun

  • Lipschitz Functions Have L p -Stable Persistence

    David Cohen-Steiner;Herbert Edelsbrunner;John Harer;Yuriy Mileyko

  • Gromov-Hausdorff stable signatures for shapes using persistence

    Frédéric Chazal;David Cohen-Steiner;Leonidas J. Guibas;Facundo Mémoli

  • Vines and vineyards by updating persistence in linear time

    David Cohen-Steiner;Herbert Edelsbrunner;Dmitriy Morozov

  • Voronoi-based variational reconstruction of unoriented point sets

    P. Alliez;D. Cohen-Steiner;Y. Tong;M. Desbrun

  • Designing quadrangulations with discrete harmonic forms

    Y. Tong;P. Alliez;D. Cohen-Steiner;M. Desbrun

  • A Sampling Theory for Compact Sets in Euclidean Space

    Frédéric Chazal;David Cohen-Steiner;André Lieutier

  • Geometric Inference for Probability Measures

    Frédéric Chazal;David Cohen-Steiner;Quentin Mérigot

  • Extending Persistence Using Poincaré and Lefschetz Duality

    David Cohen-Steiner;Herbert Edelsbrunner;John Harer

  • A greedy Delaunay-based surface reconstruction algorithm

    David Cohen-Steiner;Frank Da

  • Conforming Delaunay triangulations in 3D

    David Cohen-Steiner;Éric Colin de Verdière;Mariette Yvinec

  • Isotopic Implicit Surface Meshing

    Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;David Cohen-Steiner;Gert Vegter

  • Computing geometry-aware handle and tunnel loops in 3D models

    Tamal K. Dey;Kuiyu Li;Jian Sun;David Cohen-Steiner

  • An Optimal Transport Approach to Robust Reconstruction and Simplification of 2D Shapes

    Fernando de Goes;David Cohen-Steiner;Pierre Alliez;Mathieu Desbrun

Frequent Co-Authors

Frédéric Chazal
Frédéric Chazal French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Pierre Alliez
Pierre Alliez French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Mathieu Desbrun
Mathieu Desbrun California Institute of Technology
Herbert Edelsbrunner
Herbert Edelsbrunner Institute of Science and Technology Austria
John Harer
John Harer Duke University
Olivier Devillers
Olivier Devillers University of Lorraine
Gert Vegter
Gert Vegter University of Groningen
Jean-Daniel Boissonnat
Jean-Daniel Boissonnat Université Côte d'Azur
Christian Sohler
Christian Sohler University of Cologne
Yiying Tong
Yiying Tong Michigan State University

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