World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
77
Citations
30163
World Ranking
1246
National Ranking
663

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - ACM Fellow For contributions to computer graphics, particularly non-photorealistic rendering.
  • 1995 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David Salesin is affiliated with Google in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of computer science and engineering. Their research primarily focuses on computer vision and computer graphics, with additional work in control and systems engineering and computational mechanics.

Salesin's publication record includes 35 works in computer science and five in engineering, with subfields emphasizing computer vision and pattern recognition, computer graphics and computer-aided design, control and systems engineering, computational mechanics, and geology.

The main topics covered in their work involve:

  • Advanced Vision and Imaging
  • Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
  • Image Enhancement Techniques
  • Advanced Image Processing Techniques
  • Human Motion and Animation
  • Video Analysis and Summarization
  • Human Pose and Action Recognition

Salesin has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Brian Curless
  • William T. Freeman
  • Erika Lu
  • Forrester Cole
  • Tali Dekel

Their work has been published in a variety of venues, most notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • 2021 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
  • 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)

Recent papers by Salesin include:

  • "Layered neural rendering for retiming people in video," 2020, ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • "Monster mash," 2020, ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • "SLIDE: Single Image 3D Photography with Soft Layering and Depth-aware Inpainting," 2021, 2021 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
  • "3D Moments from Near-Duplicate Photos," 2022, 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
  • "SLIDE: Single Image 3D Photography with Soft Layering and Depth-aware Inpainting," 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

David Salesin has been recognized with professional distinctions including election as an ACM Fellow in 2002 for contributions to computer graphics, particularly in non-photorealistic rendering. They were also named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Image analogies

    Aaron Hertzmann;Charles E. Jacobs;Nuria Oliver;Brian Curless

  • Wavelets for computer graphics: theory and applications

    Eric J. Stollnitz;Tony D. Derose;David H. Salesin

  • Interactive digital photomontage

    Aseem Agarwala;Mira Dontcheva;Maneesh Agrawala;Steven Drucker

  • Synthesizing realistic facial expressions from photographs

    Frédéric Pighin;Jamie Hecker;Dani Lischinski;Richard Szeliski

  • Fast multiresolution image querying

    Charles E. Jacobs;Adam Finkelstein;David H. Salesin

  • A Bayesian approach to digital matting

    Yung-Yu Chuang;B. Curless;D.H. Salesin;R. Szeliski

  • Wavelets for computer graphics: a primer.1

    E.J. Stollnitz;A.D. DeRose;D.H. Salesin

  • Computer-generated watercolor

    Cassidy J. Curtis;Sean E. Anderson;Joshua E. Seims;Kurt W. Fleischer

  • Video textures

    Arno Schödl;Richard Szeliski;David H. Salesin;Irfan Essa

  • Computer-generated pen-and-ink illustration

    Georges Winkenbach;David H. Salesin

  • Rendering antialiased shadows with depth maps

    William T. Reeves;David H. Salesin;Robert L. Cook

  • Surface light fields for 3D photography

    Daniel N. Wood;Daniel I. Azuma;Ken Aldinger;Brian Curless

  • The virtual cinematographer: a paradigm for automatic real-time camera control and directing

    Li-wei He;Michael F. Cohen;David H. Salesin

  • Synthesizing realistic facial expressions from photographs

    Unknown

  • Multiresolution curves

    Adam Finkelstein;David H. Salesin

  • Orientable textures for image-based pen-and-ink illustration

    Michael P. Salisbury;Michael T. Wong;John F. Hughes;David H. Salesin

  • Gaze-based interaction for semi-automatic photo cropping

    Anthony Santella;Maneesh Agrawala;Doug DeCarlo;David Salesin

  • Video matting of complex scenes

    Yung-Yu Chuang;Aseem Agarwala;Brian Curless;David H. Salesin

  • Interactive pen-and-ink illustration

    Michael P. Salisbury;Sean E. Anderson;Ronen Barzel;David H. Salesin

  • Spatio-angular resolution tradeoffs in integral photography

    Todor Georgeiv;Ke Colin Zheng;Brian Curless;David Salesin

  • Diffusion curves: a vector representation for smooth-shaded images

    Alexandrina Orzan;Adrien Bousseau;Holger Winnemöller;Pascal Barla

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Curless
Brian Curless University of Washington
Maneesh Agrawala
Maneesh Agrawala Stanford University
Richard Szeliski
Richard Szeliski University of Washington
Michael F. Cohen
Michael F. Cohen Facebook (United States)
Wilmot Li
Wilmot Li Adobe Systems (United States)
Steven M. Drucker
Steven M. Drucker Microsoft (United States)
Aseem Agarwala
Aseem Agarwala Adobe Systems (United States)
Adam Finkelstein
Adam Finkelstein Princeton University
Dani Lischinski
Dani Lischinski Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tony DeRose
Tony DeRose University of Washington

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

If you’re exploring a Computer Science degree in the USA, there are other flexible online study options which can open doors to similar or complementary career paths. Many students choose to branch out into specialized fields aligned with technology, business, or public service.

For those interested in digital protection and data privacy, pursuing a cyber security degree online offers practical skills for high-demand roles such as network security analyst or information security manager. If you’re drawn to managing large-scale projects and infrastructure, you could consider construction degrees for careers in construction management and planning.

Tech skills are also increasingly valuable in law enforcement and legal professions. An affordable cheap criminal justice degree online can prepare you for roles in cybercrime investigation or forensic analysis. Likewise, online accounting degree programs can give you an edge in finance, business analytics, or compliance, all fields that benefit from a strong computer science background.

Whether you want to enhance your technical skills or pivot to a new industry without campus constraints, these related online degrees can offer lower tuition and more flexible learning—helping you advance your career while balancing work and life commitments.

Best Scientists Citing David Salesin

Trending Scientists