2026 Doug DeCarlo: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Overview

Doug DeCarlo is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and neuroscience, with specific attention to cognitive neuroscience and epidemiology. The scientist has contributed to studies related to ophthalmology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

Their work primarily focuses on topics including ophthalmology and visual impairment studies, visual perception and processing mechanisms, retinopathy of prematurity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, functional brain connectivity studies, retinal imaging and analysis, and cerebral palsy and movement disorders.

Doug DeCarlo has published in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

Journal of Vision
Human Brain Mapping
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Translational Vision Science & Technology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with co-authors such as Pınar Demirayak, Kristina Visscher, Matthew Defenderfer, Leland L. Fleming, and Paul Stewart.

Recent publications include:

"Reliability and validity of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales in pediatric vision impairment" (2020), Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
"Repeatability and Validity of MNREAD Test in Children With Vision Impairment" (2020), Translational Vision Science & Technology
"Cortical plasticity in central vision loss: Cortical thickness and neurite structure" (2023), Human Brain Mapping
"Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics with Pediatric Vision Screening and Eye Care" (2023), Ophthalmology
"Impact of Deprivation and Preferential Usage on Functional Connectivity Between Early Visual Cortex and Category-Selective Visual Regions" (2024), Human Brain Mapping

Best Publications

Suggestive contours for conveying shape

Doug DeCarlo;Adam Finkelstein;Szymon Rusinkiewicz;Anthony Santella

811
Citations
Stylization and abstraction of photographs

Doug DeCarlo;Anthony Santella

668
Citations
An anthropometric face model using variational techniques

Douglas DeCarlo;Dimitris Metaxas;Matthew Stone

518
Citations
Gaze-based interaction for semi-automatic photo cropping

Anthony Santella;Maneesh Agrawala;Doug DeCarlo;David Salesin

487
Citations
Optical Flow Constraints on Deformable Models with Applications to Face Tracking

Douglas Decarlo;Dimitris Metaxas

463
Citations
The integration of optical flow and deformable models with applications to human face shape and motion estimation

D. DeCarlo;D. Metaxas

345
Citations
Robust clustering of eye movement recordings for quantification of visual interest

Anthony Santella;Doug DeCarlo

259
Citations
How well do line drawings depict shape

Forrester Cole;Kevin Sanik;Doug DeCarlo;Adam Finkelstein

243
Citations
Exaggerated shading for depicting shape and detail

Szymon Rusinkiewicz;Michael Burns;Doug DeCarlo

211
Citations
Speaking with hands: creating animated conversational characters from recordings of human performance

Matthew Stone;Doug DeCarlo;Insuk Oh;Christian Rodriguez

199
Citations
Visual interest and NPR: an evaluation and manifesto

Anthony Santella;Doug DeCarlo

146
Citations
Interactive rendering of suggestive contours with temporal coherence

Doug DeCarlo;Adam Finkelstein;Szymon Rusinkiewicz

136
Citations
Line drawings from volume data

Michael Burns;Janek Klawe;Szymon Rusinkiewicz;Adam Finkelstein

135
Citations
Focusing on the essential: considering attention in display design

Patrick Baudisch;Doug DeCarlo;Andrew T. Duchowski;Wilson S. Geisler

131
Citations
Highlight lines for conveying shape

Doug DeCarlo;Szymon Rusinkiewicz

128
Citations
Directing gaze in 3D models with stylized focus

F. Cole;D. DeCarlo;A. Finkelstein;K. Kin

126
Citations
Abstracted painterly renderings using eye-tracking data

Anthony Santella;Doug DeCarlo

120
Citations
Deformable model-based shape and motion analysis from images using motion residual error

D. DeCarlo;D. Metaxas

98
Citations
Line drawings from 3D models

Szymon Rusinkiewicz;Forrester Cole;Doug DeCarlo;Adam Finkelstein

85
Citations
Visual explanations

Doug DeCarlo;Matthew Stone

7
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam Finkelstein Princeton University

Szymon Rusinkiewicz Princeton University

Matthew Stone Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Marc Alexa Technical University of Berlin

Dimitris N. Metaxas Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Elmar Eisemann Delft University of Technology

Patrick Baudisch Hasso Plattner Institute

Maneesh Agrawala Stanford University

Andrew T. Duchowski Clemson University

Wilson S. Geisler The University of Texas at Austin

External Links

Personal website of Doug DeCarlo

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