2026 George Drettakis: 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	58	3622	3520	62	61	222	13848

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in France Leader Award

Overview

George Drettakis is affiliated with the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) in France. Their research primarily focuses on computer science, with a significant emphasis on computer vision and pattern recognition as well as computer graphics and computer-aided design.

The scientist's work spans various specialized topics including:

Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
Advanced Vision and Imaging
3D Shape Modeling and Analysis
Advanced Image Processing Techniques
Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis
Image Enhancement Techniques
Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with George Drettakis include Thomas Leimkühler, Georgios Kopanas, Bernhard Kerbl, Julien Philip, and Stavros Diolatzis. These collaborations have contributed to a sizable body of research work.

Their publications have appeared frequently in the following venues:

Computer Graphics Forum
ACM Transactions on Graphics
arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Selected recent papers include:

3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering (2023, ACM Transactions on Graphics)
Point-Based Neural Rendering with Per-View Optimization (2021, Computer Graphics Forum)
A Hierarchical 3D Gaussian Representation for Real-Time Rendering of Very Large Datasets (2024, ACM Transactions on Graphics)
Neural Point Catacaustics for Novel-View Synthesis of Reflections (2022, ACM Transactions on Graphics)
Reducing the Memory Footprint of 3D Gaussian Splatting (2024, Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques)

Best Publications

3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering

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3449
Citations
Deep blending for free-viewpoint image-based rendering

Peter Hedman;Julien Philip;True Price;Jan-Michael Frahm

486
Citations
Perspective shadow maps

Marc Stamminger;George Drettakis

480
Citations
Depth synthesis and local warps for plausible image-based navigation

Gaurav Chaurasia;Sylvain Duchene;Olga Sorkine-Hornung;George Drettakis

387
Citations
Perceptual audio rendering of complex virtual environments

Nicolas Tsingos;Emmanuel Gallo;George Drettakis

273
Citations
Interactive visualization of complex plant ecosystems

Oliver Deussen;Carsten Colditz;Marc Stamminger;George Drettakis

265
Citations
Volumetric reconstruction and interactive rendering of trees from photographs

Alex Reche-Martinez;Ignacio Martin;George Drettakis

264
Citations
A Feasibility Study with Image-Based Rendered Virtual Reality in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Valeria Manera;Emmanuelle Chapoulie;Jérémy Bourgeois;Rachid Guerchouche

261
Citations
Single-image SVBRDF capture with a rendering-aware deep network

Valentin Deschaintre;Miika Aittala;Fredo Durand;George Drettakis

258
Citations
Efficient Impostor Manipulation for Real-Time Visualization of Urban Scenery

François X. Sillion;George Drettakis;Benoit Bodelet

256
Citations
Conservative visibility preprocessing using extended projections

Frédo Durand;George Drettakis;Joëlle Thollot;Claude Puech

247
Citations
Interactive rendering using the render cache

Bruce Walter;George Drettakis;Steven Parker

247
Citations
A Survey of Procedural Noise Functions

Ares Lagae;Sylvain Lefebvre;Robert L. Cook;Tony DeRose

221
Citations
The visibility skeleton: a powerful and efficient multi-purpose global visibility tool

Frédo Durand;George Drettakis;Claude Puech

215
Citations
A fast shadow algorithm for area light sources using backprojection

George Drettakis;Eugene Fiume

212
Citations
Design and Evaluation of a Real-World Virtual Environment for Architecture and Urban Planning

George Drettakis;Maria Roussou;Alex Reche;Nicolas Tsingos

212
Citations
Procedural noise using sparse Gabor convolution

Ares Lagae;Sylvain Lefebvre;George Drettakis;Philip Dutré

194
Citations
Interactive sampling and rendering for complex and procedural geometry

Marc Stamminger;George Drettakis

176
Citations
Point-Based Neural Rendering with Per-View Optimization

Georgios Kopanas;Julien Philip;Thomas Leimkühler;George Drettakis

168
Citations
Interactive virtual relighting of real scenes

C. Loscos;G. Drettakis;L. Robert

166
Citations
Is it possible to use highly realistic virtual reality in the elderly? A feasibility study with image-based rendering

Michel Benoit;Rachid Guerchouche;Pierre-David Petit;Emmanuelle Chapoulie

163
Citations
The Visibility Skeleton: A Powerful and Multi-Purpose Global Visibility Tool

Frédo Durand;George Drettakis;Claude Puech

5
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Frédo Durand MIT

Sylvain Lefebvre University of Lorraine

François X. Sillion French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Eugene Fiume Simon Fraser University

Bruce Walter Cornell University

Carsten Dachsbacher Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Sylvain Paris Adobe Systems (United States)

Hans-Peter Seidel Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Michiel van de Panne University of British Columbia

Tony DeRose University of Washington

External Links

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