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Computer Science

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3967
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1886

Mathematics

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10063
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911
National Ranking
434

Overview

Jack Snoeyink is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Computer Science with a strong focus on computational and algorithmic aspects.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Molecular Biology
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Signal Processing

The core topics in Jack Snoeyink's research cover:

  • Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
  • Data Management and Algorithms
  • Digital Image Processing Techniques
  • Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques
  • 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications
  • Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion

Snoeyink's publication record features contributions in several venues, predominantly:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Computational Geometry
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Notable recent papers include:

  • Comparing Graph Representations of Protein Structure for Mining Family-Specific Residue-Based Packing Motifs, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • RNABC: forward kinematics to reduce all-atom steric clashes in RNA backbone, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Computation of spatial skyline points, 2020, Computational Geometry
  • Tight degree bounds for pseudo-triangulations of points, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Structure-based function inference using protein family-specific fingerprints, 2020, UNC Libraries

Snoeyink frequently collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Deepak Bandyopadhyay
  • Jane S. Richardson
  • Lutz Kettner
  • Andrew Leaver-Fay
  • Jun Huan

Best Publications

  • MolProbity: More and better reference data for improved all-atom structure validation.

    Christopher J. Williams;Jeffrey J. Headd;Nigel W. Moriarty;Michael G. Prisant

  • MolProbity: all-atom contacts and structure validation for proteins and nucleic acids

    Ian W. Davis;Andrew Leaver-Fay;Vincent B. Chen;Jeremy N. Block

  • Computing contour trees in all dimensions

    Hamish Carr;Jack Snoeyink;Ulrike Axen

  • Speeding Up the Douglas-Peucker Line-Simplification Algorithm

    John Hershberger;Jack Snoeyink

  • Finding the Medial Axis of a Simple Polygon in Linear Time

    Francis Y. L. Chin;Jack Snoeyink;Cao An Wang

  • Simplifying Flexible Isosurfaces Using Local Geometric Measures

    Hamish Carr;Jack Snoeyink;Michiel van de Panne

  • Combined covalent-electrostatic model of hydrogen bonding improves structure prediction with Rosetta

    Matthew J. O’Meara;Andrew Leaver-Fay;Michael D. Tyka;Amelie Stein

  • KINETIC COLLISION DETECTION FOR SIMPLE POLYGONS

    David G. Kirkpatrick;Jack Snoeyink;Bettina Speckmann

  • Computing minimum length paths of a given homotopy class

    John Hershberger;Jack Snoeyink

  • Streaming computation of Delaunay triangulations

    Martin Isenburg;Yuanxin Liu;Jonathan Shewchuk;Jack Snoeyink

  • Scientific Benchmarks for Guiding Macromolecular Energy Function Improvement

    Andrew P Leaver-Fay;Matthew J. O'Meara;Mike Tyka;Ron Jacak

  • Ray shooting in polygons using geodesic triangulations

    Bernard Chazelle;Herbert Edelsbrunner;Michelangelo Grigni;Leonidas J. Guibas;Leonidas J. Guibas

  • Face fixer: compressing polygon meshes with properties

    Martin Isenburg;Jack Snoeyink

  • Centralized path planning for multiple robots: Optimal decoupling into sequential plans

    Jur van den Berg;Jack Snoeyink;Ming C. Lin;Dinesh Manocha

  • APPROXIMATING POLYGONS AND SUBDIVISIONS WITH MINIMUM-LINK PATHS

    Leonidas J. Guibas;John E. Hershberger;Joseph S.B. Mitchell;Jack Scott Snoeyink

  • Mining protein family specific residue packing patterns from protein structure graphs

    Jun Huan;Wei Wang;Deepak Bandyopadhyay;Jack Snoeyink

  • Efficient ray shooting and hidden surface removal

    de Mt Mark Berg;D Dan Halperin;MH Mark Overmars;J Jack Snoeyink

  • Large mesh simplification using processing sequences

    M. Isenburg;P. Lindstrom;S. Gumhold;J. Snoeyink

  • A lower bound for multicast key distribution

    J. Snoeyink;S. Suri;G. Varghese

  • ON THE TIME BOUND FOR CONVEX DECOMPOSITION OF SIMPLE POLYGONS

    J. Mark Keil;Jack Snoeyink

  • Generalizing Ham Sandwich Cuts to Equitable Subdivisions

    S. Bespamyatnikh;D. Kirkpatrick;J. Snoeyink

Frequent Co-Authors

John Hershberger
John Hershberger Mentor Graphics
Leonidas J. Guibas
Leonidas J. Guibas Stanford University
Micha Sharir
Micha Sharir Tel Aviv University
Marc van Kreveld
Marc van Kreveld Utrecht University
Prosenjit Bose
Prosenjit Bose Carleton University
Herbert Edelsbrunner
Herbert Edelsbrunner Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Joseph S. B. Mitchell
Joseph S. B. Mitchell Stony Brook University
Jan F. Prins
Jan F. Prins University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bettina Speckmann
Bettina Speckmann Eindhoven University of Technology

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