2026 Jean-Daniel Boissonnat: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	58	3636	3534	64	63	218	13285
Mathematics	57	690	585	32	29	205	12994

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

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat is affiliated with Université Côte d'Azur in France and specializes in research at the intersection of computer science and mathematics. Their work primarily addresses topics within computational theory, computational geometry, and applied topology, contributing to both theoretical foundations and practical methods in these disciplines.

The scientist's research spans multiple fields of study, notably:

Computer Science
Mathematics

More specialized subfields in Boissonnat's work include:

Computational Theory and Mathematics
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Computational Mechanics
Mathematical Physics
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

The core topics addressed in their publications reflect a focus on:

Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques
Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
Digital Image Processing Techniques
Leprosy Research and Treatment
Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat's recent publications highlight contributions in computational topology and geometry. Key papers include:

The Topological Correctness of PL Approximations of Isomanifolds (2021, Foundations of Computational Mathematics)
Triangulating Submanifolds: An Elementary and Quantified Version of Whitney's Method (2020, Discrete & Computational Geometry)
Tracing Isomanifolds in ℝ^d in Time Polynomial in d using Coxeter-Freudenthal-Kuhn Triangulations (2023, SIAM Journal on Computing)
Dimensionality reduction for k-distance applied to persistent homology (2021, Journal of Applied and Computational Topology)
Local Conditions for Triangulating Submanifolds of Euclidean Space (2020, Discrete & Computational Geometry)

The venues in which they frequently publish include:

Discrete & Computational Geometry
Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Applied and Computational Topology
Journal of Topology and Analysis

Collaboration with other researchers is a notable aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors being:

Mathijs Wintraecken
Kunal Dutta
Siddharth Pritam
Siargey Kachanovich
Shreya Arya

Best Publications

Geometric structures for three-dimensional shape representation

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat

983
Citations
Smooth surface reconstruction via natural neighbour interpolation of distance functions

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Frédéric Cazals

844
Citations
Shape reconstruction from planar cross sections

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat

773
Citations
Shortest paths of bounded curvature in the plane

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;André Cérézo;Juliette Leblond

637
Citations
Algorithmic Geometry

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Mariette Yvinec

619
Citations
Provably good sampling and meshing of surfaces

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Steve Oudot

435
Citations
On computing four-finger equilibrium and force-closure grasps of polyhedral objects

Jean Ponce;Steve Sullivan;Attawith Sudsang;Jean-Daniel Boissonnat

386
Citations
Methods and apparatus for surgical planning

Eve C. Coste-Maniere;Louai Adhami;Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Alain Carpentier

381
Citations
Stability and Computation of Medial Axes - a State-of-the-Art Report

Dominique Attali;Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Herbert Edelsbrunner

296
Citations
Three-dimensional reconstruction of complex shapes based on the Delaunay triangulation

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Bernhard Geiger

295
Citations
The Gudhi library: Simplicial complexes and persistent homology

Clément Maria;Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Marc Glisse;Mariette Yvinec

275
Citations
Shortest path synthesis for Dubins non-holonomic robot

Xuan-Nam Bui;J.-D. Boissonnat;P. Soueres;J.-P. Laumond

274
Citations
A practical exact motion planning algorithm for polygonal objects amidst polygonal obstacles

F. Avnaim;J.D. Boissonnat;B. Faverjon

267
Citations
Triangulations in CGAL

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Olivier Devillers;Sylvain Pion;Monique Teillaud

262
Citations
Representing stereo data with the Delaunay triangulation

O. D. Faugeras;E. Le Bras-Mehlman;J. D. Boissonnat

175
Citations
On the randomized construction of the Delaunay tree

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Monique Teillaud

173
Citations
Effective computational geometry for curves and surfaces

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Monique Teillaud

170
Citations
Manifold Reconstruction Using Tangential Delaunay Complexes

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Arijit Ghosh

165
Citations
Applications of random sampling to on-line algorithms in computational geometry

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Olivier Devillers;René Schott;Monique Teillaud

163
Citations
Bregman Voronoi Diagrams

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat;Frank Nielsen;Richard Nock

146
Citations
Algorithmic foundations of robotics V

Jean-Daniel Boissonnat

130
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Devillers University of Lorraine

Franco P. Preparata Brown University

Gert Vegter University of Groningen

David Cohen-Steiner French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Richard Nock Australian National University

Jean Ponce École Normale Supérieure

Frank Nielsen Sony Computer Science Laboratories

Pierre Alliez French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Jean-Pierre Merlet French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Jean-Paul Laumond École Normale Supérieure

External Links

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