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Ken Perlin publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken Perlin sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 167 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Ken Perlin D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken Perlin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ken Perlin is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within computer science and engineering, focusing on areas such as human-computer interaction and computer vision and pattern recognition.

They have contributed to research in several subfields, including:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

Ken Perlin's work addresses topics such as virtual reality applications and impacts, vestibular and auditory disorders, evacuation and crowd dynamics, interactive and immersive displays, gaze tracking and assistive technology, ophthalmology and eye disorders, and balance, gait, and falls prevention.

Examples of recent papers published by Ken Perlin include:

  • "UrbanRama: Navigating Cities in Virtual Reality" (2021) in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • "TapGazer: Text Entry with Finger Tapping and Gaze-directed Word Selection" (2022) in CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • "Decrease in head sway as a measure of sensory integration following vestibular rehabilitation: A randomized controlled trial" (2023) in Journal of Vestibular Research
  • ""Push-That-There": Tabletop Multi-robot Object Manipulation via Multimodal 'Object-level Instruction'" (2024) in Designing Interactive Systems Conference
  • "Insight into postural control in unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular hypofunction" (2022) in PLoS ONE

The frequent venues where Ken Perlin has published include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Journal of Vestibular Research
  • Designing Interactive Systems Conference

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ken Perlin are:

  • Anat V. Lubetzky
  • Zhenyi He
  • Daphna Harel
  • Maura K. Cosetti
  • Jennifer Kelly

Best Publications

  • An image synthesizer

    Ken Perlin

  • Texturing and Modeling: A Procedural Approach

    David S. Ebert;F. Kenton Musgrave;Darwyn Peachey;Ken Perlin

  • Improv: a system for scripting interactive actors in virtual worlds

    Ken Perlin;Athomas Goldberg

  • Real-Time Continuous Pose Recovery of Human Hands Using Convolutional Networks

    Jonathan Tompson;Murphy Stein;Yann Lecun;Ken Perlin

  • Pad: an alternative approach to the computer interface

    Ken Perlin;David Fox

  • Improving noise

    Ken Perlin

  • Fractal computer user centerface with zooming capability

    Kenneth Perlin;Jacob Schwartz

  • Pad++: A Zoomable Graphical Sketchpad For Exploring Alternate Interface Physics

    Benjamin B. Bederson;James D. Hollan;Ken Perlin;Jonathan Meyer

  • Real time responsive animation with personality

    K. Perlin

  • Method and apparatus for providing input to a processor, and a sensor pad

    Kenneth Perlin;Ilya Rosenberg

  • Quikwriting: continuous stylus-based text entry

    Ken Perlin

  • Accelerating Eulerian Fluid Simulation With Convolutional Networks.

    Jonathan Tompson;Kristofer Schlachter;Pablo Sprechmann;Ken Perlin

  • An autostereoscopic display

    Ken Perlin;Salvatore Paxia;Joel S. Kollin

  • Painterly rendering for video and interaction

    Aaron Hertzmann;Ken Perlin

  • Hypertexture

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  • A Survey of Procedural Noise Functions

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

  • Texturing and Modeling

    David S. Ebert;Steven Worley;F. Kenton Musgrave;Darwyn Peachey

  • Measuring bidirectional texture reflectance with a kaleidoscope

    Jefferson Y. Han;Ken Perlin

  • Visually consistent arrays including conductive mesh

    Ilya D. Rosenberg;Julien G. Beguin;Kenneth H. Perlin

  • The UnMousePad: an interpolating multi-touch force-sensing input pad

    Ilya Rosenberg;Ken Perlin

  • Computer animation method and system for synthesizing human-like gestures and actions

    Kenneth Perlin

  • An image synthesizer

    K. Perlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan L. Plass
Jan L. Plass New York University
Aaron Hertzmann
Aaron Hertzmann Adobe Systems (United States)
David S. Ebert
David S. Ebert University of Oklahoma
Bruce D. Homer
Bruce D. Homer City University of New York
Luiz Velho
Luiz Velho Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
George Drettakis
George Drettakis French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Tony DeRose
Tony DeRose University of Washington
Mary Czerwinski
Mary Czerwinski Microsoft (United States)
Lexing Ying
Lexing Ying Stanford University

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