2026 Miguel A. Otaduy: 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	47	6592	6401	85	83	191	7313

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Miguel A. Otaduy is affiliated with King Juan Carlos University in Spain. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on engineering and computer science. Within these broad areas, their work covers specialized subfields including computational mechanics, control and systems engineering, computer graphics and computer-aided design, surgery, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

Their research topics show a strong emphasis on:

3D shape modeling and analysis
Computer graphics and visualization techniques
Human motion and animation
Advanced numerical analysis techniques
Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
Human pose and action recognition
Tactile and sensory interactions

Miguel A. Otaduy has contributed to multiple publications in notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

ACM Transactions on Graphics
Computer Graphics Forum
arXiv (Cornell University)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Among their recent papers are:

"SNUG: Self-Supervised Neural Dynamic Garments," 2022, 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)
"RGB2Hands," 2020, ACM Transactions on Graphics
"SoftSMPL: Data-driven Modeling of Nonlinear Soft-tissue Dynamics for Parametric Humans," 2020, Computer Graphics Forum
"RGB2Hands: Real-Time Tracking of 3D Hand Interactions from Monocular RGB Video," 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
"Estimation of yarn-level simulation models for production fabrics," 2022, ACM Transactions on Graphics

Miguel A. Otaduy has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable coauthors include Dan Casas, Jesús Pérez, Cristian Romero, Christos Koutras, and Igor Santesteban.

Best Publications

Design and fabrication of materials with desired deformation behavior

Bernd Bickel;Moritz Bächer;Miguel A. Otaduy;Hyunho Richard Lee

351
Citations
Multi-scale capture of facial geometry and motion

Bernd Bickel;Mario Botsch;Roland Angst;Wojciech Matusik

240
Citations
ArtNova: touch-enabled 3D model design

Mark Foskey;Miguel A. Otaduy;Ming C. Lin

230
Citations
DiFi: Fast 3D Distance Field Computation Using Graphics Hardware

Avneesh Sud;Miguel A. Otaduy;Dinesh Manocha

218
Citations
A Survey on Position-Based Simulation Methods in Computer Graphics

Jan Bender;Matthias Müller;Miguel A. Otaduy;Matthias Teschner

217
Citations
Haptic Rendering : Foundations, Algorithms, and Applications

Ming C. Lin;Miguel A. Otaduy

217
Citations
Capture and modeling of non-linear heterogeneous soft tissue

Bernd Bickel;Moritz Bächer;Miguel A. Otaduy;Wojciech Matusik

213
Citations
Sensation preserving simplification for haptic rendering

Miguel A. Otaduy;Ming C. Lin

165
Citations
Real-time pose and shape reconstruction of two interacting hands with a single depth camera

Franziska Mueller;Micah Davis;Florian Bernard;Oleksandr Sotnychenko

160
Citations
Yarn-level simulation of woven cloth

Gabriel Cirio;Jorge Lopez-Moreno;David Miraut;Miguel A. Otaduy

157
Citations
Data-Driven Estimation of Cloth Simulation Models

E. Miguel;D. Bradley;B. Thomaszewski;B. Bickel

155
Citations
Implicit Contact Handling for Deformable Objects

Miguel A. Otaduy;Rasmus Tamstorf;Denis Steinemann;Markus H. Gross

155
Citations
Pose-space animation and transfer of facial details

Bernd Bickel;Manuel Lang;Mario Botsch;Miguel A. Otaduy

139
Citations
Fast penetration depth computation for physically-based animation

Young J. Kim;Miguel A. Otaduy;Ming C. Lin;Dinesh Manocha

139
Citations
A modular haptic rendering algorithm for stable and transparent 6-DOF manipulation

M.A. Otaduy;M.C. Lin

131
Citations
SNUG: Self-Supervised Neural Dynamic Garments

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129
Citations
Design and fabrication of flexible rod meshes

Jesús Pérez;Bernhard Thomaszewski;Stelian Coros;Bernd Bickel

126
Citations
Learning-Based Animation of Clothing for Virtual Try-On

Igor Santesteban;Miguel A. Otaduy;Dan Casas

120
Citations
RGB2Hands: real-time tracking of 3D hand interactions from monocular RGB video

Jiayi Wang;Franziska Mueller;Florian Bernard;Suzanne Sorli

110
Citations
MakeSense: Automated Sensor Design for Proprioceptive Soft Robots.

Javier Tapia;Javier Tapia;Espen Knoop;Mojmir Mutný;Miguel A. Otaduy

103
Citations
Continuous penalty forces

Min Tang;Dinesh Manocha;Miguel A. Otaduy;Ruofeng Tong

102
Citations
Six-degree-of-freedom haptic rendering using incremental and localized computations

Young J. Kim;Miguel A. Otaduy;Ming C. Lin;Dinesh Manocha

98
Citations
Position-based Methods for the Simulation of Solid Objects in Computer Graphics.

Jan Bender;Matthias Müller;Miguel A. Otaduy;Matthias Teschner

95
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ming C. Lin University of Maryland, College Park

Markus Gross ETH Zurich

Bernd Bickel ETH Zurich

Dinesh Manocha University of Maryland, College Park

Wojciech Matusik MIT

Derek Bradley Walt Disney (United States)

Bernhard Thomaszewski ETH Zurich

Maud Marchal French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA

Domenico Prattichizzo University of Siena

Hanspeter Pfister Harvard University

External Links

Personal website of Miguel A. Otaduy Google Scholar page

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