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Paolo Cignoni 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 Paolo Cignoni sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 234 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paolo Cignoni 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 Paolo Cignoni sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Paolo Cignoni is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields of study, primarily within engineering and computer science, with a particular focus on several subfields including computer vision and pattern recognition, computer graphics and computer-aided design, civil and structural engineering, computational mechanics, and geology.

Their work covers a variety of main topics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach that includes:

  • 3D surveying and cultural heritage
  • Computer graphics and visualization techniques
  • 3D shape modeling and analysis
  • Structural analysis and optimization
  • Computational geometry and mesh generation
  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Innovations in concrete and construction materials

Paolo Cignoni's publication record includes contributions in frequent venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • Computer Graphics Forum
  • Computers & Graphics
  • Remote Sensing

Selected recent publications include:

  • "TagLab: AI-assisted annotation for the fast and accurate semantic segmentation of coral reef orthoimages" (2021) in Journal of Field Robotics
  • "Reliable feature-line driven quad-remeshing" (2021) in ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • "LoopyCuts" (2020) in ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • "Needs and Gaps in Optical Underwater Technologies and Methods for the Investigation of Marine Animal Forest 3D-Structural Complexity" (2021) in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Quantifying the Loss of Coral from a Bleaching Event Using Underwater Photogrammetry and AI-Assisted Image Segmentation" (2023) in Remote Sensing

Frequent collaboration partners in their research include:

  • Luigi Malomo
  • Francesco Laccone
  • Massimiliano Corsini
  • Marco Callieri
  • Nico Pietroni

Best Publications

  • MeshLab: an Open-Source Mesh Processing Tool

    Paolo Cignoni;Marco Callieri;Massimiliano Corsini;Matteo Dellepiane

  • Metro: measuring error on simplified surfaces

    Paolo Cignoni;Claudio Rocchini;Roberto Scopigno

  • A comparison of mesh simplification algorithms

    Paolo Cignoni;Claudio Montani;Roberto Scopigno

  • Ambient Occlusion and Edge Cueing for Enhancing Real Time Molecular Visualization

    M. Tarini;P. Cignoni;C. Montani

  • A low cost 3D scanner based on structured light

    C. Rocchini;P. Cignoni;C. Montani;P. Pingi

  • MeshLab: an Open-Source 3D Mesh Processing System.

    Paolo Cignoni;Massimiliano Corsini;Guido Ranzuglia

  • DeWall: A fast divide and conquer Delaunay triangulation algorithm in Ed

    Paolo Cignoni;Claudio Montani;Roberto Scopigno

  • Efficient and Flexible Sampling with Blue Noise Properties of Triangular Meshes

    M. Corsini;P. Cignoni;R. Scopigno

  • PolyCube-Maps

    Marco Tarini;Kai Hormann;Paolo Cignoni;Claudio Montani

  • BDAM — Batched Dynamic Adaptive Meshes for High Performance Terrain Visualization

    Paolo Cignoni;Fabio Ganovelli;Enrico Gobbetti;Fabio Marton

  • Multiresolution Decimation based on Global Error

    Andrea Ciampalini;Paolo Cignoni;Claudio Montani;Roberto Scopigno

  • Elastic textures for additive fabrication

    Julian Panetta;Qingnan Zhou;Luigi Malomo;Nico Pietroni

  • Speeding up isosurface extraction using interval trees

    P. Cignoni;P. Marino;C. Montani;E. Puppo

  • External memory management and simplification of huge meshes

    P. Cignoni;C. Montani;C. Rocchini;R. Scopigno

  • Adaptive tetrapuzzles: efficient out-of-core construction and visualization of gigantic multiresolution polygonal models

    Paolo Cignoni;Fabio Ganovelli;Enrico Gobbetti;Fabio Marton

  • Planet-sized batched dynamic adaptive meshes (P-BDAM)

    P. Cignoni;F. Ganovelli;E. Gobbetti;F. Marton

  • Representation and Visualization of Terrain Surfaces at Variable Resolution

    Paolo Cignoni;Enrico Puppo;Roberto Scopigno

  • Multiple textures stitching and blending on 3D objects

    C. Rocchini;P. Cignoni;C. Montani;R. Scopigno

  • Protected interactive 3D graphics via remote rendering

    David Koller;Michael Turitzin;Marc Levoy;Marco Tarini

  • Technical Section: Masked photo blending: Mapping dense photographic data set on high-resolution sampled 3D models

    M. Callieri;P. Cignoni;M. Corsini;R. Scopigno

  • Multiresolution modeling and visualization of volume data based on simplicial complexes

    Paolo Cignoni;Leila De Floriani;Claudio Montani;Enrico Puppo

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Scopigno
Roberto Scopigno Institute of Information Science and Technologies
Claudio Montani
Claudio Montani Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Enrico Puppo
Enrico Puppo University of Genoa
Enrico Gobbetti
Enrico Gobbetti Center for Advanced Studies Research and Development in Sardinia
Leila De Floriani
Leila De Floriani University of Maryland, College Park
Daniele Panozzo
Daniele Panozzo New York University
Bernd Bickel
Bernd Bickel ETH Zurich
Valerio Pascucci
Valerio Pascucci University of Utah
Raffaele Perego
Raffaele Perego Institute of Information Science and Technologies
Michael Goesele
Michael Goesele Technical University of Darmstadt

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