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Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz

Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz

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Computer Science
Canada
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
64
Citations
18651
World Ranking
2572
National Ranking
96

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their subfields of expertise include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Ecology.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics within plant biology and computational modeling. Key papers include:

  • Phyllotactic patterning of gerbera flower heads, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Latent Space Phenotyping: Automatic Image-Based Phenotyping for Treatment Studies, 2020, Plant Phenomics
  • Phyllotaxis without symmetry: what can we learn from flower heads?, 2022, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Computational Models of Auxin-Driven Patterning in Shoots, 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
  • L-system models for image-based phenomics: case studies of maize and canola, 2021, in silico Plants

Prusinkiewicz's research interests encompass multiple topics, with a strong emphasis on plant molecular biology research and plant reproductive biology. Other areas of focus include plant and animal studies, plant gene expression analysis, smart agriculture and AI, greenhouse technology and climate control, and plant diversity and evolution.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Mikolaj Cieslak
  • Teng Zhang
  • Andrew Owens
  • Paula Elomaa
  • Isobel A. P. Parkin

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Plant Phenomics, Journal of Experimental Botany, and in silico Plants.

In 2014, Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants

    Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Aristid Lindenmayer

  • Visual models of plants interacting with their environment

    Radomír Měch;Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz

  • Realistic modeling and rendering of plant ecosystems

    Oliver Deussen;Pat Hanrahan;Bernd Lintermann;Radomír Měch

  • Using L-systems for modeling source-sink interactions, architecture and physiology of growing trees: the L-PEACH model.

    M. T. Allen;P. Prusinkiewicz;T. M. DeJong

  • Synthetic topiary

    Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Mark James;Radomír Měch

  • Lindenmayer Systems, Fractals, and Plants

    P. Prusinkiewicz;James Hanan

  • Modeling and visualization of leaf venation patterns

    Adam Runions;Martin Fuhrer;Brendan Lane;Pavol Federl

  • Graphical applications of L-systems

    P Prusinkiewicz

  • Development models of herbaceous plants for computer imagery purposes

    Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Aristid Lindenmayer;James Hanan

  • The use of positional information in the modeling of plants

    Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Lars Mündermann;Radoslaw Karwowski;Brendan Lane

  • Variance‐based color image quantization for frame buffer display

    S. J. Wan;P. Prusinkiewicz;S. K. M. Wong

  • Animation of plant development

    Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Mark S. Hammel;Eric Mjolsness

  • Self-organizing tree models for image synthesis

    Wojciech Palubicki;Kipp Horel;Steven Longay;Adam Runions

  • The use of plant models in deep learning: an application to leaf counting in rosette plants

    Jordan Ubbens;Mikolaj Cieslak;Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Ian Stavness

  • L-systems: from the Theory to Visual Models of Plants

    Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Jim Hanan;Mark Hammel;Radomir Mech

  • Modeling of spatial structure and development of plants: a review

    Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz

  • Modeling trees with a space colonization algorithm

    Adam Runions;Brendan Lane;Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz

  • L-studio/cpfg: A software system for modeling plants

    P. Prusinkiewicz;R. Karwowski;R. Mech;J. Hanan

  • Computational models of plant development and form

    Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Adam Runions

  • An L-system-based plant modeling language

    P. Prusinkiewicz;J. Hanan;R. Mech

  • Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells

    Hans Meinhardt;D. R. Fowler;P. Prusinkiewicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico Coen
Enrico Coen John Innes Centre
Theodore M. DeJong
Theodore M. DeJong University of California, Davis
Miltos Tsiantis
Miltos Tsiantis Max Planck Society
Cris Kuhlemeier
Cris Kuhlemeier University of Bern
Brian Wyvill
Brian Wyvill University of Victoria
Michael G. Surette
Michael G. Surette McMaster University
Olivier Hamant
Olivier Hamant École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Michael Renton
Michael Renton University of Western Australia
Jonathan P. Lynch
Jonathan P. Lynch Pennsylvania State University
Jiří Friml
Jiří Friml Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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