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33
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6592
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12466
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5058

Scott Schaefer 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 Scott Schaefer sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 83 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott Schaefer 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 Scott Schaefer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 33 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Scott Schaefer is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and conducts research primarily at the intersection of engineering and computer science. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including computational mechanics, computer graphics and computer-aided design, computer vision and pattern recognition, mechanical engineering, and geology.

The scientist has contributed to topics such as 3D shape modeling and analysis, computer graphics and visualization techniques, advanced numerical analysis techniques, optical measurement and interference techniques, computational geometry and mesh generation, tribology and lubrication engineering, and surface roughness and optical measurements.

Schaefer's recent research outputs include papers published from 2020 through 2024, highlighting an ongoing focus on geometry processing and shape modeling. These papers are:

  • Low Rank Matrix Approximation for 3D Geometry Filtering, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • Geometric Modeling and Processing, 2021, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
  • Neural Parametric Surfaces for Shape Modeling, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Surface Extraction from Neural Unsigned Distance Fields, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SolidGS: Consolidating Gaussian Surfel Splatting for Sparse-View Surface Reconstruction, 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent coauthors with whom Schaefer has collaborated include Wenping Wang, Yongqing Liang, Congyi Zhang, Guying Lin, and John Keyser. These collaborations suggest an active engagement within a research network focused on computational geometry and computer graphics.

The main publication venues for Schaefer's work are primarily prominent academic journals and repositories that include arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, and ACM Transactions on Graphics.

Best Publications

  • Dual contouring of hermite data

    Tao Ju;Frank Losasso;Scott Schaefer;Joe Warren

  • Image deformation using moving least squares

    Scott Schaefer;Travis McPhail;Joe Warren

  • Mean value coordinates for closed triangular meshes

    Tao Ju;Scott Schaefer;Joe Warren

  • Barycentric coordinates for convex sets

    Joe Warren;Scott Schaefer;Anil Nirmal Hirani;Mathieu Desbrun

  • Bijective parameterization with free boundaries

    Jason Smith;Scott Schaefer

  • Mesh denoising via L0 minimization

    Lei He;Scott Schaefer

  • Dual Marching Cubes: Primal Contouring of Dual Grids

    Scott Schaefer;Joe D. Warren

  • Approximating Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces with bicubic patches

    Charles Loop;Scott Schaefer

  • Denoising point sets via L 0 minimization

    Yujing Sun;Scott Schaefer;Wenping Wang

  • Streaming surface reconstruction using wavelets

    J. Manson;G. Petrova;S. Schaefer

  • Example-based skeleton extraction

    S. Schaefer;C. Yuksel

  • Manifold Dual Contouring

    S. Schaefer;T. Ju;J. Warren

  • Approximating subdivision surfaces with Gregory patches for hardware tessellation

    Charles Loop;Scott Schaefer;Tianyun Ni;Ignacio Castaño

  • Smooth geometry images

    F. Losasso;H. Hoppe;S. Schaefer;J. Warren

  • Parameterization and applications of Catmull-Rom curves

    Cem Yuksel;Scott Schaefer;John Keyser

  • A subdivision scheme for hexahedral meshes

    Chandrajit L. Bajaj;Scott Schaefer;Joe D. Warren;Guoliang Xu

  • Lofting curve networks using subdivision surfaces

    S. Schaefer;J. Warren;D. Zorin

  • Hair meshes

    Cem Yuksel;Scott Schaefer;John Keyser

  • Low Rank Matrix Approximation for 3D Geometry Filtering.

    Xuequan Lu;Scott Schaefer;Jun Luo;Lizhuang Ma

  • Simplicial complex augmentation framework for bijective maps

    Zhongshi Jiang;Scott Schaefer;Daniele Panozzo

  • Triangle surfaces with discrete equivalence classes

    Mayank Singh;Scott Schaefer

Frequent Co-Authors

Tao Ju
Tao Ju Washington University in St. Louis
Ron Goldman
Ron Goldman Rice University
Mathieu Desbrun
Mathieu Desbrun California Institute of Technology
Bernard Mourrain
Bernard Mourrain French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Jun Luo
Jun Luo Nanyang Technological University
Lizhuang Ma
Lizhuang Ma Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ying He
Ying He Nanyang Technological University
Wenping Wang
Wenping Wang Texas A&M University
Jarek Rossignac
Jarek Rossignac Georgia Institute of Technology
Kai Hormann
Kai Hormann Universita della Svizzera Italiana

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