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Steven J. Gortler

Steven J. Gortler

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
42
Citations
17973
World Ranking
8144
National Ranking
3489

Steven J. Gortler 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 Steven J. Gortler sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 130 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven J. Gortler 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 Steven J. Gortler sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% 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

  • 1998 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Steven J. Gortler is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans computer science and engineering, with key contributions in several subfields including computer vision and pattern recognition, civil and structural engineering, computer graphics and computer-aided design, computational theory and mathematics, and mechanical engineering.

Their work covers various research topics, notably structural analysis and optimization, computational geometry and mesh generation, advanced materials and mechanics, digital image processing techniques, topological and geometric data analysis, advanced vision and imaging, and neural networks and applications.

Recent papers authored by Steven J. Gortler include:

  • Low-Dimensional Invariant Embeddings for Universal Geometric Learning, 2024, Foundations of Computational Mathematics
  • Realizations of Isostatic Material Frameworks, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Globally rigid graphs are fully reconstructible, 2022, Forum of Mathematics Sigma
  • Almost-Rigidity of Frameworks, 2020, Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics
  • Maximum likelihood thresholds via graph rigidity, 2024, The Annals of Applied Probability

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven J. Gortler include:

  • Louis Theran
  • Robert Connelly
  • Daniel Irving Bernstein
  • Miranda Holmes-Cerfon
  • Meera Sitharam

Steven J. Gortler has published extensively in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Discrete & Computational Geometry, COMBINATORICA, Discrete Applied Mathematics, and Foundations of Computational Mathematics.

In recognition of their contributions, Steven J. Gortler was awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1998.

Best Publications

  • The lumigraph

    Steven J. Gortler;Radek Grzeszczuk;Richard Szeliski;Michael F. Cohen

  • Layered depth images

    Jonathan Shade;Steven Gortler;Li-wei He;Richard Szeliski

  • Image-based visual hulls

    Wojciech Matusik;Chris Buehler;Ramesh Raskar;Steven J. Gortler

  • Unstructured lumigraph rendering

    Chris Buehler;Michael Bosse;Leonard McMillan;Steven Gortler

  • Geometry images

    Xianfeng Gu;Steven J. Gortler;Hugues Hoppe

  • Texture mapping progressive meshes

    Pedro V. Sander;John Snyder;Steven J. Gortler;Hugues Hoppe

  • Dynamically reparameterized light fields

    Aaron Isaksen;Leonard McMillan;Steven J. Gortler

  • Fast exact and approximate geodesics on meshes

    Vitaly Surazhsky;Tatiana Surazhsky;Danil Kirsanov;Steven J. Gortler

  • Determining a vantage point of an image

    Michael F. Cohen;Radek Grzeszczuk

  • A local/global approach to mesh parameterization

    Ligang Liu;Lei Zhang;Yin Xu;Craig Gotsman

  • Multi-chart geometry images

    P. V. Sander;Z. J. Wood;S. J. Gortler;J. Snyder

  • Wavelet radiosity

    Steven J. Gortler;Peter Schröder;Michael F. Cohen;Pat Hanrahan

  • Silhouette clipping

    Pedro V. Sander;Xianfeng Gu;Steven J. Gortler;Hugues Hoppe

  • Hierarchical spacetime control

    Zicheng Liu;Steven J. Gortler;Michael F. Cohen

  • Characterizing generic global rigidity

    Steven J. Gortler;Alexander D. Healy;Dylan P. Thurston

  • Signal-specialized parametrization

    Pedro V. Sander;Steven J. Gortler;John Snyder;Hugues Hoppe

  • Geometry videos: a new representation for 3D animations

    Hector M. Briceño;Pedro V. Sander;Leonard McMillan;Steven Gortler

  • Discrete one-forms on meshes and applications to 3D mesh parameterization

    Steven J. Gortler;Craig Gotsman;Dylan Thurston

  • Equivalences and Separations Between Quantum and Classical Learnability

    Rocco A. Servedio;Steven J. Gortler

  • A new reconstruction filter for undersampled light fields

    J. Stewart;J. Yu;S. J. Gortler;L. McMillan

  • Time critical lumigraph rendering

    Peter-Pike Sloan;Michael F. Cohen;Steven J. Gortler

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd Zickler
Todd Zickler Harvard University
Robert Connelly
Robert Connelly Cornell University
Leonard McMillan
Leonard McMillan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hugues Hoppe
Hugues Hoppe Google (United States)
Michael F. Cohen
Michael F. Cohen Facebook (United States)
Craig Gotsman
Craig Gotsman New Jersey Institute of Technology
John Snyder
John Snyder Microsoft (United States)
Pedro V. Sander
Pedro V. Sander Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Xianfeng Gu
Xianfeng Gu Stony Brook University
Ligang Liu
Ligang Liu University of Science and Technology of China

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