Brian Smits

2.0k total citations
21 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Brian Smits is a scholar working on Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computational Mechanics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Smits has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, 11 papers in Computational Mechanics and 10 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Brian Smits's work include Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (18 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (10 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (7 papers). Brian Smits is often cited by papers focused on Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (18 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (10 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (7 papers). Brian Smits collaborates with scholars based in United States. Brian Smits's co-authors include Peter Shirley, James Arvo, Donald P. Greenberg, Steven G. Parker, Charles Hansen, Peter‐Pike J. Sloan, William Martin, David Salesin, K. E. Torrance and Julie Dorsey and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Computers & Graphics and ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics.

In The Last Decade

Brian Smits

21 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Smits United States	17	896	877	391	182	98	21	1.3k
Chris Tchou United States	16	990 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	422 1.1×	178 1.0×	90 0.9×	21	1.7k
Kadi Bouatouch France	19	700 0.8×	896 1.0×	335 0.9×	115 0.6×	90 0.9×	113	1.2k
Eric P. Lafortune United States	11	980 1.1×	871 1.0×	480 1.2×	229 1.3×	87 0.9×	15	1.3k
Hans‐Peter Seidel Germany	24	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	957 2.4×	106 0.6×	59 0.6×	163	1.9k
Johannes Hanika Germany	19	804 0.9×	782 0.9×	323 0.8×	158 0.9×	88 0.9×	67	1.1k
Yoshinori Dobashi Japan	24	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.2×	691 1.8×	59 0.3×	161 1.6×	139	1.7k
Michael Ashikhmin United States	19	1.0k 1.1×	2.0k 2.3×	494 1.3×	321 1.8×	95 1.0×	28	2.5k
Ping-Sing Tsai United States	6	663 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	507 1.3×	52 0.3×	69 0.7×	8	1.4k
Nicolas Holzschuch France	19	977 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	504 1.3×	73 0.4×	82 0.8×	55	1.3k
Eihachiro Nakamae Japan	22	1.0k 1.1×	834 1.0×	439 1.1×	113 0.6×	203 2.1×	89	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Smits

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Smits

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Smits

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Smits. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Smits based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brian Smits. Brian Smits is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Hoffman, Naty, et al.. (2012). Practical physically-based shading in film and game production. 1–7. 59 indexed citations

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Parker, Steven G., Peter Shirley, & Brian Smits. (2008). Single Sample Soft Shadows. 7 indexed citations

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Stark, Michael, James Arvo, & Brian Smits. (2005). Barycentric parameterizations for isotropic BRDFs. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 11(2). 126–138. 37 indexed citations

4.

Parker, Steven G., William Martin, Peter‐Pike J. Sloan, et al.. (2005). Interactive ray tracing. 12–12. 62 indexed citations

5.

Shirley, Peter, Brian Smits, Helen H. Hu, & Eric P. Lafortune. (2002). A practitioners' assessment of light reflection models. 40–49. 17 indexed citations

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Madison, Cindee, William B. Thompson, Daniel Kersten, Peter Shirley, & Brian Smits. (2001). Use of interreflection and shadow for surface contact. Perception & Psychophysics. 63(2). 187–194. 55 indexed citations

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Ashikhmin, Michael, Simon Premože, Peter Shirley, & Brian Smits. (2001). A variance analysis of the Metropolis Light Transport algorithm. Computers & Graphics. 25(2). 287–294. 21 indexed citations

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Hu, Han, Amy A. Gooch, William B. Thompson, et al.. (2000). Visual cues for imminent object contact in realistic virtual environments. 179–185. 27 indexed citations

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Madison, Cindee, Daniel Kersten, William B. Thompson, Peter Shirley, & Brian Smits. (1999). The Use of Subtle Illumination Cues for Human Judgement of Spatial Layout. 2 indexed citations

10.

Shirley, Peter, et al.. (1999). A practical analytic model for daylight. 91–100. 240 indexed citations

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Parker, Steven G., William Martin, Peter‐Pike J. Sloan, et al.. (1999). Interactive ray tracing. 119–126. 148 indexed citations

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Smits, Brian. (1999). An RGB-to-Spectrum Conversion for Reflectances. Journal of Graphics Tools. 4(4). 11–22. 79 indexed citations

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Smits, Brian. (1998). Efficiency Issues for Ray Tracing. Journal of Graphics Tools. 3(2). 1–14. 65 indexed citations

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Lischinski, Dani, Brian Smits, & Donald P. Greenberg. (1994). Bounds and error estimates for radiosity. 67–74. 51 indexed citations

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Arvo, James, K. E. Torrance, & Brian Smits. (1994). A framework for the analysis of error in global illumination algorithms. 75–84. 70 indexed citations

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Smits, Brian. (1994). Efficient hierarchical radiosity in complex environments. eCommons (Cornell University). 9 indexed citations

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Smits, Brian, James Arvo, & Donald P. Greenberg. (1994). A clustering algorithm for radiosity in complex environments. 435–442. 108 indexed citations

18.

Dorsey, Julie, et al.. (1993). Painting with light. 143–146. 110 indexed citations

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Smits, Brian, James Arvo, & David Salesin. (1992). An importance-driven radiosity algorithm. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 26(2). 273–282. 21 indexed citations

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Smits, Brian, James Arvo, & David Salesin. (1992). An importance-driven radiosity algorithm. 273–282. 71 indexed citations

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