Charles Loop

5.4k citations

47 papers · 2.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 24

Impact in

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design top 0.1%
- Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
- Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
Computational Mechanics top 0.5%
- 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis
- Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques

Papers in ⓘ

Computational Mechanics 38
- Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques 31
- 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis 23
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 35
- Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques 24
- Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation 18

Co-authors: Tony DeRose (4 shared papers)Zhengyou Zhang (1 shared paper)Jim Blinn (4 shared papers)Scott Schaefer (5 shared papers)Cha Zhang (2 shared papers)Matthias Nießner (9 shared papers)Dinei Florêncio (1 shared paper)Jos Stam (1 shared paper)
Journals: ACM Transactions on Graphics (8 papers)Computer Graphics Forum (5 papers)The Visual Computer (1 paper)International Journal of Computer Vision (1 paper)Computer Aided Geometric Design (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Charles Loop

47 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Neural Geometric Level of Detail: Real-time Rendering with Implicit 3D Shapes 2021 · 257 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Neural Geometric Level of Detail: Real-time Rendering with Implicit 3D Shapes
2014 ACM Transactions on Graphics

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1	Real-time non-rigid reconstruction using an RGB-D camera ACM Transactions on Graphics ·Michael Zollhöfer, Matthias Nießner, Shahram Izadi, Christoph Rehmann, Christopher Zach, Matthew Fisher, Chenglei Wu, Andrew Fitzgibbon, Charles Loop, Christian Theobalt, Marc Stamminger Hit paper breakdown →	2014	262
2	Neural Geometric Level of Detail: Real-time Rendering with Implicit 3D Shapes Towaki Takikawa, Joey Litalien, Kangxue Yin, Karsten Kreis, Charles Loop, Derek Nowrouzezahrai, Alec Jacobson, Morgan McGuire, Sanja Fidler Hit paper breakdown →	2021	257
3	Computing rectifying homographies for stereo vision Charles Loop, Zhengyou Zhang	2003	229
4	Point cloud attribute compression with graph transform Cha Zhang, Dinei Florêncio, Charles Loop	2014	181
5	A multisided generalization of Bézier surfaces ACM Transactions on Graphics ·Charles Loop, Tony DeRose	1989	127
6	Generalized B-spline surfaces of arbitrary topology Charles Loop, Tony DeRose	1990	96
7	Approximating Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces with bicubic patches ACM Transactions on Graphics ·Charles Loop, Scott Schaefer	2008	91
8	Smooth spline surfaces over irregular meshes Charles Loop	1994	80
9	Real-time GPU rendering of piecewise algebraic surfaces ACM Transactions on Graphics ·Charles Loop, Jim Blinn	2006	77
10	Quad/Triangle Subdivision Computer Graphics Forum ·Jos Stam, Charles Loop	2003	72
11	Resolution independent curve rendering using programmable graphics hardware ACM Transactions on Graphics ·Charles Loop, Jim Blinn	2005	63
12	Feature-adaptive GPU rendering of Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces ACM Transactions on Graphics ·Matthias Nießner, Charles Loop, Mark Meyer, Tony DeRose	2012	61
13	Approximating subdivision surfaces with Gregory patches for hardware tessellation ACM Transactions on Graphics ·Charles Loop, Scott Schaefer, Tianyun Ni, Ignacio Castaño	2009	59
14	Generalized B-spline surfaces of arbitrary topology ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics ·Charles Loop, Tony DeRose	1990	56
15	Real-time high-resolution sparse voxelization with application to image-based modeling Charles Loop, Cha Zhang, Zhengyou Zhang	2013	55
16	Fast Ray Sorting and Breadth‐First Packet Traversal for GPU Ray Tracing Computer Graphics Forum ·Kirill Garanzha, Charles Loop	2010	51
17	G² Tensor Product Splines over Extraordinary Vertices Computer Graphics Forum ·Charles Loop, Scott Schaefer	2008	48
18	A G1 triangular spline surface of arbitrary topological type Computer Aided Geometric Design ·Charles Loop	1994	45
19	Bounded curvature triangle mesh subdivision with the convex hull property The Visual Computer ·Charles Loop	2002	35
20	Analytic displacement mapping using hardware tessellation ACM Transactions on Graphics ·Matthias Nießner, Charles Loop	2013	31

About Charles Loop

Charles Loop is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 47 papers that have together received 2.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (31 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (24 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (23 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (18 papers), Advanced Vision and Imaging (14 papers), Advanced machining processes and optimization (4 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (3 papers) and Optical measurement and interference techniques (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (1.3k citations), Computational Mechanics (1.5k citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (1.1k citations), Geology (119 citations) and Aerospace Engineering (264 citations). Charles Loop has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Tony DeRose, Zhengyou Zhang, Jim Blinn, Scott Schaefer, Cha Zhang, Matthias Nießner, Dinei Florêncio, Jos Stam, Zhengyou Zhang and Marc Stamminger. Their work appears in journals such as ACM Transactions on Graphics, Computer Graphics Forum, The Visual Computer, International Journal of Computer Vision and Computer Aided Geometric Design.

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