David Baraff

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

David Baraff is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Baraff has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 13 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 9 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in David Baraff's work include Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (18 papers), Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (14 papers) and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (11 papers). David Baraff is often cited by papers focused on Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (18 papers), Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (14 papers) and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (11 papers). David Baraff collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. David Baraff's co-authors include Andrew Witkin, Michael Kass, Jeffrey D. Smith, P.K. Khosla, Norman I. Badler, P.K. Khosla, Peter Berkelman, Ralph Hollis, Maneesh Agrawala and Samuel M. Goldwasser and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM Transactions on Graphics, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation and Computer Graphics Forum.

In The Last Decade

David Baraff

37 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Large steps in cloth simulation 1994 2026 2004 2015 1998 1994 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Large steps in cloth simulation
    1998 1.2k citations David Baraff, Andrew Witkin profile →
  2. Fast contact force computation for nonpenetrating rigid bodies
    1994 389 citations David Baraff profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Baraff United States 25 1.8k 1.7k 1.6k 1.0k 536 38 3.8k
Doug L. James United States 40 2.7k 1.5× 2.4k 1.4× 1.8k 1.1× 2.0k 2.0× 608 1.1× 124 5.3k
Bernhard Thomaszewski Switzerland 30 1.3k 0.7× 924 0.6× 914 0.6× 702 0.7× 650 1.2× 95 2.9k
Jernej Barbič United States 24 1.1k 0.6× 739 0.4× 847 0.5× 896 0.9× 320 0.6× 66 2.3k
Gershon Elber Israel 37 2.8k 1.5× 2.0k 1.2× 328 0.2× 989 1.0× 820 1.5× 201 4.1k
Elaine Cohen United States 27 1.9k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 254 0.2× 746 0.7× 658 1.2× 102 2.7k
Danny M. Kaufman United States 26 1.1k 0.6× 790 0.5× 576 0.4× 354 0.3× 229 0.4× 58 1.9k
Bruno Heidelberger Switzerland 13 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 550 0.3× 878 0.9× 189 0.4× 18 2.3k
Brian Mirtich United States 13 347 0.2× 513 0.3× 775 0.5× 919 0.9× 316 0.6× 15 1.9k
Sofien Bouaziz United States 24 1.6k 0.9× 985 0.6× 547 0.3× 2.1k 2.0× 191 0.4× 38 3.3k
Alec Jacobson United States 29 2.1k 1.2× 1.9k 1.1× 488 0.3× 1.3k 1.3× 129 0.2× 111 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by David Baraff

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Baraff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Baraff

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Baraff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Baraff 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 David Baraff. David Baraff is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baraff, David, et al.. (2018). Finding Stable Orientations of Assemblies with Linear Programming. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University).
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Berkelman, Peter, Ralph Hollis, & David Baraff. (2003). Interaction with a real time dynamic environment simulation using a magnetic levitation haptic interface device. 4. 3261–3266. 20 indexed citations
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Khosla, P.K., et al.. (2002). Stability of assemblies. 1. 652–661. 6 indexed citations
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Baraff, David, et al.. (2002). Finding all gravitationally stable orientations of assemblies. 251–257. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Jeffrey D., Andrew Witkin, & David Baraff. (2001). Fast and Controllable Simulation of the Shattering of Brittle Objects. Computer Graphics Forum. 20(2). 81–90. 42 indexed citations
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Smith, Jeffrey D., Andrew Witkin, & David Baraff. (2001). Fast and Controllable Simulation of the Shattering of Brittle Objects. Computer Graphics Forum. 20(2). 81–91. 34 indexed citations
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Baraff, David & Andrew Witkin. (2000). Rapid dynamic simulation. 145–173. 1 indexed citations
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Baraff, David & Andrew Witkin. (1998). Large steps in cloth simulation. 43–54. 1220 indexed citations breakdown →
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Baraff, David. (1996). Linear-time dynamics using Lagrange multipliers. 137–146. 210 indexed citations
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Baraff, David, et al.. (1996). Finding all stable orientations of assemblies with friction. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. 12(2). 290–301. 24 indexed citations
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Baraff, David, et al.. (1995). Gravitational stability of frictionless assemblies. IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. 11(3). 374–388. 32 indexed citations
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Baraff, David. (1995). Interactive simulation of solid rigid bodies. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 15(3). 63–75. 80 indexed citations
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Baraff, David. (1994). Fast contact force computation for nonpenetrating rigid bodies. 23–34. 389 indexed citations breakdown →
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Baraff, David, et al.. (1993). Impending Motion Direction of Contacting Rigid Bodies. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 6 indexed citations
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Baraff, David. (1992). Dynamic Simulation of Non-Penetrating Rigid Bodies. eCommons (Cornell University). 25(6). 330–6. 73 indexed citations
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Baraff, David & Andrew Witkin. (1992). Dynamic simulation of non-penetrating flexible bodies. 303–308. 155 indexed citations
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Baraff, David. (1989). Analytical methods for dynamic simulation of non-penetrating rigid bodies. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 23(3). 223–232. 300 indexed citations
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Baraff, David. (1989). Analytical methods for dynamic simulation of non-penetrating rigid bodies. 223–232. 156 indexed citations
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Petajan, E., et al.. (1988). Human Hand Model Calibration Using 3D Reconstruction From Multiple Silhouette Views. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 902. 87–87. 2 indexed citations
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Badler, Norman I., et al.. (1986). Multi-dimensional input techniques and articulated figure positioning by multiple constraints.. Didáctica Lengua y Literatura. 151–169. 8 indexed citations

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