David Cohen‐Steiner

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

David Cohen‐Steiner is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Cohen‐Steiner has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 29 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and 24 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in David Cohen‐Steiner's work include Topological and Geometric Data Analysis (27 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (23 papers) and Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (22 papers). David Cohen‐Steiner is often cited by papers focused on Topological and Geometric Data Analysis (27 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (23 papers) and Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (22 papers). David Cohen‐Steiner collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and India. David Cohen‐Steiner's co-authors include Pierre Alliez, Mathieu Desbrun, Herbert Edelsbrunner, John Harer, Jean‐Marie Morvan, Bruno Lévy, Olivier Devillers, Frédéric Chazal, Mariette Yvinec and Dmitriy Morozov and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM Transactions on Graphics, Journal of Differential Geometry and Computer Graphics Forum.

In The Last Decade

David Cohen‐Steiner

57 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Stability of Persistence Diagrams 2004 2026 2011 2018 2006 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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. Stability of Persistence Diagrams
    2006 596 citations David Cohen‐Steiner, Herbert Edelsbrunner et al. Discrete & Computational Geometry profile →
  2. Variational shape approximation
    2004 487 citations David Cohen‐Steiner, Pierre Alliez et al. ACM Transactions on Graphics 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 Cohen‐Steiner France 26 1.9k 1.9k 1.4k 1.2k 490 58 4.1k
Tamal K. Dey United States 36 2.4k 1.3× 2.7k 1.4× 814 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 203 0.4× 184 4.5k
Jean‐Daniel Boissonnat France 32 1.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 484 0.3× 1.5k 1.2× 69 0.1× 120 3.9k
Facundo Mémoli United States 22 680 0.4× 336 0.2× 818 0.6× 746 0.6× 248 0.5× 67 2.2k
Frédéric Chazal France 23 423 0.2× 375 0.2× 1.2k 0.9× 663 0.5× 389 0.8× 63 1.9k
Michela Spagnuolo Italy 30 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 306 0.2× 1.8k 1.4× 43 0.1× 147 3.4k
Yiying Tong United States 33 2.0k 1.1× 1.5k 0.8× 323 0.2× 1.8k 1.4× 83 0.2× 107 3.9k
Martin Rumpf Germany 32 1.5k 0.8× 875 0.5× 383 0.3× 956 0.8× 131 0.3× 131 2.8k
Joachim Weickert Germany 35 697 0.4× 402 0.2× 213 0.2× 4.5k 3.6× 204 0.4× 118 5.8k
Marcelo Bertalmı́o Spain 28 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 158 0.1× 6.2k 5.1× 102 0.2× 133 7.3k
Ernst P. Mücke United States 9 804 0.4× 998 0.5× 374 0.3× 668 0.5× 43 0.1× 11 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by David Cohen‐Steiner

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Cohen‐Steiner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Cohen‐Steiner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cohen‐Steiner, David, et al.. (2023). Delaunay and Regular Triangulations as Lexicographic Optimal Chains. Discrete & Computational Geometry. 70(1). 1–50. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Tong, Laurent Busé, David Cohen‐Steiner, et al.. (2023). Variational Shape Reconstruction via Quadric Error Metrics. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1–10. 7 indexed citations
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Amini, Omid & David Cohen‐Steiner. (2015). A transfer principle and applications to eigenvalue estimates for graphs. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
4.
Cohen‐Steiner, David, et al.. (2013). Noise‐Adaptive Shape Reconstruction from Raw Point Sets. Computer Graphics Forum. 32(5). 229–238. 19 indexed citations
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Cazals, Frédéric & David Cohen‐Steiner. (2011). Reconstructing 3D compact sets. Computational Geometry. 45(1-2). 1–13. 7 indexed citations
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Goes, Fernando de, David Cohen‐Steiner, Pierre Alliez, & Mathieu Desbrun. (2011). An Optimal Transport Approach to Robust Reconstruction and Simplification of 2D Shapes. Computer Graphics Forum. 30(5). 1593–1602. 63 indexed citations
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Cohen‐Steiner, David, Herbert Edelsbrunner, John Harer, & Dmitriy Morozov. (2009). Persistent homology for kernels, images, and cokernels. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 1011–1020. 20 indexed citations
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Chazal, Frédéric, David Cohen‐Steiner, & André Lieutier. (2009). A Sampling Theory for Compact Sets in Euclidean Space. Discrete & Computational Geometry. 41(3). 461–479. 52 indexed citations
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Cohen‐Steiner, David, Herbert Edelsbrunner, & John Harer. (2009). Extending Persistence Using Poincaré and Lefschetz Duality. Foundations of Computational Mathematics. 9(1). 133–134. 48 indexed citations
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Chazal, Frédéric, David Cohen‐Steiner, Leonidas Guibas, Facundo Mémoli, & Steve Oudot. (2009). Gromov‐Hausdorff Stable Signatures for Shapes using Persistence. Computer Graphics Forum. 28(5). 1393–1403. 111 indexed citations
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Chazal, Frédéric, David Cohen‐Steiner, & André Lieutier. (2008). Normal cone approximation and offset shape isotopy. Computational Geometry. 42(6-7). 566–581. 9 indexed citations
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Bendich, Paul, et al.. (2008). Versions of Intersection and Local Homology. 1 indexed citations
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Boissonnat, Jean‐Daniel, David Cohen‐Steiner, & Gert Vegter. (2007). Isotopic Implicit Surface Meshing. Discrete & Computational Geometry. 39(1-3). 138–157. 8 indexed citations
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Chazal, Frédéric, David Cohen‐Steiner, & André Lieutier. (2006). A sampling theory for compact sets in Euclidean space. 319–326. 32 indexed citations
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Chazal, Frédéric & David Cohen‐Steiner. (2005). A condition for isotopic approximation. Graphical Models. 67(5). 390–404. 8 indexed citations
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Chazal, Frédéric & David Cohen‐Steiner. (2004). A condition for isotopic approximation. 67(5). 390–404. 17 indexed citations
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Cohen‐Steiner, David, Éric Colin de Verdière, & Mariette Yvinec. (2004). Conforming Delaunay triangulations in 3D. Computational Geometry. 28(2-3). 217–233. 18 indexed citations
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Cohen‐Steiner, David. (2004). Conforming Delaunay triangulations in 3D*1. Computational Geometry. 28(2-3). 217–233. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen‐Steiner, David, Pierre Alliez, & Mathieu Desbrun. (2004). Variational shape approximation. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 23(3). 905–914. 487 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cohen‐Steiner, David & Jean‐Marie Morvan. (2003). Restricted delaunay triangulations and normal cycle. 49 indexed citations

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