Loren Carpenter

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
21 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Loren Carpenter is a scholar working on Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computational Mechanics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Loren Carpenter has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, 14 papers in Computational Mechanics and 10 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Loren Carpenter's work include Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (16 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (9 papers) and Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (6 papers). Loren Carpenter is often cited by papers focused on Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (16 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (9 papers) and Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (6 papers). Loren Carpenter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Loren Carpenter's co-authors include Robert L. Cook, Pat Hanrahan, Robert A. Drebin, Thomas Porter, Alain Fournier, Don Fussell, Edwin Catmull, J.F. Blinn, Turner Whitted and Leonard L. Tripp and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, ACM SIGPLAN Notices and ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics.

In The Last Decade

Loren Carpenter

21 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Volume rendering 1982 2026 1996 2011 1988 1984 1982 250 500 750 1000

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Loren Carpenter United States 13 2.7k 2.4k 1.6k 195 153 21 3.7k
James T. Kajiya United States 20 3.9k 1.4× 3.2k 1.4× 2.3k 1.4× 288 1.5× 113 0.7× 30 4.8k
J.F. Blinn United States 23 3.3k 1.2× 2.7k 1.2× 2.3k 1.4× 189 1.0× 156 1.0× 100 4.8k
Nelson Max United States 31 2.9k 1.1× 2.3k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 219 1.1× 69 0.5× 155 3.9k
Paul S. Heckbert United States 25 4.3k 1.6× 4.0k 1.7× 3.2k 2.0× 350 1.8× 190 1.2× 41 6.9k
Tomoyuki Nishita Japan 34 2.7k 1.0× 2.2k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 296 1.5× 116 0.8× 196 3.9k
François X. Sillion France 33 2.7k 1.0× 2.6k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 390 2.0× 77 0.5× 83 4.1k
Brian A. Barsky United States 27 1.0k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 60 0.3× 147 1.0× 87 3.0k
Tom Duchamp United States 14 3.6k 1.3× 2.4k 1.0× 3.8k 2.3× 549 2.8× 138 0.9× 24 5.8k
Greg Humphreys United States 21 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 0.8× 717 0.4× 140 0.7× 72 0.5× 37 3.2k
Michael Kazhdan United States 26 1.7k 0.6× 3.1k 1.3× 2.7k 1.7× 358 1.8× 175 1.1× 55 5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Loren Carpenter

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Fields of papers citing papers by Loren Carpenter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Loren Carpenter

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Loren Carpenter. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Loren Carpenter 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 Loren Carpenter. Loren Carpenter 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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Carpenter, Loren, Brian Fisher, Richard May, Norbert Streitz, & David J. Kasik. (2002). Graphics in the large. 101–102. 1 indexed citations
2.
Fournier, Alain, Donald S. Fussell, & Loren Carpenter. (1988). Computer rendering of stochastic models. 114–127. 17 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Loren, et al.. (1988). Scan line methods for displaying parametrically defined surfaces. 94–105. 2 indexed citations
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Drebin, Robert A., Loren Carpenter, & Pat Hanrahan. (1988). Volume rendering. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 22(4). 65–74. 1117 indexed citations breakdown →
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Drebin, Robert A., Loren Carpenter, & Pat Hanrahan. (1988). Volume rendering. 65–74. 139 indexed citations
6.
Cook, Robert L., Loren Carpenter, & Edwin Catmull. (1987). The Reyes image rendering architecture. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 21(4). 95–102. 167 indexed citations
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Cook, Robert L., Loren Carpenter, & Edwin Catmull. (1987). The Reyes image rendering architecture. 95–102. 266 indexed citations
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Cook, Robert L., Thomas Porter, & Loren Carpenter. (1984). Distributed ray tracing. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 18(3). 137–145. 310 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Loren. (1984). The A -buffer, an antialiased hidden surface method. 103–108. 267 indexed citations
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Cook, Robert L., Thomas Porter, & Loren Carpenter. (1984). Distributed ray tracing. 137–145. 607 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carpenter, Loren. (1984). The A -buffer, an antialiased hidden surface method. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 18(3). 103–108. 4 indexed citations
12.
Fournier, Alain, Don Fussell, & Loren Carpenter. (1982). Computer rendering of stochastic models. Communications of the ACM. 25(6). 371–384. 550 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fournier, Alain, Don Fussell, & Loren Carpenter. (1982). Technical correspondence. Communications of the ACM. 25(8). 583–584. 4 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Loren. (1980). Computer rendering of fractal curves and surfaces. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 14(3). 109–109. 12 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Loren. (1980). Computer rendering of fractal curves and surfaces. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 14(SI). 9–9. 8 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Loren, et al.. (1980). Scan line methods for displaying parametrically defined surfaces. Communications of the ACM. 23(1). 23–34. 137 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Loren. (1980). Computer rendering of fractal curves and surfaces. 109–109. 42 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Loren, et al.. (1979). A generalized scan line algorithm for the computer display of parametrically defined surfaces. Computer Graphics and Image Processing. 11(3). 290–297. 60 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Loren & Leonard L. Tripp. (1975). Software design validation tool. 395–400. 4 indexed citations
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Carpenter, Loren & Leonard L. Tripp. (1975). Software design validation tool. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. 10(6). 395–400. 8 indexed citations

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