Matthias Müller

8.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
42 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Matthias Müller is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Müller has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Computational Mechanics, 17 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and 11 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Matthias Müller's work include 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (16 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (16 papers) and Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (7 papers). Matthias Müller is often cited by papers focused on 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (16 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (16 papers) and Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (7 papers). Matthias Müller collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Matthias Müller's co-authors include Bernard Ghanem, Bruno Heidelberger, Markus Groß, Guohao Li, Ali Thabet, Matthias Teschner, Andrew Nealen, Richard Keiser, Mark Carlson and Vladlen Koltun and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and Journal of Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Müller

40 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

DeepGCNs: Can GCNs Go As ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2019 2007 2006 2023 250 500 750
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. DeepGCNs: Can GCNs Go As Deep As CNNs?
    2019 832 citations Guohao Li, Matthias Müller et al. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) profile →
  2. Position based dynamics
    2007 610 citations Matthias Müller, Bruno Heidelberger et al. profile →
  3. Physically Based Deformable Models in Computer Graphics
    2006 514 citations Matthias Müller et al. profile →
  4. Champion-level drone racing using deep reinforcement learning
    2023 286 citations Elia Kaufmann, Antonio Loquercio et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthias Müller Germany 24 1.7k 1.3k 1.3k 707 655 42 4.1k
Hong Qin United States 40 2.6k 1.5× 1.9k 1.4× 2.8k 2.2× 332 0.5× 630 1.0× 451 6.9k
Hui Huang China 39 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 2.4k 1.9× 308 0.4× 291 0.4× 269 5.2k
Yoshihisa Shinagawa Japan 20 1.3k 0.7× 971 0.7× 1.8k 1.4× 268 0.4× 208 0.3× 67 3.1k
Jean‐Daniel Boissonnat France 32 1.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.5× 1.5k 1.2× 494 0.7× 194 0.3× 120 3.9k
Ruofeng Tong China 28 548 0.3× 526 0.4× 2.2k 1.8× 217 0.3× 774 1.2× 149 4.2k
Ming-Yu Liu United States 26 711 0.4× 982 0.7× 6.4k 5.0× 302 0.4× 1.2k 1.8× 73 8.2k
Kai Xu China 39 1.9k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 2.4k 1.9× 276 0.4× 513 0.8× 207 4.6k
Tien‐Tsin Wong Hong Kong 38 818 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 3.4k 2.7× 230 0.3× 261 0.4× 193 4.6k
Michael Wimmer Austria 33 779 0.5× 1.7k 1.3× 2.0k 1.6× 108 0.2× 318 0.5× 198 4.0k
Juyong Zhang China 34 1.3k 0.8× 705 0.5× 2.2k 1.8× 221 0.3× 286 0.4× 130 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthias Müller

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Müller

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matthias Müller. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matthias Müller 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 Matthias Müller. Matthias Müller 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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Leichtle, Tobias, et al.. (2023). Opposing land surface and air temperatures from remote sensing and Citizen Science for quantification of the Urban Heat Island effect. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Kaufmann, Elia, Antonio Loquercio, René Ranftl, et al.. (2021). Deep Drone Acrobatics (Extended Abstract). 4780–4783. 1 indexed citations
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Loquercio, Antonio, Elia Kaufmann, René Ranftl, et al.. (2021). Learning high-speed flight in the wild. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 22 indexed citations
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Li, Guohao, Matthias Müller, Ali Thabet, & Bernard Ghanem. (2019). Can GCNs Go as Deep as CNNs. arXiv (Cornell University). 22 indexed citations
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Müller, Matthias, Alexey Dosovitskiy, Bernard Ghanem, & Vladlen Koltun. (2018). Driving Policy Transfer via Modularity and Abstraction.. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology). 1–15. 37 indexed citations
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Müller, Matthias, Vincent Casser, Neil Smith, Dominik L. Michels, & Bernard Ghanem. (2017). Teaching UAVs to Race Using Sim4CV. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Chentanez, Nuttapong, Matthias Müller, Miles Macklin, & Taeyong Kim. (2015). Grid-Free Surface Tracking on the GPU. Eurographics. 1 indexed citations
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Weber, M., et al.. (2012). All-sky mid-infrared imagery to characterize sky conditions and improve STELLA's observational performance. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8448. 84481H–84481H. 2 indexed citations
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Müller, Matthias, et al.. (2007). Screen space meshes. 9–15. 21 indexed citations
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Müller, Matthias, et al.. (2006). Data management and GIS in the Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM): from integrated spatial data to the mapping of risk. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 6(4). 621–628. 15 indexed citations
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Thieken, Annegret H., et al.. (2006). Estimation of the regional stock of residential buildings as a basis for a comparative risk assessment in Germany. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 6(4). 541–552. 65 indexed citations
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Thieken, Annegret H., et al.. (2006). Regionalisation of asset values for risk analyses. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 6(2). 167–178. 56 indexed citations
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Teschner, M., et al.. (2004). A versatile and robust model for geometrically complex deformable solids. 312–319. 57 indexed citations
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Müller, Matthias, et al.. (2004). Physically-based simulation of objects represented by surface meshes. 26–33. 23 indexed citations
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Müller, Matthias & Markus Groß. (2004). Interactive virtual materials. 239–246. 305 indexed citations
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Müller, Matthias, et al.. (2004). Interactive blood simulation for virtual surgery based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics. Technology and Health Care. 12(1). 25–31. 76 indexed citations
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Müller, Matthias, et al.. (2004). Interaction of fluids with deformable solids. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. 15(3-4). 159–171. 142 indexed citations
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Teschner, Matthias, et al.. (2003). Optimized Spatial Hashing for Collision Detection of Deformable Objects.. Vision Modeling and Visualization. 47–54. 300 indexed citations
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Avelar, Silvania & Matthias Müller. (2000). Generating topologically correct schematic maps. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 38 indexed citations
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Müller, Matthias, et al.. (1998). Cuprous Halide Microcrystals Containing Photochromic Sol-Gel Glass. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. 11(2). 197–201. 4 indexed citations

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