Michael Tao

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 830 citations indexed

About

Michael Tao is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Tao has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 830 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 9 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and 6 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Michael Tao's work include Advanced Vision and Imaging (13 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (9 papers) and Advanced Image Processing Techniques (6 papers). Michael Tao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Vision and Imaging (13 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (9 papers) and Advanced Image Processing Techniques (6 papers). Michael Tao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael Tao's co-authors include Ravi Ramamoorthi, Jitendra Malik, Sunil Hadap, Sylvain Paris, Pratul P. Srinivasan, Szymon Rusinkiewicz, Pushmeet Kohli, Jiamin Bai, Hsueh‐Ti Derek Liu and Alec Jacobson and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, ACM Transactions on Graphics and International Journal of Computer Vision.

In The Last Decade

Michael Tao

23 papers receiving 809 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Depth from Combining Defocus and Correspondence Using Light-Field Cameras

2013 325 citations Michael Tao, Sunil Hadap et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Tao United States	11	695	260	110	67	43	24	830
Naejin Kong South Korea	6	574 0.8×	149 0.6×	111 1.0×	51 0.8×	13 0.3×	7	707
Henning Zimmer Switzerland	13	1.1k 1.5×	268 1.0×	140 1.3×	71 1.1×	27 0.6×	16	1.2k
Gaochang Wu China	11	803 1.2×	253 1.0×	60 0.5×	23 0.3×	55 1.3×	27	962
Joel Kronander Sweden	13	670 1.0×	116 0.4×	242 2.2×	120 1.8×	65 1.5×	28	788
Aladine Chetouani France	16	448 0.6×	138 0.5×	63 0.6×	135 2.0×	26 0.6×	89	741
Tianfan Xue Hong Kong	14	551 0.8×	151 0.6×	71 0.6×	59 0.9×	14 0.3×	36	640
A. Zomet Israel	11	905 1.3×	363 1.4×	114 1.0×	61 0.9×	43 1.0×	15	1.0k
Emilio Antúnez United States	5	717 1.0×	324 1.2×	101 0.9×	37 0.6×	63 1.5×	7	850
Shinsaku Hiura Japan	14	500 0.7×	226 0.9×	57 0.5×	30 0.4×	45 1.0×	66	670
Alex Rav-Acha Israel	16	1.5k 2.1×	297 1.1×	140 1.3×	59 0.9×	29 0.7×	24	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Tao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Tao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Tao

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Lumpe, Thomas S., Michael Tao, Kristina Shea, & David I. W. Levin. (2022). Computational design and fabrication of active 3D-printed multi-state structures for shape morphing. Smart Materials and Structures. 32(1). 15008–15008. 10 indexed citations

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Gore, Mitchell R., et al.. (2022). An Analysis of Biologic Therapies in Patients With Asthma and Chronic Rhinosinusitis. Cureus. 14(10). e30017–e30017. 5 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael, Christopher Batty, Mirela Ben‐Chen, Eugene Fiume, & David I. W. Levin. (2022). VEMPIC. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 41(4). 1–22. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Hsueh‐Ti Derek, Michael Tao, Chunliang Li, Derek Nowrouzezahrai, & Alec Jacobson. (2018). Adversarial Geometry and Lighting using a Differentiable Renderer. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Hsueh‐Ti Derek, Michael Tao, Chunliang Li, Derek Nowrouzezahrai, & Alec Jacobson. (2018). Beyond Pixel Norm-Balls: Parametric Adversaries using an Analytically Differentiable Renderer. arXiv (Cornell University). 7 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael, et al.. (2017). An Empirical Analysis of Deep Network Loss Surfaces. arXiv (Cornell University). 9 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael, Justin Solomon, & Adrian Butscher. (2016). Near-isometric level set tracking. 35(5). 65–77. 5 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael, Justin Solomon, & Adrian Butscher. (2016). Near‐Isometric Level Set Tracking. Computer Graphics Forum. 35(5). 65–77. 9 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael, Pratul P. Srinivasan, Sunil Hadap, et al.. (2016). Shape Estimation from Shading, Defocus, and Correspondence Using Light-Field Angular Coherence. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 39(3). 546–560. 59 indexed citations

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Tsai, Sheng‐Feng, Michael Tao, Tzyy-Wen Chiou, et al.. (2016). Isochaihulactone-induced DDIT3 causes ER stress-PERK independent apoptosis in glioblastoma multiforme cells. Oncotarget. 8(3). 4051–4061. 25 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael. (2015). Unified Multi-Cue Depth Estimation from Light-Field Images: Correspondence, Defocus, Shading, and Specularity. UC Berkeley. 1 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael, Pratul P. Srinivasan, Jitendra Malik, Szymon Rusinkiewicz, & Ravi Ramamoorthi. (2015). Depth from shading, defocus, and correspondence using light-field angular coherence. 1940–1948. 74 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael, Jong-Chyi Su, Ting-Chun Wang, Jitendra Malik, & Ravi Ramamoorthi. (2015). Depth Estimation and Specular Removal for Glossy Surfaces Using Point and Line Consistency with Light-Field Cameras. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 38(6). 1155–1169. 61 indexed citations

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Srinivasan, Pratul P., Michael Tao, Ren Ng, & Ravi Ramamoorthi. (2015). Oriented Light-Field Windows for Scene Flow. 3496–3504. 10 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael, Sunil Hadap, Jitendra Malik, & Ravi Ramamoorthi. (2013). Depth from Combining Defocus and Correspondence Using Light-Field Cameras. 673–680. 325 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tao, Michael, et al.. (2012). Fast adaptive edge-aware mask generation. Graphics Interface. 77–83.

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Tao, Michael, Jiamin Bai, Pushmeet Kohli, & Sylvain Paris. (2012). SimpleFlow: A Non‐iterative, Sublinear Optical Flow Algorithm. Computer Graphics Forum. 31(2pt1). 345–353. 94 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael, Micah K. Johnson, & Sylvain Paris. (2012). Error-Tolerant Image Compositing. International Journal of Computer Vision. 103(2). 178–189. 42 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael, et al.. (2009). Depth of field postprocessing for layered scenes using constant-time rectangle spreading. UC Berkeley. 39–46. 17 indexed citations

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Tao, Michael, et al.. (1993). Design and Implementation of a Multi-Threaded Xlib. 193–204. 4 indexed citations

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