Rahul Narain

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Rahul Narain is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Rahul Narain has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Computational Mechanics, 23 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and 18 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Rahul Narain's work include Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (22 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (18 papers) and Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (11 papers). Rahul Narain is often cited by papers focused on Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (22 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (18 papers) and Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (11 papers). Rahul Narain collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Austria. Rahul Narain's co-authors include Abhinav Golas, James F. O’Brien, Ming C. Lin, Sean Curtis, G. E. Brown, Tobias Pfaff, Nikunj Raghuvanshi, Jason Sewall, Mark Carlson and Ming–Chieh Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM Transactions on Graphics, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering and IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.

In The Last Decade

Rahul Narain

43 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Adaptive anisotropic remeshing for cloth simulation 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 50 100 150 200
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. Adaptive anisotropic remeshing for cloth simulation
    2012 247 citations Rahul Narain, James F. O’Brien 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
Rahul Narain United States 27 933 781 634 495 429 44 2.0k
Nuttapong Chentanez United Kingdom 27 1.3k 1.4× 1.0k 1.3× 489 0.8× 658 1.3× 71 0.2× 48 2.3k
Sai-Kit Yeung Hong Kong 28 1.2k 1.3× 690 0.9× 2.1k 3.3× 225 0.5× 111 0.3× 102 3.7k
Matthias Müller United Kingdom 25 2.0k 2.1× 1.4k 1.8× 640 1.0× 792 1.6× 84 0.2× 43 2.9k
Bruno Heidelberger Switzerland 13 1.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 878 1.4× 550 1.1× 62 0.1× 18 2.3k
Miles Macklin United Kingdom 19 855 0.9× 581 0.7× 366 0.6× 524 1.1× 56 0.1× 36 1.5k
Eftychios Sifakis United States 29 1.8k 1.9× 976 1.2× 824 1.3× 698 1.4× 50 0.1× 64 2.9k
Barbara Solenthaler Switzerland 21 1.7k 1.8× 981 1.3× 409 0.6× 162 0.3× 112 0.3× 54 2.3k
Hans Ingo Weber Brazil 20 310 0.3× 386 0.5× 380 0.6× 661 1.3× 83 0.2× 74 2.1k
Weiwei Xu China 25 907 1.0× 676 0.9× 1.3k 2.0× 438 0.9× 46 0.1× 96 2.3k
Richard Keiser Switzerland 16 2.1k 2.2× 1.5k 2.0× 776 1.2× 304 0.6× 55 0.1× 17 2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rahul Narain

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rahul Narain. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rahul Narain 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 Rahul Narain. Rahul Narain 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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Narain, Rahul, et al.. (2023). Transfer4D: A Framework for Frugal Motion Capture and Deformation Transfer. 12836–12846. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Jie, et al.. (2021). Inverse Simulation: Reconstructing Dynamic Geometry of Clothed Humans via Optimal Control. 14693–14702. 7 indexed citations
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Narain, Rahul, et al.. (2021). Mechanics-aware deformation of yarn pattern geometry. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 40(4). 1–11.
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Brown, G. E. & Rahul Narain. (2021). WRAPD. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 40(4). 1–14. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, G. E. & Rahul Narain. (2021). WRAPD. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 40(4). 1–14. 13 indexed citations
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Narain, Rahul, et al.. (2020). Frequency-domain smoke guiding. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 39(6). 1–10. 13 indexed citations
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Brown, G. E., et al.. (2017). Isotropic Failure Criteria Are Not Appropriate for Anisotropic Fibrous Biological Tissues. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 139(7). 27 indexed citations
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Karamouzas, Ioannis, et al.. (2017). Uncertainty Models for TTC-Based Collision-Avoidance. 8 indexed citations
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Brown, G. E., et al.. (2017). ADMM Projective Dynamics: Fast Simulation of Hyperelastic Models with Dynamic Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 23(10). 2222–2234. 62 indexed citations
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Narain, Rahul, et al.. (2016). ADMM ⊇ projective dynamics: fast simulation of general constitutive models. 21–28. 45 indexed citations
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Narain, Rahul, et al.. (2015). Optimal presentation of imagery with focus cues on multi-plane displays. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 34(4). 1–12. 74 indexed citations
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Albert, Rachel, et al.. (2014). Correct blur and accommodation information is a reliable cue to depth ordering.. Journal of Vision. 14(10). 138–138. 2 indexed citations
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Banks, Martin S., et al.. (2014). The Perception of Surface Material from Disparity and Focus Cues. Journal of Vision. 14(10). 1315–1315. 1 indexed citations
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Golas, Abhinav, et al.. (2014). Continuum modeling of crowd turbulence. Physical Review E. 90(4). 42816–42816. 32 indexed citations
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Golas, Abhinav, et al.. (2013). Hybrid long-range collision avoidance for crowd simulation. 29–36. 38 indexed citations
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Narain, Rahul, et al.. (2012). Adaptive anisotropic remeshing for cloth simulation. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 31(6). 1–10. 247 indexed citations breakdown →
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Narain, Rahul, et al.. (2010). Free-flowing granular materials with two-way solid coupling. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 29(6). 1–10. 62 indexed citations
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Raghuvanshi, Nikunj, Rahul Narain, & Ming C. Lin. (2009). Efficient and accurate sound propagation using adaptive rectangular decomposition. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 15(5). 789–801. 74 indexed citations
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Narain, Rahul, Abhinav Golas, Sean Curtis, & Ming C. Lin. (2009). Aggregate dynamics for dense crowd simulation. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 28(5). 1–8. 220 indexed citations
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Narain, Rahul, Jason Sewall, Mark Carlson, & Ming–Chieh Lin. (2008). Fast animation of turbulence using energy transport and procedural synthesis. 1–8. 28 indexed citations

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