Robert F. Sproull

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Robert F. Sproull is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert F. Sproull has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 13 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 11 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Robert F. Sproull's work include Interactive and Immersive Displays (10 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (6 papers) and Augmented Reality Applications (6 papers). Robert F. Sproull is often cited by papers focused on Interactive and Immersive Displays (10 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (6 papers) and Augmented Reality Applications (6 papers). Robert F. Sproull collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Robert F. Sproull's co-authors include William M. Newman, Ivan E. Sutherland, Dick Land, Butler Lampson, Charles E. Molnar, Jerome A. Feldman, Chuck Thacker, David R. Boggs, D. Cohen and Allen Newell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the IEEE and Communications of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

Robert F. Sproull

50 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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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.

Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics

1975 1.0k citations William M. Newman, Robert F. Sproull et al. profile →
A Characterization of Ten Hidden-Surface Algorithms

1974 596 citations Ivan E. Sutherland, Robert F. Sproull et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert F. Sproull

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Interview of Ivan Sutherland 2023 ·IEEE Annals of the History of Computing ·Robert F. Sproull, (unknown)	1
2	Publishing a Computer Graphics Book With Prototype Desktop Publishing Tools 2018 ·IEEE Annals of the History of Computing ·Robert F. Sproull	1
3	The API Performance Contract 2014 ·Queue ·Robert F. Sproull, Jim Waldo	1
4	Translating concurrent programs into delay-insensitive circuits 2003 ·Erik Brunvand, Robert F. Sproull	14
5	Report on Building the Joint Battlespace Infosphere. Volume 1: Summary 1999 ·Jay McCarthy, (unknown), Ruth Katz, Robert F. Sproull, (unknown)	0
6	Logical effort: designing for speed on the back of an envelope 1991 ·Ivan E. Sutherland, Robert F. Sproull	106
7	Refinements to nearest-neighbor searching ink-dimensional trees 1991 ·Algorithmica ·Robert F. Sproull	261
8	A characterization of ten rasterization techniques 1989 ·(unknown), (unknown), Robert F. Sproull, Ivan E. Sutherland	29
9	Device-Independent Graphics: With Examples from IBM Personal Computers 1985 ·Robert F. Sproull, William R. Sutherland, (unknown)	4
10	The 8 by 8 display 1983 ·ACM Transactions on Graphics ·Robert F. Sproull, Ivan E. Sutherland, Alex M. Thomson, (unknown), (unknown)	26
11	Managing and Analyzing Behavioral Records: Explorations in Nonnumeric Data Analysis 1982 ·Human Organization ·Lee Sproull, Robert F. Sproull	16
12	A VLSI architecture for updating raster-scan displays 1981 ·(unknown), Robert F. Sproull, Ivan E. Sutherland	16
13	Principles of interactive computer graphics (2nd ed.) 1979 ·McGraw-Hill, Inc. eBooks ·William M. Newman, Robert F. Sproull	94
14	An open operating system for a single-user machine 1979 ·Butler Lampson, Robert F. Sproull	50
15	Raster graphics for interactive programming environments 1979 ·ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics ·Robert F. Sproull	8
16	Decision Theory and Artificial Intelligence II: The Hungry Monkey* 1977 ·Cognitive Science ·Jerome A. Feldman, Robert F. Sproull	70
17	Strategy construction using a synthesis of heuristic and decision-theoretic methods 1977 ·Robert F. Sproull	12
18	An approach to graphics system design 1974 ·ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics ·William M. Newman, Robert F. Sproull	5
19	System support for the Stanford hand-eye system 1971 ·International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Jerome A. Feldman, Robert F. Sproull	14
20	A Laboratory for Hand-Eye Research. 1971 ·IFIP Congress ·Jay M. Tenenbaum, Alan Kay, Thomas O. Binford, (unknown), Jerome A. Feldman, (unknown), Rohan Paul, (unknown), Irwin Sobel, Robert F. Sproull	10

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