Robert W. Sumner

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Robert W. Sumner is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert W. Sumner has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 35 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 27 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Robert W. Sumner's work include Human Motion and Animation (37 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (25 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (19 papers). Robert W. Sumner is often cited by papers focused on Human Motion and Animation (37 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (25 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (19 papers). Robert W. Sumner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Netherlands. Robert W. Sumner's co-authors include Jovan Popović, Mark V. Pauly, Johannes Schmid, Hao Li, Stelian Coros, Bernhard Thomaszewski, Matthias Zwicker, Craig Gotsman, Markus Groß and Gioacchino Noris and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Oncogene and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Robert W. Sumner

78 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Deformation transfer for triangle meshes 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
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. Deformation transfer for triangle meshes
    2004 748 citations Robert W. Sumner, Jovan Popović 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
Robert W. Sumner Switzerland 26 1.9k 1.9k 1.2k 979 356 81 3.5k
Hongbo Fu Hong Kong 36 2.0k 1.0× 2.9k 1.6× 1.4k 1.2× 430 0.4× 727 2.0× 217 5.2k
Ariel Shamir Israel 45 2.2k 1.1× 6.9k 3.7× 1.8k 1.5× 435 0.4× 360 1.0× 150 8.5k
Li‐Yi Wei United States 36 1.7k 0.9× 2.7k 1.4× 2.4k 2.0× 272 0.3× 91 0.3× 102 4.4k
Yoshihisa Shinagawa Japan 20 1.3k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 971 0.8× 268 0.3× 169 0.5× 67 3.1k
Daniele Panozzo United States 39 2.5k 1.3× 1.0k 0.6× 2.3k 1.9× 312 0.3× 133 0.4× 135 4.4k
Ligang Liu China 41 2.9k 1.5× 2.7k 1.5× 1.9k 1.6× 301 0.3× 392 1.1× 288 6.0k
Jiajun Wu United States 29 673 0.3× 2.0k 1.1× 539 0.5× 472 0.5× 212 0.6× 125 3.2k
Wilmot Li United States 34 696 0.4× 1.7k 0.9× 648 0.5× 331 0.3× 103 0.3× 74 2.8k
Lin Gao China 26 1.2k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 884 0.7× 248 0.3× 138 0.4× 159 2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert W. Sumner

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All Works

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Gashaj, Venera, et al.. (2024). Designing for Embodied Sense-making of Mathematics: Perspectives on Directed and Spontaneous Bodily Actions. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 3318–3335. 3 indexed citations
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Sumner, Robert W., et al.. (2024). SKEL-Betweener: a Neural Motion Rig for Interactive Motion Authoring. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 43(6). 1–11. 3 indexed citations
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Kapur, Manu, et al.. (2023). Three Perspectives on Embodied Learning in Virtual Reality: Opportunities for Interaction Design. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 1–8. 13 indexed citations
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Grübel, Jascha, Tyler Thrash, Leonel Aguilar, et al.. (2022). The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fused Twins: A Review of Access to Digital Twins in situ in Smart Cities. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Sumner, Robert W., et al.. (2020). Towards automatic drawing animation using physics-based evolution. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 314–319. 3 indexed citations
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Frey, Seth, Karsten Donnay, Dirk Helbing, Robert W. Sumner, & Maarten W. Bos. (2018). The rippling dynamics of valenced messages in naturalistic youth chat. Behavior Research Methods. 51(4). 1737–1753. 2 indexed citations
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Yuan, Ye, et al.. (2018). Interacting with Intelligent Characters in AR. 24–29. 2 indexed citations
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Frey, Seth, Maarten W. Bos, & Robert W. Sumner. (2017). Can you moderate an unreadable message? 'Blind' content moderation via human computation. 4(1). 78–106. 2 indexed citations
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Kapadia, Mubbasir, et al.. (2016). CANVAS: computer-assisted narrative animation synthesis. 199–209. 17 indexed citations
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Guay, Manon, et al.. (2016). Flow Curves: an Intuitive Interface for Coherent Scene Deformation. Computer Graphics Forum. 35(7). 247–256. 2 indexed citations
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Müller, Stephan A., Seth Frey, Mubbasir Kapadia, et al.. (2015). HeapCraft: Quantifying and Predicting Collaboration in Minecraft. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment. 11(1). 156–162. 5 indexed citations
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Kapadia, Mubbasir, et al.. (2015). Evaluating the Authoring Complexity of Interactive Narratives for Augmented Reality Applications.. Foundations of Digital Games. 8 indexed citations
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Hahn, Fabian, Sebastián Martín, Bernhard Thomaszewski, et al.. (2012). Rig-space physics. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 31(4). 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Baran, Ilya, et al.. (2011). Mixed-order compositing for 3D paintings.
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Sumner, Robert W., et al.. (2006). Inverse kinematics for reduced deformable models. 1174–1174. 10 indexed citations
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Sumner, Robert W., Matthias Zwicker, Craig Gotsman, & Jovan Popović. (2005). Mesh-based inverse kinematics. 488–495. 58 indexed citations
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Sumner, Robert W., James F. O’Brien, & Jessica K. Hodgins. (1999). Animating Sand, Mud, and Snow. Computer Graphics Forum. 18(1). 17–26. 86 indexed citations
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Sumner, Robert W., James F. O’Brien, & Jessica K. Hodgins. (1998). Animating Sand, Mud & Snow.. Graphics Interface. 125–132. 2 indexed citations

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