Thomas A. DeFanti

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas A. DeFanti is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Networks and Communications and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas A. DeFanti has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 29 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 24 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Thomas A. DeFanti's work include Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (19 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (16 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (16 papers). Thomas A. DeFanti is often cited by papers focused on Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (19 papers), Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (16 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (16 papers). Thomas A. DeFanti collaborates with scholars based in United States, Saudi Arabia and Spain. Thomas A. DeFanti's co-authors include Daniel J. Sandin, Carolina Cruz‐Neira, John C. Hart, Robert V. Kenyon, Jason Leigh, Eric He, Maxine Brown, Oliver Yu, Andrew Johnson and Pat Banerjee and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, ACM Transactions on Graphics and Computer.

In The Last Decade

Thomas A. DeFanti

101 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Surround-screen projection-based virtual reality

1993 1.6k citations Carolina Cruz‐Neira, Daniel J. Sandin et al. profile →
The CAVE: audio visual experience automatic virtual environment

1992 1.0k citations Carolina Cruz‐Neira, Daniel J. Sandin et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas A. DeFanti

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The National Research Platform: Stretched, Multi-Tenant, Scientific Kubernetes Cluster 2025 ·ArXiv.org ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), F. Würthwein, Mahidhar Tatineni, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Larry Smarr, Thomas A. DeFanti, J. A. Graham	1
2	Electronic Visualization Laboratory's 50th Anniversary Retrospective: Look to the Future, Build on the Past 2024 ·PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality ·Andrew Johnson, Luc Renambot, G. Elisabeta Marai, (unknown), Michael E. Papka, Lance Long, (unknown), (unknown), Maxine Brown, Jason Leigh, Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti	1
3	FireMap: A Web Tool for Dynamic Data-Driven Predictive Wildfire Modeling Powered by the WIFIRE Cyberinfrastructure 2016 ·AGUFM ·Jessica Block, Daniel Crawl, Tomás Artès, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas A. DeFanti, John H. Graham, Larry Smarr, (unknown), İlkay Altıntaş	1
4	Advances in the Dynallax Solid-State Dynamic Parallax Barrier Autostereoscopic Visualization Display System 2008 ·IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics ·(unknown), Robert Kooima, Daniel J. Sandin, Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti	77
5	Special section: iGrid 2005: The Global Lambda Integrated Facility 2006 ·Future Generation Computer Systems ·Larry Smarr, Thomas A. DeFanti, Maxine Brown, Cees de Laat	11
6	High resolution visualization of USArray data on a 50 megapixel display using OptIPuter technologies. 2004 ·AGUFM ·(unknown), F. L. Vernon, (unknown), (unknown), D. Kilb, R. L. Newman, Larry Smarr, Thomas A. DeFanti, Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Andrew Johnson	0
7	GeoWall-2 : a Scalable Display System for the Geosciences 2003 ·AGUFM ·Jason Leigh, Pat Morin, Andrew Johnson, Thomas A. DeFanti, (unknown), Daniel J. Sandin, Frank R. Rack, F. L. Vernon, John A. Orcutt, (unknown), Peter E. van Keken, Larry Smarr	1
8	Optical Switching Middleware for the OptIPuter 2003 ·IEICE Transactions on Communications ·Thomas A. DeFanti, Maxine Brown, Jason Leigh, Oliver Yu, Eric He, (unknown), David Lillethun, (unknown)	22
9	An Experimental OptIPuter Architecture for Data-Intensive Collaborative Visualization 2003 ·Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Thomas A. DeFanti, Maxine Brown, Eric He, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mike J. McLaughlin	13
10	Ultrasonic calibration of a magnetic tracker in a virtual reality space 2002 ·(unknown), (unknown), Daniel J. Sandin, Robert V. Kenyon, Thomas A. DeFanti	20
11	Fuzzy-Timing Petri Net Modeling and Simulation of a Networked Virtual Environment: NICE 2000 ·IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics Communications and Computer Sciences ·Yi Zhou, T. Murata, Thomas A. DeFanti, Hui Zhang	2
12	Modeling and performance analysis using extended fuzzy-timing Petri nets for networked virtual environments 2000 ·IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) ·Yi Zhou, T. Murata, Thomas A. DeFanti	24
13	Tele-immersive product evaluation: a review and an implementation framework 2000 ·Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing ·David R. Thompson, Amarnath Banerjee, Pat Banerjee, Thomas A. DeFanti, Scott T. Retterer	2
14	Modeling 3D scenes from video 1999 ·The Visual Computer ·(unknown), Daniel J. Sandin, Andrew Johnson, Thomas A. DeFanti	1
15	CAVERN: the cave research network 1998 ·Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, Thomas A. DeFanti, (unknown), (unknown)	4
16	Preliminary STAR TAP Tele-Immersion Experiments between Chicago and Singapore 1998 ·Jason Leigh, (unknown), Robert V. Kenyon, Andrew Johnson, Thomas A. DeFanti	6
17	Global tele-immersion 1997 ·IEEE Visualization ·Thomas A. DeFanti	3
18	Virtual reality in computational neuroscience 1995 ·Jason Leigh, Christina Vasilakis, Thomas A. DeFanti, Robert Grossman, (unknown), Brian Rasnow, (unknown), Erik De Schutter, James M. Bower	5
19	Cosmic Worm in the CAVE: Steering a High-Performance Computing Application from a Virtual Environment 1995 ·PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality ·(unknown), Carolina Cruz‐Neira, Thomas A. DeFanti	18
20	Two bit/pixel full color encoding 1986 ·Graham Campbell, Thomas A. DeFanti, (unknown), Stephen A. Joyce, (unknown), (unknown), Daniel J. Sandin	23

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