Denis Zorin
Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
Works on geometric modeling, subdivision surfaces, meshing and fluid and solid simulation for computer graphics.
Denis Zorin's lab at NYU works on geometry processing & modeling, physics-based simulation & animation and physics, climate & scientific computing. 25 papers since 2023, 14 at top venues, mostly SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia. 10 PhD students. 35 alumni, most often to Adobe and Google. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 7/ year
- at T1 venues
- 56%
- PhD students
- 10
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 35
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 3 papers2026 · T1 2 · collecting
- 9 papers2025 · T1 7
- 6 papers2024 · T1 3
- 7 papers2023 · T1 2
T1 venuesOtherVenues: SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, CHI, CVPR, ECCV
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Geometry processing & modeling3 papers
- Physics-based simulation & animation2 papers
- Physics, climate & scientific computing0 papers
- fluid0 papers
- geometric modeling0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20263 papers
20259 papers
- ACM Transaction on GraphicsComputational Modeling and Design of Capacitive Stretch Sensors (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH (T1)Feature-Aligned Parametrization in Penner Coordinates (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH (T1)Geometric Contact Potential (opens in a new tab)
- ACM Transaction on GraphicsHigh-Order Continuous Geometrical Validity (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH (T1)Intersection-Free Garment Retargeting (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH Asia (T1)LookUp3D: Data-Driven 3D Scanning (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH (T1)MiSo: A DSL for Robust and Efficient Solve and Minimize Problems (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH Asia (T1)Solid-Shell Labeling for Discrete Surfaces (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH (T1)Topological Offsets (opens in a new tab)
20246 papers
- SGPCut-Cell Microstructures for Two-scale Structural Optimization (opens in a new tab)
- ACM Transaction on GraphicsDifferentiable solver for time-dependent deformation problems with contact (opens in a new tab)
- CVPR (T1)Image Sculpting: Precise Object Editing with 3D Geometry Control (opens in a new tab)
- ACM Transaction on GraphicsOptimized shock-protecting microstructures (opens in a new tab)
- CHI (T1)PaleoScan: Low-Cost Easy-to-use High-Volume Fossil Scanning (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH (T1)Soft Pneumatic Actuator Design using Differentiable Simulation (opens in a new tab)
20237 papers
- Nanoletters4D Force Detection of Cell Adhesion and Contractility (opens in a new tab)
- Computer Methods and Programs in BiomedicineA systematic comparison between FEBio and PolyFEM for biomechanical systems (opens in a new tab)
- ACM Transaction on GraphicsAlgebraic Smooth Occluding Contours (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH Asia (T1)Bezier Spline Simplification Using Locally Integrated Error Metrics (opens in a new tab)
- ACM Transaction on GraphicsConstrained Delaunay Tetrahedrization: A Robust and Practical Approach (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH (T1)High-Order Incremental Potential Contact for Elastodynamic Simulation on Curved Meshes (opens in a new tab)
- ACM Transaction on Graphics (SIGGRAPH)In-Timestep Remeshing for Contacting Elastodynamics (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went35 listed, 55% to industry
Industry 11Academia 9
Most often to
- Adobe
- Qualcomm
Also to
- George Mason University
- Paderborn University
- Stanford University
Apply to NYUFall 2027
Computer Science PhD (Courant / Tandon)
- Round
- Single round (December)
- Opens
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