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Publications

Unpublished

Automatic Convexification of Space using BSP-trees
J. Comba and C. Silva
Manuscript, 2003
Out-Of-Core Algorithms for Scientific Visualization and Computer Graphics
C. Silva, Y.-J. Chiang, W. Correa, J. El-Sana, and P. Lindstrom
Manuscript, 2003

Supervised Theses

Designing a Parallel Dataflow Architecture for Streaming Large-Scale Visualization on Heterogeneous Platforms
Huy T. Vo
Ph.D. thesis, University of Utah, 2011
High Performance Multiscale Image Processing Framework on Multigpus with Applications to Unbiased Diffeomorphic Atlas Construction
Linh Khanh Ha
Ph.D. thesis, University of Utah, 2011
PedVis: A structured, space-efficient technique for pedigree visualization
Claurissa Tuttle
M.S. thesis, University of Utah, 2011
Simplifying the Creation and Deployment of Collaborative Data Analysis and Visualization Tools
Emanuele Santos
Ph.D. thesis, University of Utah, 2010
Provenance of Exploratory Tasks in Scientific Visualization: Management and Applications
Carlos Scheidegger
Ph.D. thesis, University of Utah, 2009
Feature-Aligned, Semi-Regular, Quadrilateral-only Mesh Generation
Joel Daniels II
Ph.D. thesis, University of Utah, 2009
Uniform and Adaptive (Re)Meshing of Surfaces
John Schreiner
Ph.D. thesis, University of Utah, 2008
Adaptive Visualization of Dynamic Unstructured Meshes
Steve Callahan
Ph.D. thesis, University of Utah, 2008
Efficient Multi-Fragment Effects on the GPU
Louis Bavoil
M.S. thesis, University of Utah, 2006
The k-Buffer and Its Applications to Volume Rendering
Steve Callahan
M.S. thesis, University of Utah, 2005
New Techniques for Out-Of-Core Visualization of Large Datasets
Wagner Correa
Ph.D. thesis, Princeton University, 2003
Efficient Rendering of Irregular Volumetric Grids
Ricardo Farias
Ph.D. thesis, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2001

2010

PedVis: A Structured, Space Efficient Technique for Pedigree Visualization
C. Tuttle, L. G. Nonato, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Information Visualization 2010), to appear.
Two-Phase Mapping for Projecting Massive Data Sets
F. V. Paulovich, L. G. Nonato, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2010), to appear.
Interactive Vector Field Feature Identification
J. Daniels, E. W. Anderson, L. G. Nonato, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2010), to appear.
Multi-scale Unbiased Diffeomorphic Atlas Construction on Multi-GPUs
L. Ha, J. Krüger, S. Joshi and C. Silva
GPU GEMS volume 1, to appear.
Image Registration Driven by Combined Probabilistic and Geometric Descriptors
Linh Ha, Marcel Prastawa, Guido Gerig, John H. Gilmore, Claudio T. Silva, Sarang Joshi
Proceedings of MICCAI 2010.
Collaborative Monitoring and Analysis for Simulation Scientists
R. Tchoua, S. Klasky, N. Podhorszki, B. Grimm, A. Khan, E. Santos, C. Silva, P. Mouallem, and M. Vouk
Proceedings of The 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2010)
The Provenance of Workflow Upgrades
D. Koop, C. Scheidegger, J. Freire, and C. Silva
3rd International Provenance and Annotation Workshop (IPAW) 2010.
Bridging Workflow and Data Provenance using Strong Links
D. Koop, E. Santos, B. Bauer, M. Troyer, J. Freire, and C. Silva
Statistical and Scientific Database Management (SSDBM), 2010.
Fiedler Trees for Multiscale Surface Analysis
M. Berger, L. G. Nonato, V. Pascucci, and C. Silva
Computer & Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications (SMI) 2010).
Streaming-Enabled Parallel Dataflow Architecture for Multicore Systems
H. Vo, B. Summa, D. Osmari, J. Comba, V. Pascucci, and C. Silva
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis 2010).
Effects of 10Hz rTMS on the neural efficiency of working memory
G. A. Preston, E. W. Anderson, E. Wassermann, T. Goldberg, and C. Silva
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22(3):447-456, 2010.
Using VisTrails and Provenance for Teaching Scientific Visualization
C. Silva, E. Anderson, E. Santos, and J. Freire
EUROGRAPHICS 2010 Educator Program, 2010.

2009

Fast Parallel Unbiased Diffeomorphic Atlas Construction on Multi-Graphics Processing Units
L. K. Ha, J. Krueger, P. T. Fletcher, S. Joshi and C. Silva
9th Eurographics Workshop on Parallel Graphics and Visualization (EGPGV 2009), 2009.
Enabling Advanced Visualization Tools in a Web-Based Simulation Monitoring System
E. Santos, J. Tierny, A. Khan, B. Grimm, L. Lins, J. Freire, V. Pascucci, C. Silva, S. Klasky, R. Barreto, N. Podhorszki
IEEE International Conference on e-Science 2009, pp. 358-365, 2009.
Using Workflow Medleys to Streamline Exploratory Tasks
E. Santos, D. Koop, H. Vo, E. Anderson, J. Freire, and C. Silva
Statistical and Scientific Database Management (SSDBM), 2009.
Using Mediation to Achieve Provenance Interoperability
T. Ellkvist, D. Koop, J. Freire, C. Silva, and L. Strömbäck
IEEE International Conference on Scientific Workflows 2009.
Verifiable Visualization for Isosurface Extraction
T. Etiene, C. Scheidegger, L. G. Nonato, R. M. Kirby, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2009).
VisMashup: Streamlining the Creation of Custom Visualization Applications
E. Santos, L. Lins, J. Ahrens, J. Freire, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceed- ings of IEEE Visualization 2009).
Semi-Regular Quadrilateral Remeshing from Simplified Base Domains
J. Daniels, E. Cohen, and C. Silva
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of Symposium on Geometry Processing 2009), 28(5):1427-1435, 2009.
Localized Quadrilateral Coarsening
J. Daniels, E. Cohen, and C. Silva
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of Symposium on Geometry Processing 2009), 28(5):1436-1444, 2009.
Robust Topology-Based Multiscale Analysis of Scientific Data
A. Gyulassy, L. G. Nonato, P.-T. Bremer, C. Silva, and Valerio Pascucci
Computing in Science and Engineering, 11(5):88-95, 2009.
Fast 4-way parallel radix sorting on GPUs
L. Ha, J. Krueger, and C. Silva
Computer Graphics Forum, 28(8):2368-2378, 2009.
Image-Space Acceleration for Direct Volume Rendering of Unstructured Grids using Joint Bilateral Upsampling
S. P. Callahan and C. Silva
Journal of Graphics, GPU, & Game Tools, 14(1):115, 2009.
Bandwidth Selection and Reconstruction Quality in Point-Based Surfaces
H. Wang, C. E. Scheidegger, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 15(4):572-582, 2009.
Marching Cubes without Skinny Triangles
C. Dietrich, J. Comba, L. Nedel, C. Scheidegger, J. Schreiner, and C. Silva
Computing in Science and Engineering, 11(2):82-87, 2009.
Improving Mesh Quality of Marching Cubes Using Edge Transformations
C. Dietrich, J. Comba, L. Nedel, C. Scheidegger, J. Schreiner, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 15(1):150-159, 2009.

2008

Quadrilateral Mesh Simplification
J. Daniels, C. Silva, J. Shepherd, and E. Cohen
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2008)
The Need for Verifiable Visualization
R. M. Kirby and C. Silva
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
VisComplete: Data-driven Suggestions for Visualization Systems
D. Koop, C. Scheidegger, S. Callahan, J. Freire, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2008)
Edge Groups: A New Approach to Understanding the Mesh Quality of Marching Methods
C. Dietrich, J. Comba, L. Nedel, C. Scheidegger, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2008)
Revisiting Histograms and Isosurface Statistics
C. Scheidegger, J. Schreiner, B. Duffy, H. Carr and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2008)
Improving Mesh Quality of Marching Cubes Using Edge Transformations
C. Dietrich, J. Comba, L. Nedel, C. Scheidegger, J. Schreiner, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Spline-Based Feature Curves from Point-Sampled Geometry
J. Daniels, T. Ochotta, L. Ha, and C. Silva
The Visual Computer, 24(6):449-462, 2008
Scientific Exploration in the Era of Ocean Observatories
A. Baptista, B. Howe, J. Freire, D. Maier, and C. Silva
Computing in Science and Engineering, 10(3):53-58, 2008
Provenance for Computational Tasks: A Survey
J. Freire, D. Koop, E. Santos, and C. Silva
Computing in Science and Engineering, 10(3):11-21, 2008
Provenance in Comparative Analysis: A Study in Cosmology
E. W. Anderson, J. Ahrens, K. Heitmann, S. Habib, and C. Silva
Computing in Science and Engineering, 10(3):30-37, 2008
Robust Soft Shadow Mapping with Depth Peeling
L. Bavoil, S. Callahan, and C. Silva
Journal of Graphics Tools, 13(1):19-30, 2008
Tackling the Provenance Challenge One Layer at a Time
C. Scheidegger, D. Koop, E. Santos, H. Vo, S. Callahan, J. Freire, and C. Silva
Concurrency And Computation: Practice And Experience, 20(5):473--483, 2008
A First Study on Clustering Collections of Workflow Graphs
E. Santos, L. Lins, J. P. Ahrens, J. Freire, and C. Silva
Second International Provenance and Annotation Workshop (IPAW 2008)
Direct Volume Rendering: A 3D Plotting Technique for Scientific Data
S. P. Callahan, J. H. Callahan, C. E. Scheidegger, and C. Silva
Computing in Science and Engineering, 10(1):88-92, 2008
Towards Provenance-Enabling ParaView
S. P. Callahan, J. Freire, C. E. Scheidegger, C. Silva, and Huy T. Vo
Second International Provenance and Annotation Workshop (IPAW 2008)
Using Provenance to Support Real-Time Collaborative Design of Workflows
T. Ellkvist, D. Koop, E. W. Anderson, J. Freire, and C. Silva
Second International Provenance and Annotation Workshop (IPAW 2008)
Examining Statistics of Workflow Evolution Provenance: A First Study
L. Lins, D. Koop, E. W. Anderson, S. P. Callahan, E. Santos, C. E. Scheidegger, J. Freire, and C. T. Silva
Statistical and Scientific Database Management (SSDBM) 2008
Optimal Bandwidth Selection for MLS Surfaces
H. Wang, C. E. Scheidegger, and C. Silva
IEEE International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications (SMI) 2008
Querying and Re-Using Workflows with VisTrails
C. E. Scheidegger, H. T. Vo, D. Koop, J. Freire, and C. Silva
ACM SIGMOD 2008
Special Issue: The First Provenance Challenge
L. Moreau et al.
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 20(5):409--418, 2008
Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Computational Provenance
C. Silva and J. Tohline
Computing in Science and Engineering, 10(3):9-10, 2008
Software Infrastructure for Exploratory Visualization and Data Analysis: Past, Present and Future
C. Silva and J. Freire
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (SciDAC 2008 Conference)
Comparing Techniques for Tetrahedral Mesh Generation
M. Lizier, J. F. Shepherd, L. G. Nonato, J. Comba, and C. Silva
Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute, 2008
Towards Enabling Social Analysis of Scientific Data
J. Freire and C. Silva
CHI Social Data Analysis Workshop, 2008

2007

Provenance for Visualizations: Reproducibility and Beyond
C. Silva, J. Freire, and S. P. Callahan
IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering, 9(5):82-89, 2007
Querying and Creating Visualizations by Analogy
C. E. Scheidegger, H. T. Vo, D. Koop, J. Freire, C. T. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of Visualization 2007)
Hardware-Assisted Point-Based Volume Rendering of Tetrahedral Meshes
E. W. Anderson, S. P. Callahan, C. E. Scheidegger, J. Schreiner, and C. T. Silva
Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing (SIBGRAPI); 2007, to appear.
Towards Development of a Circuit Based Treatment for Impaired Memory: A Multidisciplinary Approach
E. W. Anderson, G. A. Preston, C. T. Silva
IEEE EMBS Neural Engineering 2007, to appear.
iRun: Interactive Rendering of Large Unstructured Grids
H. T. Vo, S. P. Callahan, N. Smith, C. T. Silva, W. Martin, D. Owen, and D. Weinstein
Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization 2007, to appear.
Robust Smooth Feature Extraction from Point Clouds
J. Daniels II, L. K. Ha, T. Ochotta, C. T. Silva
Shape and Modeling International 2007, to appear.
An Adaptive Framework for Visualizing Unstructured Grids with Time-Varying Scalar Fields
F. F. Bernardon, S. P. Callahan, J. L. D. Comba, C. T. Silva
Parallel Computing, 2007, to appear.
Multi-Fragment Effects on the GPU using the k-Buffer
L. Bavoil, S.P. Callahan, A. Lefohn, J.L.D. Comba, and C. Silva
ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games, 2007
Streaming Simplification for Tetrahedral Meshes Grids
H. Vo, S. Callahan, P. Lindstrom, V. Pascucci, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 13(1):145-155, 2007

2006

GPU-based Tiled Ray Casting using Depth Peeling
F. Bernardon, C. Pagot, J. Comba, and C. Silva
Journal of Graphics Tools, 11(4):1-16, 2006
High-Quality Extraction of Isosurfaces from Regular and Irregular Grids
J. Schreiner, C. Scheidegger, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2006)
Progressive Volume Rendering of Large Unstructured Grids
S. Callahan, L. Bavoil, V. Pascucci, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2006)
Direct (Re)Meshing for Efficient Surface Processing
J. Schreiner, C. Scheidegger, S. Fleishman, and C. Silva
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of Eurographics 2006)
Volume Rendering of Time-Varying Scalar Fields on Unstructured Meshes
F. Bernardon, S. Callahan, J. Comba, and C. Silva
6th Eurographics Workshop on Parallel Graphics and Visualization (EGPGV 2006)
Managing Rapidly-Evolving Scientific Workflows
J. Freire, C. Silva, S. P. Callahan, E. Santos, C. E. Scheidegger and H. T. Vo
Proceedings of the International Provenance and Annotation Workshop (IPAW), 2006
Invited paper corresponding to Keynote Talk
Managing the Evolution of Dataflows with VisTrails
S. P. Callahan, J. Freire, E. Santos, C. E. Scheidegger, C. Silva, and H. T. Vo
IEEE Workshop on Workflow and Data Flow for Scientific Applications (SciFlow) 2006.
VisTrails: Visualization meets Data Management
S. P. Callahan, J. Freire, E. Santos, C. E. Scheidegger, C. Silva, and H. T. Vo
ACM SIGMOD 2006
Real-Time Soft Shadows with Cone Culling
L. Bavoil and C. Silva
ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Sketch
Progressive Volume Rendering of Unstructured Grids on Modern GPUs
S. Callahan, L. Bavoil, V. Pascucci, and C. Silva
ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Sketch
VACET: Proposed SciDAC2 Visualization and Analytics Center for Enabling Technologies
E. Wes Bethel, C. Johnson, C. Hansen, S. Parker, A. Sanderson, C. Silva, X. Trichoche, V. Pascucci, H. Childs, J. Cohen, M. Duchaineau, D. Laney, P. Lindstrom, S. Ahern, J. Meredith, G. Ostouchov, K. Joy, B. Hamann
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, SciDAC 2006 Conference, Denver CO, 2006
Meet the Proposed SciDAC2 Visualization and Analytics Center for Enabling Technologies
E. Wes Bethel, C. Johnson, C. Hansen, S. Parker, A. Sanderson, C. Silva, X. Trichoche, V. Pascucci, H. Childs, J. Cohen, M. Duchaineau, D. Laney, P. Lindstrom, S. Ahern, J. Meredith, G. Ostouchov, K. Joy, B. Hamann
Poster, 2006 SciDAC program meeting, Denver, CO

2005

On the Convexification of Unstructured Grids From A Scientific Visualization Perspective
J. Comba, J. Mitchell, and C. Silva
Scientific Visualization: Extracting Information and Knowledge from Scientific Datasets
Editors: G.-P. Bonneau, T. Ertl, G. M. Nielson, Springer-Verlag
A Survey of GPU-Based Volume Rendering of Unstructured Grids
C. Silva, J. Comba, S. Callahan, and F. Bernardon
RITA 2005
VisTrails: Enabling Interactive Multiple-View Visualizations
L. Bavoil, S. Callahan, P. Crossno, J. Freire, C. Scheidegger, C. Silva, and H. Vo
IEEE Visualization 2005
Hardware Accelerated Simulated Radiography
D. Laney, S. Callahan, N. Max, C. T. Silva, S. Langer, and R. Frank
IEEE Visualization 2005
Interactive Rendering of Large Unstructured Grids Using Dynamic Level-of-Detail
S. Callahan, J. D. Comba, P. Shirley, and C. Silva
IEEE Visualization 2005
Triangulating Point Set Surfaces with Bounded Error
C. Scheidegger, S. Fleishman, and C. Silva
Symposium on Geometry Processing 2005
Robust Moving Least-squares Fitting with Sharp Features
S. Fleishman, D. Cohen-Or, and C. Silva
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2005)
Simplification of Unstructured Tetrahedral Meshes by Point-Sampling
D. Uesu, L. Bavoil, S. Fleishman, J. Shepherd, and C. Silva
Volume Graphics 2005
Hardware-Assisted Visibility Sorting for Unstructured Volume Rendering
S. Callahan, M. Ikits, J. Comba, and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

2004

GPU-based Tiled Ray Casting using Depth Peeling
F. Bernardon, C. Pagot, J. Comba, C. Silva
SCI Institute Technical Report UUSCI-2004-006
Simplification of Unstructured Tetrahedral Meshes by Point-Sampling
D. Uesu, L. Bavoil, S. Fleishman, and C. Silva
SCI Institute Technical Report UUSCI-2004-005
On the Convexification of Unstructured Grids From A Scientific Visualization Perspective
J. Comba, J. Mitchell, and C. Silva
SCI Institute Technical Report UUSCI-2004-004
camera-ready version available above
Hardware-Assisted Visibility Sorting for Unstructured Volume Rendering
S. Callahan, M. Ikits, J. Comba, and C. Silva
SCI Institute Technical Report UUSCI-2004-003
Implicit Occluders
S. Pesco, P. Lindstrom, V. Pascucci, and C. Silva
IEEE Volume Visualization and Graphics Symposium 2004, to appear
Image-Space Visibility Ordering for Cell Projection Volume Rendering of Unstructured Data
R. Cook, N. Max, C. Silva, and P. Williams
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol 10, No 4, 2004

2003

Visibility-Based Prefetching for Interactive Out-Of-Core Rendering
W. Correa, J. Klosowski, and C. Silva
IEEE Parallel and Large-Data Visualization and Graphics Symposium 2003
Visualizing Spatial and Temporal Variability in Coastal Observatories
W. Herrera-Jimenez, W. Correa, C. Silva, and A. Baptista
IEEE Visualization 2003
Progressive Point Set Surfaces
S. Fleishman, M. Alexa, D. Cohen-Or, and C. Silva
ACM Transactions on Graphics, to appear
A Survey of Visibility for Walkthrough Applications
D. Cohen-Or, Y. Chrysanthou, C. Silva, F. Durand
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 9(3):412-431, 2003
Volume Rendering for Curvilinear and Unstructured Grids
N. Max, P. Williams, C. Silva, and R. Cook
Computer Graphics International, 2003
Computing and Rendering Point Set Surfaces
M. Alexa, J. Behr, D. Cohen-Or, S. Fleishman, C. Silva, and D. Levin
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 9(1):3-15, 2003
Out-Of-Core Sort-First Parallel Rendering for Cluster-Based Tiled Displays
W. Correa, J. Klosowski, and C. Silva
Parallel Computing, vol. 29, pp. 325-338, 2003.

2002

iWalk: Interactive Out-Of-Core Rendering of Large Models
W. Correa, J. Klosowski, and C. Silva
Technical Report TR-653-02, Princeton University, 2002
Towards Point-Based Acquisition and Rendering of Large Real-World Environments
W. Correa, S. Fleishman, and C. Silva
SIBGRAPI 2002
Modeling and Rendering of Real Environments
W. Correa, M. Oliveira, C. Silva, and J. Wang
RITA 2002
Out-Of-Core Sort-First Parallel Rendering for Cluster-Based Tiled Displays
W. Correa, J. Klosowski, and C. Silva
4th Eurographics Workshop on Parallel Graphics and Visualization, 2002
egpgv02-talk.pdf
A Generic Programming Approach to Multiresolution Spatial Decompositions
V. Mello, L. Velho, P. Roma, and C. Silva
Visualization and Mathematics Workshop 2002
Fast and Simple Occlusion Culling
W. Correa, J. Klosowski, and C. Silva
Game Programming Gems 3, 2002

2001

Efficient Acquisition of Web Data Through Restricted Query Interfaces
S. Byers, C. Silva, and J. Freire)
WWW10 Poster, 2001
Integrating Occlusion Culling with View-Dependent Rendering
J. El-Sana, N. Sokolovsky, and C. Silva
IEEE Visualization 2001, pp. 371-378, 2001
Point Set Surfaces
M. Alexa, J. Behr, D. Cohen-Or, S. Fleishman, C. Silva, and D. Levin
IEEE Visualization 2001, pp. 21-28, 2001
A Memory Insensitive Technique for Large Model Simplification
P. Lindstrom and C. Silva
IEEE Visualization 2001, pp. 121-126, 2001
A Unified Infrastructure for Parallel Out-Of-Core Isosurface and Volume Rendering of Unstructured Grids
Y.-J. Chiang, R. Farias, C. Silva, and B. Wei
IEEE Parallel and Large-Data Visualization and Graphics Symposium 2001, pp. 59-66, 2001
Parallelizing the ZSWEEP Algorithm for Distributed-Shared Memory Architectures
R. Farias and C. Silva
International Volume Graphics Workshop 2001, pp. 181-192, 2001
A Hardware-Assisted Visibility-Ordering Algorithm With Applications to Volume Rendering
S. Krishnan, C. Silva, and B. Wei
Data Visualization 2001, pp. 233-242, 2001
Visibility, problems, techniques and applications
D. Cohen-Or (organizer), Y. Chrysanthou, F. Durand, N. Greene, and V. Koltun, and C. Silva
SIGGRAPH 2001 Course #30
Efficient Conservative Visibility Culling Using The Prioritized-Layered Projection Algorithm
J. Klosowski and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 7(4):365-379, 2001
Out-Of-Core Rendering of Large Unstructured Grids
R. Farias and C. Silva
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 21(4):42-50, 2001

2000

Cell Projection of Meshes With Non-Planar Faces
N. Max, P. Williams, and C. Silva
Proceedings of Dagstuhl 2000
Time-Critical Rendering of Irregular Grids
R. Farias, J. Mitchell, C. Silva, and B. Wylie
SIBGRAPI 2000, pp. 243-250, 2000
ZSWEEP: An Efficient and Exact Projection Algorithm for Unstructured Volume Rendering
R. Farias, J. Mitchell, and C. Silva
ACM/IEEE Volume Visualization and Graphics Symposium, pp. 91-99, 2000
Visibility, problems, techniques and applications
D. Cohen-Or (organizer), Y. Chrysanthou, G. Drettakis, and C. Silva
SIGGRAPH 2000 Course #4
Rendering and Visualization in Affordable Parallel Environments
D. Bartz, B.-O. Schneider, and C. Silva (organizers)
SIGGRAPH 2000 Course #13
Visualization Research with Large Displays
B. Wei, C. Silva, E. Koutsofios, S. Krishnan, and S. North
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 20(4):50-54, 2000
The Prioritized-Layered Projection Algorithm for Visible Set Estimation
J. Klosowski and C. Silva
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 6(2):108-123, 2000
Surface Reconstruction using Lower Dimensional Incremental Delaunay Triangulation
M. Gopi, S. Krishnan, and C. Silva
Computer Graphics Forum, 19:467-478, 2000
Approximate Volume Rendering for Curvilinear and Unstructured Graphics by Hardware-Assisted Polyhedron Projection
N. Max, P. Williams, and C. Silva
International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, pp. 53-61, vol. 11, 2000

1999

Fast Polyhedral Cell Sorting for Interactive Rendering of Unstructured Grids
J. Comba, J. Klosowski, N. Max, J. Mitchell, C. Silva and P. Williams
Computer Graphics Forum, 18:367-376, 1999
The Ball-Pivoting Algorithm for Surface Reconstruction
F. Bernardini, J. Mittleman, H. Rushmeier, C. Silva, and G. Taubin
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 5(4):349-359, 1999
Efficient Compression of Non-Manifold Polygonal Meshes
A. Gueziec, F. Bossen, G. Taubin, and C. Silva
Computational Geometry Theory and Applications, 14 (1-3) pp. 137-166, 1999
Rendering on a Budget: A Framework for Time-Critical Rendering
J. Klosowski and C. Silva
IEEE Visualization '99, pp. 115-122, 1999
Efficient Compression of Non-Manifold Polygonal Meshes
A. Gueziec, F. Bossen, G. Taubin, and C. Silva
IEEE Visualization '99, pp. 73-80, 1999
Optimal Processor Allocation for Sort-Last Compositing under BSP-tree Ordering
C. R. Ramakrishnan and C. Silva
SPIE Visual Data Exploration and Analysis IV, 1999

1998

An Exact Interactive Time Visibility Ordering Algorithm for Polyhedral Cell Complexes
C. Silva, J. Mitchell, and P. Williams
ACM/IEEE Volume Visualization Symposium '98, pp. 87-94, 1998
Greedy Cuts: An Advancing Front Terrain Triangulation Algorithm
C. Silva and J. Mitchell
ACM Symposium on Geographic Information Systems 1998, pp. 137-144, 1998
full (journal) version available
Interactive Out-Of-Core Isosurface Extraction
Y.-J. Chiang, C. Silva, and W. J. Schroeder
IEEE Visualization '98, pp. 167-174, 1998
Tutorial on Rendering and Visualization in Affordable Parallel Environments
D. Bartz, B.-O. Schneider, and C. Silva (organizers)
Tutorial, Eurographics 1998.
External Memory Techniques for Isosurface Extraction in Scientific Visualization
Y.-J. Chiang and C. Silva
AMS/DIMACS Workshop on External Memory Algorithms and Visualization 1998

1997

Isosurface Extraction in Large Scientific VisualizationApplications Using the I/O-filter Technique
Y.-J. Chiang and C. Silva
Manuscript, 1997
The Lazy Sweep Ray Casting Algorithm for Rendering Irregular Grids
C Silva and J. Mitchell
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 3(2):142-157, 1997
I/O Optimal Isosurface Extraction
Y.-J. Chiang and C. Silva
IEEE Visualization '97, pp. 293-250, 1997
Simple, Fast, and Robust Ray Casting of Irregular Grids
P. Bunyk, A. Kaufman, and C. Silva
Proceedings of Dagstuhl '97, pp. 30-36, 2000

1996

Fast Rendering of Irregular Grids
C. Silva, J. Mitchell, and A. Kaufman
ACM/IEEE Volume Visualization Symposium '96, pp. 15-22, 1996
Three Dimensional Visualization of Proteins in Cellular Interactions
C. Monks, P. Crossno, G. Davidson, C. Pavlakos, A. Kupfer, C. Silva, and B. Wylie
IEEE Visualization '96, pp. 363-366, 1996
Parallel Volume Rendering of Irregular Grids
C. Silva
Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Computer Science
State University of New York at Stony Brook, December 1996
PVR: High-performance Volume Rendering
C. Silva, A. Kaufman, and C. Pavlakos
IEEE Computational Science and Engineering, Winter 1996, pp. 18-28
pvr3.pdf (tech report)

1995

Automatic Generation of Triangular Irregular Networks using Greedy Cuts
C. Silva, J. Mitchell, and A. Kaufman
IEEE Visualization '95, pp. 201-208, 1995

1994

Parallel Performance Measures for Volume Ray Casting
C. Silva and A. Kaufman
IEEE Visualization '94, pp 196-203, 1994
VolVis: A Diversified Volume Visualization System
R. Avila, T. He, L. Hong, A. Kaufman, H. Pfister, C. Silva, L. Sobierajski, and S. Wang
IEEE Visualization '94, pp 85-92, 1994

1989

And here is my first published paper (in portuguese): Minhoca Plus: Uma rede local para fins didaticos

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