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David E. Breen

Textile Modeling And Design Biomedical Image Informatics Bio-inspired Self-Organization Algorithms Geometric Modeling
Drexel university Computer Science Department

About

David E. Breen, PhD is a professor of computer science in the College of Computing & Informatics (CCI) at Drexel University. He has held research positions at INRIA (Grenoble), Technical University of Dresden, the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, California Institute of Technology, the European Computer-Industry Research Centre, the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics and the Rensselaer Design Research Center. Breen's research interests include textile modeling and design, biomedical image informatics, geometric modeling, and bio-inspired self-organization algorithms. He previously served as deputy director of the NSF Center for Visual & Decision Informatics. Currently, he is affiliated with Drexel's Metadata Research Center and Center for Biological Discovery from Big Data. Breen has authored or co-authored over 125 technical papers, articles and book chapters, and is the co-editor of the book Cloth Modeling and Animation. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and a Fulbright Scholarship.

Research Performance Summary

171
Total Papers
6981
Total Citations
38
H-Index
1985-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Creation and Smooth-shading of Steiner Patch Tessellations

Year: 1985

Citations: 1

Venue: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August

Latest Recorded Paper

Compression covers for limbs–towards automatic analysis of the profile geometry of limbs

Year: 2025

Citations: 2

Venue: Textile Futures: Engineering Advanced Materials for a Changing World (Proc

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
1
2024
7
2023
3
2022
4
2021
5
2020
3
2019
7
2018
3
2017
6
2016
1
2015
4

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 70
Journal 17
Book 3

Top Coauthors

Breen Whitaker Museth

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 1
Citations 2
Avg. Citations / Paper 2
H-Index 1

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 22
Citations 171
Avg. Citations / Paper 7.8
H-Index 7

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 21
Citations 338
Avg. Citations / Paper 16.1
H-Index 9

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 14
Citations 135
Avg. Citations / Paper 9.6
H-Index 8

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 31
Citations 634
Avg. Citations / Paper 20.5
H-Index 12

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 36
Citations 1685
Avg. Citations / Paper 46.8
H-Index 15

1995-1999

Period Stats
Papers 19
Citations 1867
Avg. Citations / Paper 98.3
H-Index 16

1990-1994

Period Stats
Papers 15
Citations 2012
Avg. Citations / Paper 134.1
H-Index 11

1985-1989

Period Stats
Papers 12
Citations 137
Avg. Citations / Paper 11.4
H-Index 6

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

david@cs.drexel.edu
2158951626

Detected Research Keywords

Level Set Surface Set Surface Editing Level Set Segmentation Surface Editing Operators Level Set Models Biological Volume Datasets Level Set Modeling Modeling Segmentation Diffusion Mechanical Behavior Knitted Behavior Knitted Textiles