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Greg Turk

Biological Simulation Scientific Visualization Graphics Visualization And Usability
Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing

About

Greg Turk received a Ph.D. in computer science in 1992 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University for two years, followed by two years as a research scientist at UNC Chapel Hill. He is currently holds the rank of Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is a member of the School of Interactive Computing and the Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center. His research interests include computer graphics, biological simulation and scientific visualization. He was the Technical Papers Chair for ACM SIGGRAPH 2008. In 2012 he received the Computer Graphics Achievement Award from ACM SIGGRAPH for his contributions to the field of computer graphics.

Research Performance Summary

153
Total Papers
24468
Total Citations
66
H-Index
1988-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Near Real-Time CSG (Constructive Solid Geometry) Rendering Using Tree Normalization and Geometric Pruning

Year: 1988

Citations: 0

Venue: N/A

Latest Recorded Paper

Vants and Turmites

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: Artificial Life 31 (4)

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
6
2024
3
2023
6
2022
3
2021
2
2020
3
2019
4
2018
4
2017
7
2016
1
2015
3

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 45
Journal 38
Book 5

Top Coauthors

Turk Liu Tan

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 6
Citations 16
Avg. Citations / Paper 2.7
H-Index 2

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 17
Citations 614
Avg. Citations / Paper 36.1
H-Index 12

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 19
Citations 1727
Avg. Citations / Paper 90.9
H-Index 16

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 19
Citations 1477
Avg. Citations / Paper 77.7
H-Index 13

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 36
Citations 4604
Avg. Citations / Paper 127.9
H-Index 19

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 26
Citations 6372
Avg. Citations / Paper 245.1
H-Index 16

1995-1999

Period Stats
Papers 13
Citations 3743
Avg. Citations / Paper 287.9
H-Index 9

1990-1994

Period Stats
Papers 12
Citations 5062
Avg. Citations / Paper 421.8
H-Index 9

1985-1989

Period Stats
Papers 5
Citations 853
Avg. Citations / Paper 170.6
H-Index 4

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

gregory.turk@cc.gatech.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Robot Assisted Dressing Simplification Repair Polygonal Repair Polygonal Models Polygonal Models Volumetric Models Volumetric Techniques Surfaces Reaction Diffusion Implicit Surfaces Interpolate Surfaces Particle Fluids Robot Learning Randomized Learning Randomized Simulations