Afra Zomorodian

Recent Alum

Email: afra at cs.stanford.edu
Website: http://graphics.stanford.edu/~afra/

Research Statement

Computational topology and geometry, computational structural biology, computer graphics, visualization, programming methodology

Recent Publications

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F. Cazals, J. Giesen, M. Pauly, and A. Zomorodian, The Conformal Alpha Shape Filtration, The Visual Computer, to appear.
@article{cgpz-cas-06,
  author = "Cazals, F. and Giesen, J. and Pauly, M. and Zomorodian, A.",
  title = "The Conformal Alpha Shape Filtration",
  journal = "The Visual Computer",
  year = 2006,
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%  number = ??,
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  note = "to appear"
}
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A. Zomorodian, L. J. Guibas, and P. Koehl, Geometric Filtering of Pairwise Atomic Interactions Applied to the Design of Efficient Statistical Potentials, Computer Aided Geometric Design, to appear.
@article{zomorodian2006geometric,
  title={Geometric filtering of pairwise atomic interactions applied to the design of efficient statistical potentials},
  author={Zomorodian, Afra and Guibas, Leonidas and Koehl, Patrice},
  journal={Computer Aided Geometric Design},
  volume={23},
  number={6},
  pages={531--544},
  year={2006},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}
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G. Carlsson, A. Zomorodian, A. Collins, and L. Guibas. Persistence Barcodes for Shapes. International Journal of Shape Modeling, 11 (2005), 149-187.
@article{czcg-pbs-05,
  title = "Persistence Barcodes for Shapes",
  author = "Carlsson, G. and Zomorodian, A. and Collins, A. and Guibas, L. J.",
  journal = "International Journal of Shape Modeling", 
  year = 2005,
  volume = 11,
  number = 2,
  pages = "149--187",
 }
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F. Cazals, J. Giesen, M. Pauly, A. Zomorodian, Conformal Alpha Shapes, Symposium on Point-Based Graphics (2005), pp. 55-61.
@InProceedings{cgpz-cas-05,
  title = "Conformal Alpha Shapes",
  author = "Cazals, F. and Giesen, J. and Pauly, M. and Zomorodian, A.",
  booktitle = "Proc. Symp. Point-Based Graph.", 
  year = 2005,
  pages = "55---61",
}
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A. Zomorodian, G. Carlsson, Computing Persistent Homology, Discrete and Computational Geometry 33 (2005), 249-274.
@article{zc-cph-05,
  author = "Zomorodian, A. and Carlsson, G.",
  title = "Computing Persistent Homology",
  journal = "Discrete Comput. Geom.",
  year = 2005,
  volume = 33,
  number = 2,
  pages = "249--274",
 }
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A. Collins, A. Zomorodian, G. Carlsson, and L. Guibas. A Barcode Shape Descriptor for Curve Point Cloud Data. Computers & Graphics 28 (2004), pp. 881-894.
@article{czcg-bsdcpcd-04b,
  author = "Collins, A. and Zomorodian, A. and Carlsson, G. and Guibas, L.",
  title = "A Barcode Shape Descriptor for Curve Point Cloud Data",
  journal = "Computers and Graphics", 
  year = 2004,
  volume = 28,  
  pages = "881--894",
}
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A. Zomorodian, G. Carlsson, Computing Persistent Homology, Proc. Symp. Comput. Geom. (2004), pp. 347-356.
@inproceedings{zc-cph-04,
  title = "Computing Persistent Homology", 
  author = "Zomorodian, A. and Carlsson, G.",
  booktitle = "Proc. 20th Ann. ACM Sympos. Comput. Geom.",
  year = 2004,
  pages = 347--356,
}
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A. Collins, A. Zomorodian, G. Carlsson, and L. Guibas. A Barcode Shape Descriptor for Curve Point Cloud Data. Proc. Symp. Point-Based Graphics (2004), pp. 181-191.
@Inproceedings{czcg-bsdcpcd-04,
  title = "A Barcode Shape Descriptor for Curve Point Cloud Data",
  author = "Collins, A. and Zomorodian, A. and Carlsson, G. and Guibas, L.",
  booktitle = "Proc. Symp. Point-Based Graph.", 
  year = 2004,
  pages = 181--191, 
}
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G. Carlsson, A. Zomorodian, A. Collins, and L. Guibas. Persistence Barcodes for Shapes. Proc. Symp. Geometry Processing (2004), pp. 127-138.
@inproceedings{czcg-pbs-04,
  title = "Persistence Barcodes for Shapes", 
  author = "Carlsson, G. and Zomorodian, A. and Collins, A. and Guibas, L.",
  booktitle = "Proc. Geometry Process.",
  year = 2004,
 pages = "127--138",
}
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H. Edelsbrunner, J. Harer, A. Zomorodian, Hierarchical Morse-Smale Complexes for Piecewise Linear 2-Manifolds, Discrete Comp. Geom., 30 (2003), 87-107.
@article{ehz-hmscpl2m-03,
  author = "Edelsbrunner, H. and Harer, J. and Zomorodian, A.",
  title = "Hierarchical Morse-Smale Complexes for Piecewise Linear 2-Manifolds",
  journal = "Discrete Computer Geometry",
  year = 2003,
}

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H. Edelsbrunner and A. Zomorodian, Computing Linking Numbers of a Filtration, Homology, Homotopy and Applications, 5:2 (2003), 19-37.
@article{ez-clnf-03,
    author = "Edelsbrunner, H. and Zomorodian, A.",
    title = "Computing Linking Numbers in a Filtration",
    journal = "Homology, Homotopy and Applications",
    pages = "19--37",
    volume = 5,
    number = 2,
    year = 2003,
}
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H. Edelsbrunner, D. Letscher, and A. Zomorodian, Topological Persistence and Simplification, Discrete Comput. Geom., 28 (2002), 511--533.
@article{elz-tps-02,
  author = "Edelsbrunner, H. and Letscher, D. and Zomorodian, A.",
  title = "Topological persistence and simplification",
  journal = "Discrete Comput. Geom.",
  year = 2002,
  volume = 28,
  pages = "511--533",
}
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A. Zomorodian and H. Edelsbrunner, Fast Software for Box Intersection, Int. J. Comput. Geom. Appl., 12 (2002), 143-172.
@article{ze-fsbi-02,
  author = "Zomorodian, A. and Edelsbrunner, H.",
  title = "Fast Software for Box Intersection",
  journal = "Int. J. Comput. Geom. Appl.",
  year = 2002,
  volume = 12,  
  pages = "143--172",
}
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H. Edelsbrunner, J. Harer, and A. Zomorodian, Hierarchical Morse Complexes for Piecewise Linear 2-Manifolds, In Proc. 17th. Ann. ACM Sympos. Comput. Geom. (2001), pp. 70-79.
@InProceedings{,ehz-hmcpl2m-01,
  author = "Edelsbrunner, H. and Harer, J. and Zomorodian, A.",
  title = "Hierarchical Morse Complexes for Piecewise Linear 2-Manifolds",
  booktitle = "Proc. 17th Ann. ACM Sympos. Comput. Geom.",
  year = 2001,
  pages = "70--79",
}

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H. Edelsbrunner and A. Zomorodian, Computing Linking Numbers in a Filtration, Algorithms in Bioinformatics (LNCS 2149) (2001), pp. 112-127.
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    author = "Edelsbrunner, H. and Zomorodian, A.",
    title = "Computing Linking Numbers in a Filtration",
    booktitle = "Algorithms in Bioinformatics (LNCS 2149)",
    pages = "112--127",
    publisher = "Springer",
    address = "Berlin",
    year = 2001,
 }
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H. Edelsbrunner, D. Letscher, A. Zomorodian, Topological Persistence and Simplification, In Proc. 41st Ann. IEEE Sympos. Found Comput. Sci (2000), pp. 454-463.
@InProceedings{elz-tps-00,
  author = "Edelsbrunner, H. and Letscher, D. and Zomorodian, A.",
  title = "Topological persistence and simplification",
  booktitle = "Proc. 41st Ann. IEEE Sympos. Found Comput. Sci.",
  year = 2000,
  pages = "454--463",
}

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A. Zomorodian and H. Edelsbrunner, Fast Software for Box Intersection, In Proc. 16th Ann. ACM Sympos. Comput. Geom. (2000), pp. 129-138.
@Inproceedings{ze-fsbi-00,
  author = "Zomorodian, A. and Edelsbrunner, H.",
  title = "Fast Software for Box Intersection",
  booktitle = "Proc. 16th Ann. ACM Sympos. Comput. Geom.",
  year = 2000,
  pages = "129--138",
}

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