publications

Amigurumi Crochet Patterns from Geodesic Distances. Ben-Chen et al.
Amigurumi Crochet Patterns from Geodesic Distances
Mirela Ben-Chen and Michal Edelstein.
Bridges 2024.
[paper]
A Convex Optimization Framework for Regularized Geodesic Distances. Edelstein et al.
A Convex Optimization Framework for Regularized Geodesic Distances
Michal Edelstein, Nestor Guillen, Justin Solomon, and Mirela Ben-Chen.
SIGGRAPH 2023 (Conference).
[paper] [supplemental] [arxiv] [code]
An Elastic Basis for Spectral Shape Correspondence. Hartwig et al.
An Elastic Basis for Spectral Shape Correspondence
Florine Hartwig, Josua Sassen, Omri Azencot, Martin Rumpf, and Mirela Ben-Chen.
SIGGRAPH 2023 (Conference).
[paper] [supplemental] [code]
BPM: Blended Piecewise Möbius Maps. Rorberg et al.
BPM: Blended Piecewise Möbius Maps
Shir Rorberg, Amir Vaxman, and Mirela Ben-Chen
Computer Graphics Forum, 42(5), 2023, (presented at SGP 2023).
Best Paper Award 2nd Place.
[paper] [arxiv] [code] [Implementation by Mark Gillespie]
AmiGo: Computational Design of Amigurumi Crochet Patterns. Edelstein et al.
AmiGo: Computational Design of Amigurumi Crochet Patterns
Michal Edelstein, Hila Peleg, Shachar Itzhaky and Mirela Ben-Chen
Symposium on Computational Fabrication, 2022.
[paper] [arxiv]
NozMod: Nozzle Modification for Efficient FDM 3D Printing. Kaplan et al.
NozMod: Nozzle Modification for Efficient FDM 3D Printing
Daphna Kaplan, Shir Rorberg, Mirela Ben-Chen and Yoav Sterman
Symposium on Computational Fabrication, 2022.
[paper]
VEMPIC: Particle-In-Polyhedron Fluid Simulation for Intricate Solid Boundaries 2022, Tao et al.
VEMPIC: Particle-In-Polyhedron Fluid Simulation for Intricate Solid Boundaries
Michael Tao, Christopher Batty, Mirela Ben-Chen, Eugene Fiume, and David I.W. Levin
ACM Transactions on Graphics to appear, SIGGRAPH 2022.
[paper] [project] [video]
PH-CPF: Planar Hexagonal Meshing Using Coordinate Power Fields 2021, Ben Chen et al.
PH-CPF: Planar Hexagonal Meshing Using Coordinate Power Fields
Kacper Pluta, Michal Edelstein, Amir Vaxman and Mirela Ben-Chen
ACM Transactions on Graphics, 40(4), SIGGRAPH 2021.
[paper] [supplemental] [arxiv] [presentation] [code (replicability stamp)]
Surface Multigrid via Intrinsic Prolongation 2021, Liu et al.
Surface Multigrid via Intrinsic Prolongation
Hsueh-Ti Derek Liu, Jiayi Eris Zhang, Mirela Ben-Chen and Alec Jacobson
ACM Transactions on Graphics, 40(4), SIGGRAPH 2021.
[paper] [arxiv] [project] [code]
ENIGMA: Evolutionary Non-Isometric Geometry MAtching 2020, Edelstein et al.
ENIGMA: Evolutionary Non-Isometric Geometry MAtching
Michal Edelstein, Danielle Ezuz and Mirela Ben-Chen.
ACM Transactions on Graphics, 39(4), SIGGRAPH 2020.
[paper]
Robust Shape Collection Matching and Correspondence from Shape Differencess 2020, Cohen et al.
Robust Shape Collection Matching and Correspondence from Shape Differences
Aharon Cohen and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computer Graphics Forum, 39(2), 2020, Eurographics 2020.
[paper]
Chebyshev Nets from Commuting PolyVector Fields 2019, Sageman-Furnas et al.
Chebyshev Nets from Commuting PolyVector Fields
Andrew O. Sageman-Furnas, Albert Chern, Mirela Ben-Chen and Amir Vaxman.
ACM Transactions on Graphics 38(6), SIGGRAPH Asia 2019.
[paper] [project]
Recovering Hidden Components in Multimodal Data with Composite Diffusion Operators 2019, Shnitzer et al.
Recovering Hidden Components in Multimodal Data with Composite Diffusion Operators
Tal Shnitzer, Mirela Ben-Chen, Leonidas Guibas, Ronen Talmon and Hau-Tieng Wu.
SIAM Journal on Mathematics of Data Science, 1(3), 2019.
[paper] [supplemental]
Operator-based representations of discrete tangent vector fields 2019, Ben-Chen et al.
Operator-Based Representations of Discrete Tangent Vector Fields
Mirela Ben-Chen and Omri Azencot.
Chapter 3 of Handbook of Numerical Analysis, 20, Processing, Analyzing and Learning of Images, Shapes, and Forms: Part 2, Edited by Ron Kimmel, Xue-Cheng Tai.
[paper]
Hierarchical Functional Maps between Subdivision Surfaces 2019, Shoham et al.
Hierarchical Functional Maps between Subdivision Surfaces
Meged Shoham, Amir Vaxman and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computer Graphics Forum, 38(5), 2019, (presented at SGP 2019).
Best Paper Award 2nd Place.
[paper] [code]
Generalized Volumetric Foliation from Inverted Viscous Flow 2019, Cohen et al.
Generalized volumetric foliation from inverted viscous flow
David Cohen and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computers & Graphics, 82, 2019 (presented at SMI 2019)
Best Paper Honorable Mention.
[paper]
Elastic Correspondence between Triangle Meshes 2019, Ezuz et al.
Elastic Correspondence between Triangle Meshes
Danielle Ezuz, Behrend Heeren, Omri Azencot, Martin Rumpf and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computer Graphics Forum, 38(2), 2019 (presented at Eurographics 2019).
[paper] [code]
Reversible Harmonic Maps, TOG 2019, Ezuz et al.
Reversible Harmonic Maps between Discrete Surfaces
Danielle Ezuz, Justin Solomon and Mirela Ben-Chen.
ACM Transactions on Graphics, 38(2), 2019, (presented at SIGGRAPH 2019).
[paper] [code]
Parallel Transport on the Cone Manifold of SPD Matrices for Domain Adaptation, TSP 2019, Yair et al.
Parallel Transport on the Cone Manifold of SPD Matrices for Domain Adaptation
Or Yair, Mirela Ben-Chen and Ronen Talmon
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 67(7), 2019.
[paper]
Steklov Spectral Geometry for Extrinsic Shape Analysis, TOG 2018, Wang et al.
Steklov Spectral Geometry for Extrinsic Shape Analysis
Yu Wang, Mirela Ben-Chen, Iosif Polterovich and Justin Solomon.
ACM Transactions on Graphics, 38(1), 2018. (presented at SIGGRAPH 2019).
[paper]
Real-time Viscous Thin Films, SIGGRAPH ASIA 2018, Vantzos et al.
Real-time Viscous Thin Films
Orestis Vantzos, Saar Raz and Mirela Ben-Chen.
ACM Transactions on Graphics 37(6), SIGGRAPH Asia 2018.
[paper] [video] [demo] [code]
An Explicit Structure Preserving Numerical Scheme for EPDiff, SGP 2018, Azencot et al.
An Explicit Structure Preserving numerical scheme for EPDiff
Omri Azencot, Orestis Vantzos and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computer Graphics Forum 37(5), SGP 2018.
[paper] [video]
Integer-Only Cross Field Computation, SIGGRAPH 2018, Farchi et al.
Integer-Only Cross Field Computation
Nahum Farchi and Mirela Ben-Chen.
ACM Transactions on Graphics 37(4), SIGGRAPH 2018.
[paper] [supplemental] [code]
Deblurring and Denoising of Maps between Shapes, SGP 2017, Ezuz et al.
Deblurring and Denoising of Maps between Shapes
Danielle Ezuz and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computer Graphics Forum 36(5), SGP 2017.
[paper] [code]
GWCNN: A Metric Alignment Layer for Deep Shape Analysis, SGP 2017, Ezuz et al.
GWCNN: A Metric Alignment Layer for Deep Shape Analysis
Danielle Ezuz, Justin Solomon, Vladimir Kim and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computer Graphics Forum 36(5), SGP 2017.
[paper]
Consistent Functional Cross Field Design for Mesh Quadrangulation, SIGGRAPH 2017, Azencot et al.
Consistent Functional Cross Field Design for Mesh Quadrangulation
Omri Azencot, Etienne Corman, Mirela Ben-Chen, and Maks Ovsjanikov.
ACM Transactions on Graphics 36(4), SIGGRAPH 2017.
[paper]
Functional Characterization of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Geometry, TOG 2017, Corman & Solomon et al.
Functional Characterization of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Geometry
Etienne Corman*, Justin Solomon*, Mirela Ben-Chen, Leonidas Guibas and Maks Ovsjanikov.
ACM Transactions on Graphics 36(2), 2017.
* Equal contribution
[paper]
Computing and Processing Correspondences with Functional Maps
Computing and Processing Correspondences with Functional Maps
Maks Ovsjanikov, Etienne Corman, Michael Bronstein, Emanuele Rodolà, Mirela Ben-Chen, Leonidas Guibas, Frederic Chazal and Alex Bronstein
SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Courses; SIGGRAPH 2017 Courses
[notes] [web page]
Functional Thin Films on Surfaces, TVCG 2016, By Vantzos et al
Functional Thin Films on Surfaces (Journal version)
Orestis Vantzos, Omri Azencot, Max Wardetzky, Martin Rumpf and Mirela Ben-Chen.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 23(3), 2017.
[paper] [supplemental]
Advection Based Function Matching
Advection-Based Function Matching on Surfaces
Omri Azencot, Orestis Vantzos and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computer Graphics Forum 35(5), (Proc. SGP), 2016.
[paper]
Iterative Closest Conformal Maps between Planar Domains
Iterative Closest Conformal Maps between Planar Domains
Aviv Segall and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computer Graphics Forum 35(5), (Proc. SGP), 2016.
[paper] [code]
Hele-Shaw Flow
Hele-Shaw Flow Simulation with Interactive Control using Complex Barycentric Coordinates
Aviv Segall, Orestis Vantzos and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Computer Animation, Zurich, 2016.
[paper] [video] [supplemental] [code]
Directional Field Synthesis, Design, and Processing
Directional Field Synthesis, Design, and Processing
Amir Vaxman, Marcel Campen, Olga Diamanti, Daniele Panozzo, David Bommes, Klaus Hildebrandt and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computer Graphics Forum 35(2), State-of-the-art Report (STAR) Eurographics 2016; SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Courses; SIGGRAPH 2017 Courses
[paper] [course web page]
Functional Thin Films on Surfaces, SCA 2015, By Azencot et al
Functional Thin Films on Surfaces
Omri Azencot, Orestis Vantzos, Max Wardetzky, Martin Rumpf and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Computer Animation, Los Angeles, 2015.
Best Paper Award (one of three)
[paper] [video] [code]
Discrete Derivatives of Vector Fields on Surfaces - An Operator Approach, TOG 2015, by Azencot et al
Discrete Derivatives of Vector Fields on Surfaces — An Operator Approach
Omri Azencot, Maks Ovsjanikov, Frederic Chazal and Mirela Ben-Chen.
ACM Transactions on Graphics, 34(3), 2015.
[paper] [supplemental]
functional fluids on surfaces1
Functional Fluids on Surfaces
Omri Azencot*, Steffen Weißmann*, Maks Ovsjanikov, Max Wardetzky and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. SGP), 2014.
* Equal contribution
[paper] [video] [code]
cross collection map inference by intrinsic alignment of shape spaces
Cross-Collection Map Inference by Intrinsic Alignment of Shape Spaces
Nitzan Shapira and Mirela Ben-Chen.
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. SGP), 2014.
[paper]
an operator approach to vector field processing
An Operator Approach to Tangent Vector Field Processing
Omri Azencot, Mirela Ben-Chen, Frederic Chazal and Maks Ovsjanikov.
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. SGP), 2013.
[paper] [supplemental] [code]
Map-Based Exploration of Intrinsic Shape Differences and Variability
Map-Based Exploration of Intrinsic Shape Differences and Variability
Raif Rustamov, Maks Ovsjanikov, Omri Azencot, Mirela Ben-Chen, Frederic Chazal and Leonidas Guibas
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 32(4), 2013.
Was mentioned in SIGGRAPH 2013 Technical Papers Preview
[paper]
Planar Shape Interpolation with Bounded Distortion
Planar Shape Interpolation with Bounded Distortion
Renjie Chen, Daniel Keren, Ofir Weber and Mirela Ben-Chen
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 32(4), 2013.
[paper] [video] [project] [authors’ code] [3rd party implementation]
Analysis and Visualization of Maps Between Shapes
Analysis and Visualization of Maps Between Shapes
Maks Ovsjanikov, Mirela Ben-Chen, Frederic Chazal and Leonidas Guibas
Computer Graphics Forum, 32(6), 2013.
[paper] [code]
Functional Maps: A Flexible Representation of Maps Between Shapes
Functional Maps: A Flexible Representation of Maps Between Shapes
Maks Ovsjanikov, Mirela Ben-Chen, Justin Solomon, Adrian Butscher and Leonidas Guibas
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 31(4), 2012.
SIGGRAPH Test of Time Award (Awarded in 2023)
[paper] [code]
Can Mean-Curvature Flow be Modified to be Non-singular?
Can Mean-Curvature Flow be Modified to be Non-singular?
Michael Kazhdan, Jake Solomon and Mirela Ben-Chen
Computer Graphics Forum, 31(5), 2012.
[paper] [slides] [code]
Soft Maps Between Surfaces
Soft Maps Between Surfaces
Justin Solomon, Andy Nguyen, Adrian Butscher, Mirela Ben-Chen and Leonidas Guibas
Computer Graphics Forum, 31(5), 2012.
[paper]
An Optimization Approach to Improving Collections of Shape Maps
An Optimization Approach to Improving Collections of Shape Maps
Andy Nguyen, Mirela Ben-Chen, Katarzyna Welnicka, Yinyu Ye and Leonidas Guibas
Computer Graphics Forum, 30(5), 2011.
[paper]
As-Killing-As-Possible Vector Fields for Planar Deformation
As-Killing-As-Possible Vector Fields for Planar Deformation
Justin Solomon, Mirela Ben-Chen, Adrian Butscher and Leonidas Guibas
Computer Graphics Forum, 30(5), 2011.
[paper] [3rd party code]
A Complex View of Barycentric Mappings
A Complex View of Barycentric Mappings
Ofir Weber, Mirela Ben-Chen, Craig Gotsman and Kai Hormann
Computer Graphics Forum, 30(5), 2011.
Best Paper Award 2nd Place at SGP
[paper]
TexToons: Practical Texture Mapping for Hand-drawn Cartoon Animations
TexToons: Practical Texture Mapping for Hand-drawn Cartoon Animations
Daniel Sykora, Mirela Ben-Chen, Martin Cadik, Brian Whited and Maryann Simmons
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering, 2011.
Best Paper Award
[paper] [project]
Discovery of Intrinsic Primitives on Triangle Meshes
Discovery of Intrinsic Primitives on Triangle Meshes
Justin Solomon, Mirela Ben-Chen, Adrian Butscher and Leonidas Guibas
Computer Graphics Forum, 30(2), 2011.
[paper]
On Discrete Killing Vector Fields and Patterns on Surfaces
On Discrete Killing Vector Fields and Patterns on Surfaces
Mirela Ben-Chen, Adrian Butscher, Justin Solomon and Leonidas Guibas
Computer Graphics Forum, 29(5), 2010.
Best Paper Award 2nd Place at SGP
[paper]
A Multi-Resolution Approach to Heat Kernels on Discrete Surfaces
A Multi-Resolution Approach to Heat Kernels on Discrete Surfaces
Amir Vaxman, Mirela Ben-Chen and Craig Gotsman
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 29(3), 2010.
[paper]
Spatial Deformation Transfer1
Spatial Deformation Transfer
Mirela Ben-Chen, Ofir Weber and Craig Gotsman
Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Computer Animation, New Orleans , 2009.
[paper] [video] [code]
Variational Harmonic Maps for Space Deformation
Variational Harmonic Maps for Space Deformation
Mirela Ben-Chen, Ofir Weber and Craig Gotsman
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 28(3), 2009.
[paper] [video] [code]
Complex Barycentric Coordinates with Applications to Planar Shape Deformation
Complex Barycentric Coordinates with Applications to Planar Shape Deformation
Ofir Weber, Mirela Ben-Chen and Craig Gotsman
Computer Graphics Forum, 28(2), 2009.
Guenter Enderle Best Paper Award at Eurographics
[paper] [video] [code]
Characterizing Shape Using Conformal Factors
Characterizing Shape Using Conformal Factors
Mirela Ben-Chen and Craig Gotsman
Proceedings of Eurographics 2008 Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval, Crete, Greece, 2008.
[paper]
Conformal Flattening by Curvature Prescription and Metric Scaling
Conformal Flattening by Curvature Prescription and Metric Scaling
Mirela Ben-Chen, Craig Gotsman and Guy Bunin
Computer Graphics Forum, 27(2), 2008.
Guenter Enderle Best Paper Award at Eurographics
[paper] [code (disk only + parameterization)] [code (any topology + singularities only)]

Distributed Computation of Virtual Coordinates for Greedy Routing in Sensor Networks (Journal Version)
Mirela Ben-Chen, Steven J. Gortler, Craig Gotsman and Camille Wormser
Discrete and Applied Mathematics, 159(7), 2011.
[paper]

Distributed Computation of Virtual Coordinates
Mirela Ben-Chen, Craig Gotsman and Camille Wormser
Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, Gyeongju, South Korea, June 2007.
[paper]

Routing with Guaranteed Delivery on Virtual Coordinates
Mirela Ben-Chen, Craig Gotsman and Steven J. Gortler
Proceedings of Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, Kingston, Canada, August 2006.
[paper]

On the Optimality of Spectral Compression of Mesh Data
Mirela Ben-Chen and Craig Gotsman
ACM Transactions on Graphics, 24(1), 2005.
[paper]