Demetri Terzopoulos
Demetri Terzopoulos researches computer vision, graphics, medical-image analysis and artificial life. His work includes deformable models and active contours. Terzopoulos earned an MIT AI doctorate in 1984, later conducted research at MIT and Schlumberger, and joined Toronto in 1989. He received recognition in 1987 for deformable models and active contours. These models apply across vision, graphics and medical-image analysis. He joined NYU in 2000 and UCLA in 2005. His research spans computer science, mathematics, graphics and vision.
- Works
- 524
- Citations
- 51,598
- h-index
- 78
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1984–1989
AI training and Toronto research
Terzopoulos earned an MIT AI doctorate in 1984, later conducted research at MIT and Schlumberger, and joined Toronto in 1989.
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1987
Deformable visual models
He received recognition in 1987 for deformable models and active contours. These models apply across vision, graphics and medical-image analysis.
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2000–2005
New York and UCLA
He joined NYU in 2000 and UCLA in 2005. His research spans computer science, mathematics, graphics and vision.
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2005
Physics-based animation
He received a 2005 Academy Award for Technical Achievement for work on physics-based computer graphics for motion pictures.
Sources and credits
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