Faculty Publications - Brian A. Barsky

Books

• N. I. Badler, B. A. Barsky, and D. Zeltzer, Eds., Making Them Move: Mechanics, Control, and Animation of Articulated Figures, The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling, San Mateo, CA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1991.
• B. A. Barsky, Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling Using Beta-Splines, Computer Science Workbench, Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.
• R. H. Bartels, J. C. Beatty, and B. A. Barsky, An Introduction to Splines for Use in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling, Los Altos, CA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1987.

Book chapters or sections

• T. J. Kosloff and B. A. Barsky, "Invited Paper: An algorithm for rendering generalized depth of field effects based on simulated heat diffusion," in Proc. 5th Intl. Conf. on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2007), O. Gervasi and M. L. Gavrilova, Eds., Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4707, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2007, pp. 1124-1140.
• A. Sfarti, B. A. Barsky, T. J. Kosloff, E. P. Pasztor, A. Kozlowski, E. Roman, and A. Perelman, "Extensions of 3D graphics rendering engine used for direct tessellation of spline surfaces," in Proc. 6th Intl. Conf. on Computational Science - ICCS 2006, Pt. II, V. N. Alexandrov, G. D. van Albada, P. M. A. Sloot, and J. Dongarra, Eds., Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3992, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2006, pp. 215-222.
• A. Sfarti, B. A. Barsky, T. J. Kosloff, E. P. Pasztor, A. Kozlowski, E. Roman, and A. Perelman, "New 3D graphics rendering engine architecture for direct tessellation of spline surfaces," in Proc. 5th Intl. Conf. on Computational Science -- ICCS 2005, Pt. II, V. S. Sunderam, G. D. van Albada, P. M. A. Sloot, and J. J. Dongarra, Eds., Vol. 3515, Berlin, Germany: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2005, pp. 224-231.
• B. A. Barsky, "Geometry for analysis of corneal shape," in Computational Geometry: Lectures at the Morningside Center of Mathematics, R. H. Wang, Ed., AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Vol. 34, Cambridge, MA: International Press, American Mathematical Society, 2003, pp. 33-56.
• B. A. Barsky, D. R. Horn, S. A. Klein, J. A. Pang, and M. Yu, "Invited Paper: Camera models and optical systems used in computer graphics: Part I, Object-based techniques," in Proc. Intl. Conf. on Computational Science and Its Applications -- ICCSA 2003, Part III, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2669, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2003, pp. 246-255.
• B. A. Barsky, D. R. Horn, S. A. Klein, J. A. Pang, and M. Yu, "Invited Paper: Camera models and optical systems used in computer graphics: Part II, Image-based techniques," in Proc. Intl. Conf. on Computational Science and Its Applications -- ICCSA 2003, Part III, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2669, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2003, pp. 256-265.
• B. A. Barsky and R. N. Goldman, "Beta-continuity revisited: Determining Bezier control vertices to construct geometrically continuous curves and surfaces," in Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces: Oslo 2000, T. Lyche and L. L. Schumaker, Eds., Vanderbilt University Press Innovations in Applied Mathematics, Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2001, pp. 35-44.

Articles in journals or magazines

• A. Curan, M. Brieu, B. A. Barsky, P. Dubois, and J. F. Rouland, "Stress-strain corneal study for biomechanical contribution to model and simulate corneal suturing," Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2007.
• B. A. Barsky, M. J. Tobias, D. P. Chu, and D. R. Horn, "Elimination of artifacts due to occlusion and discretization problems in image space blurring techniques," Graphical Models, vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 584-599, Nov. 2005.
• H. H. Tran, S. A. Klein, and B. A. Barsky, "Three-dimensional finite element analyses of contact lens deformation and lens-eye interactions," Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. S940, March 2001.
• B. A. Barsky, D. Klein, and S. A. Klein, "Computer simulation of vision-based synthetic images using Hartmann-Shack-derived wavefront aberrations," Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. S162, March 2001.
• S. S. Dalal, S. A. Klein, B. A. Barsky, and J. C. Corzine, "Limitations of the Zernike representation of cornea and wavefront for post-refractive surgery eyes," Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. S603, March 2001.
• B. A. Barsky, M. S. Downes, and F. Tendick, "The OPTICAL and VESTA Projects: Ophthalmic visualization and virtual surgery," The Intl. J. of Virtual Reality, vol. 5, no. 1, March 2001.
• F. Cheng, X. Wang, and B. A. Barsky, "Quadratic B-spline curve interpolation," Computers & Mathematics with Applications, vol. 41, no. 1-2, pp. 39-50, Jan. 2001.
• H. H. Tran, S. A. Klein, and B. A. Barsky, "The mechanics of contact lens deformation on the eye using finite element analysis," Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. S72, March 2000.
• S. A. Klein, D. Garcia, and B. A. Barsky, "Problems with representing wavefront aberrations, and solutions," Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. S105, March 2000.
• B. A. Barsky, S. A. Klein, and D. Garcia, "Gaussian power with cylinder vector field representation for corneal topography maps," Optometry and Vision Science, vol. 74, no. 11, pp. 917-925, Nov. 1997.
• S. A. Klein and B. A. Barsky, "Method for generating the anterior surface of an aberration-free contact lens for an arbitrary posterior surface," Optometry and Vision Science, vol. 72, no. 11, pp. 816-820, Nov. 1995.
• B. A. Barsky and T. D. DeRose, "Geometric continuity of parametric curves: Constructions of geometrically continuous splines," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 60-68, Jan. 1990.
• B. A. Barsky and T. D. DeRose, "Geometric continuity of parametric curves: Three equivalent characterizations," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 60-68, Nov. 1989.
• M. E. Hohmeyer and B. A. Barsky, "Rational continuity: Parametric, geometric, and Frenet frame continuity of rational curves," ACM Trans. Graphics, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 335-359, Oct. 1989.
• Y. Liang and B. A. Barsky, "A new concept and method for line clipping," ACM Trans. Graphics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-22, Jan. 1984.
• B. A. Barsky and J. C. Beatty, "Local control of bias and tension in Beta-splines," ACM Trans. Graphics, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 109-134, April 1983.

Articles in conference proceedings

• B. A. Barsky and E. Pasztor, "Rendering skewed plane of sharp focus and associated depth of field," in ACM SIGGRAPH 2004: Sketches: Proc. Intl. Conf. on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, R. Barzel, Ed., New York, NY: The Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2004, pp. 92.
• B. A. Barsky, T. J. Kosloff, and S. D. Upstill, "An opponent process approach to modeling the blue shift of the human color vision system," in ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Vol. 73, New York, NY: ACM Press, 2004, pp. 73-81.
• B. A. Barsky, "Vision-realistic rendering: Simulation of the scanned foveal image from wavefront data of human subjects," in ACM International Conference Proceedings Series, Vol. 73, New York, NY: ACM Press, 2004, pp. 73-81.
• B. A. Barsky, M. J. Tobias, D. R. Horn, and D. P. Chu, "Investigating occlusion and discretization problems in image space blurring techniques," in Proc. 1st Intl. Conf. on Vision, Video, and Graphics, P. Hall and P. Willis, Eds., Aire-la-Ville, Switzerland: The Eurographics Association, 2004, pp. 97-102.
• B. A. Barsky, A. W. Bargteil, D. Garcia, and S. A. Klein, "Introducing vision-realistic rendering," in Rendering Techniques 2002: Proc. 13th Eurographics Rendering Workshop, P. Debevec and S. Gibson, Eds., Aire-la-Ville, Switzerland: Eurographics Association, 2002, pp. 1-7.
• W. Wang, B. A. Barsky, and X. Li, "Fast computation of distance between two disjoint 2D convex regions with curved boundaries," in Proc. 4th Asian Symp. on Computer Mathematics (ASCM '2000), X. S. Gao and D. Wang, Eds., Singapore: World Scientific, 2000, pp. 152-161.
• B. A. Barsky, B. P. Chen, A. C. Berg, M. Moutet, D. Garcia, and S. A. Klein, "Incorporating camera models, ocular models, and actual patient eye data for photo-realistic and vision-realistic rendering," in Proc. 5th Intl. Conf. on Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces, Abstract, 2000.
• B. A. Barsky, "The OPTICAL Project at Berkeley: Enhancing optometry through geometric modeling and improving computer graphics rendering using optics," in Proc. 4th Intl. Conf. on Information Visualisation (IV 2000), Supplement, Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society, 2000.
• C. Zhang, F. Cheng, and B. A. Barsky, "Constrained C1 piecewise bicubic Bezier surface interpolation," in Proc. Geometric Modeling and Processing 2000: Theory and Applications, R. Martin and W. Wang, Eds., Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society, 2000, pp. 162-171.
• M. A. Halstead, B. A. Barsky, S. A. Klein, and R. B. Mandell, "Reconstructing curved surfaces from specular reflection patterns using spline surface fitting of normals," in Proc. 23rd Annual Intl. Conf. on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, New York, NY: ACM Press, 1996, pp. 335-342.

Conference proceedings (edited)

• P. Hall and B. A. Barsky, Eds., Special Issue: Vision, Video and Graphics 2003, Graphical Models (journal), Vol. 67(6), Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Inc., 2005.

Technical Reports

• T. J. Kosloff and B. A. Barsky, "An Algorithm for Rendering Generalized Depth of Field Effects Based on Simulated Heat Diffusion," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/EECS-2007-19, Jan. 2007.
• Y. Liang and B. A. Barsky, "The Optimal Tree Algorithm for Line Clipping," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-92-691, July 1992.
• Y. Liang, B. A. Barsky, and M. Slater, "Some Improvements to a Parametric Line Clipping Algorithm," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-92-688, May 1992.
• B. A. Barsky and G. Seroussi, "A Symbolic Derivation of Beta-splines of Arbitrary Order," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-91-633, June 1991.
• B. A. Barsky, "Parametric Bernstein/Bezier Curves and Tensor Product Surfaces," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-90-571, May 1990.
• R. N. Goldman and B. A. Barsky, "Beta Continuity and Its Application to Rational Beta-splines," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-88-442, Aug. 1988.
• B. A. Barsky and A. D. DeRose, "Three Characterizations of Geometric Continuity for Parametric Curves," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-88-417, May 1988.
• B. A. Barsky, A. D. DeRose, and M. D. Dippe, "An Adaptive Subdivision Method With Crack Prevention for Rendering Beta-spline Objects," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-87-348, March 1987.
• B. A. Barsky, "Arbitrary Subdivision of Bezier Curves," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-86-265, Nov. 1985.
• B. A. Barsky, "Research Highlights in Computer Graphics at Berkeley," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-85-241, June 1985.
• B. A. Barsky and A. D. DeRose, "Geometric Continuity of Parametric Curves," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-84-205, Oct. 1984.
• B. A. Barsky and A. D. DeRose, "The Beta2-spline: A Special Case of the Beta-spline Curve and Surface Representation," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-83-152, Nov. 1983.
• B. A. Barsky, "A Study of the Parametric Uniform B-spline Curve and Surface Representations," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-83-118, May 1983.
• B. A. Barsky and J. C. Beatty, "Varying the Betas in Beta-splines," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Tech. Rep. UCB/CSD-83-112, Dec. 1982.

Patents

• B. Barsky, "Computer aided contact lens design and fabrication using spline surfaces," U.S. Patent 6,241,355. June 2001.