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20162026
most citedHigh-pressure synthesis of Dirac materials: layered van der Waals bonded BeN polymorph

177 citations · 339 across the 25 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

cs.CG2026

Exact Computation of Trait-induced Merge Trees for Bivariate Fields

Petar Hristov, Ingrid Hotz, Talha Bin Masood

Trait-induced merge trees (TIMTs) provide a robust topology-based method for selecting and browsing feature level sets in multivariate data by analyzing the distance field induced…

cs.HC2026

Temporal Tracking of Reeb-Space Sheets

Mohit Sharma, Petar Hristov, Talha Bin Masood +1

Time-varying bivariate fields arise in many scientific applications, where the relationship between two scalar quantities evolves over time. While topological methods such as merge…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Electronic structure and oxidation states in high-pressure synthesized isostructural CeCN and TbCN

Amanda Ehn, Florian Trybel, Talha Bin Masood +2

Understanding the behavior of 4 electrons in materials containing rare earth elements is one of the fundamental questions within condensed matter physics. In this work the elect…

cs.CG2026

Towards Computing Average Merge Tree Based on the Interleaving Distance

Elena Farahbakhsh Touli, Ingrid Hotz, Talha Bin Masood

The interleaving distance is a key tool for comparing merge trees, which provide topological summaries of scalar functions. In this work, we define an average merge tree for a pair…

cs.CG2026

Singular Arrange and Traverse Algorithm for Computing Reeb Spaces of Bivariate PL Maps

Petar Hristov, Ingrid Hotz, Talha Bin Masood

We present an exact and efficient algorithm for computing the Reeb space of a bivariate PL map. The Reeb space is a topological structure that generalizes the Reeb graph to the set…

cs.CG2025

Robust Geometric Predicates for Bivariate Computational Topology

Petar Hristov, Ingrid Hotz, Talha Bin Masood

We present theory and practice for robust implementations of bivariate Jacobi set and Reeb space algorithms. Robustness is a fundamental topic in computational geometry that deals…

cs.CG2025

Efficient Heuristic Algorithms for Interleaving Distance between Merge Trees

Elena Farahbakhsh Touli, Talha Bin Masood

Merge trees are fundamental structures in topological data analysis. Interleaving distance is a widely accepted metric for comparing merge trees, with applications in visualization…

cs.HC2025

Topology-Aware Volume Fusion for Spectral Computed Tomography via Histograms and Extremum Graph

Mohit Sharma, Emma Nilsson, Martin Falk +5

Photon-Counting Computed Tomography (PCCT) is a novel imaging modality that simultaneously acquires volumetric data at multiple X-ray energy levels, generating separate volumes tha…

cs.HC2025

Continuous Scatterplot and Image Moments for Time-Varying Bivariate Field Analysis of Electronic Structure Evolution

Mohit Sharma, Talha Bin Masood, Nanna Holmgaard List +2

Photoinduced electronic transitions are complex quantum-mechanical processes where electrons move between energy levels due to light absorption. This induces dynamics in electronic…

cs.LG2025★ 1 cited

Multi-field Visualization: Trait design and trait-induced merge trees

Danhua Lei, Jochen Jankowai, Petar Hristov +4

Feature level sets (FLS) have shown significant potential in the analysis of multi-field data by using traits defined in attribute space to specify features in the domain. In this…

cs.GR2024

Multi-scale Cycle Tracking in Dynamic Planar Graphs

Farhan Rasheed, Abrar Naseer, Emma Nilsson +2

This paper presents a nested tracking framework for analyzing cycles in 2D force networks within granular materials. These materials are composed of interacting particles, whose in…

cs.LG2023

Multi-field Visualisation via Trait-induced Merge Trees

Jochen Jankowai, Talha Bin Masood, Ingrid Hotz

In this work, we propose trait-based merge trees a generalization of merge trees to feature level sets, targeting the analysis of tensor field or general multi-variate data. For th…

cs.GR2023

Probabilistic Gradient-Based Extrema Tracking

Emma Nilsson, Jonas Lukasczyk, Talha Bin Masood +2

Feature tracking is a common task in visualization applications, where methods based on topological data analysis (TDA) have successfully been applied in the past for feature defin…

cs.HC2023★ 7 cited

Continuous Scatterplot Operators for Bivariate Analysis and Study of Electronic Transitions

Mohit Sharma, Talha Bin Masood, Signe S. Thygesen +3

Electronic transitions in molecules due to the absorption or emission of light is a complex quantum mechanical process. Their study plays an important role in the design of novel m…

cs.HC2022

Designing Feature Vector Representations: A case study from Chemistry

Signe Sidwall Thygesen, Daniel Witschard, Andreas Kerren +2

We present a case study investigating feature descriptors in the context of the analysis of chemical multivariate ensemble data. The data of each ensemble member consists of three…

cs.CG2022

Keeping it sparse: Computing Persistent Homology revisited

Ulrich Bauer, Talha Bin Masood, Barbara Giunti +3

In this work, we study several variants of matrix reduction via Gaussian elimination that try to keep the reduced matrix sparse. The motivation comes from the growing field of topo…

cs.CG2022★ 62 cited

Edit Distance between Merge Trees

Raghavendra Sridharamurthy, Talha Bin Masood, Adhitya Kamakshidasan +1

Topological structures such as the merge tree provide an abstract and succinct representation of scalar fields. They facilitate effective visualization and interactive exploration…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

Aromatic Hexazine [N6]4- Anion Revealed in the Complex Structure of the High-Pressure Potassium Nitride K9N56

Dominique Laniel, Florian Trybel, Yuqing Yin +13

Recent high-pressure synthesis of pentazolates and subsequent stabilization of the aromatic [N5]- anion at atmospheric pressure had an immense impact on nitrogen chemistry. Here, w…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 11 cited

Segmentation Driven Peeling for Visual Analysis of Electronic Transitions

Mohit Sharma, Talha Bin Masood, Signe S. Thygesen +3

Electronic transitions in molecules due to absorption or emission of light is a complex quantum mechanical process. Their study plays an important role in the design of novel mater…

cs.HC2021

Geometry-Aware Merge Tree Comparisons for Time-Varying Data with Interleaving Distances

Lin Yan, Talha Bin Masood, Farhan Rasheed +2

Merge trees, a type of topological descriptor, serve to identify and summarize the topological characteristics associated with scalar fields. They present a great potential for the…

cs.HC2021

Visual Analysis of Electronic Densities and Transitions in Molecules

Talha Bin Masood, Signe Sidwall Thygesen, Mathieu Linares +3

The study of electronic transitions within a molecule connected to the absorption or emission of light is a common task in the process of the design of new materials. The transitio…

cs.HC2021★ 81 cited

Scalar Field Comparison with Topological Descriptors: Properties and Applications for Scientific Visualization

Lin Yan, Talha Bin Masood, Raghavendra Sridharamurthy +4

In topological data analysis and visualization, topological descriptors such as persistence diagrams, merge trees, contour trees, Reeb graphs, and Morse-Smale complexes play an ess…

cs.LG2020

Topology-Based Feature Design and Tracking for Multi-Center Cyclones

Wito Engelke, Talha Bin Masood, Jakob Beran +2

In this paper, we propose a concept to design, track, and compare application-specific feature definitions expressed as sets of critical points. Our work has been inspired by the o…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 177 cited

High-pressure synthesis of Dirac materials: layered van der Waals bonded BeN polymorph

Maxim Bykov, Timofey Fedotenko, Stella Chariton +17

High pressure chemistry is known to inspire the creation of unexpected new classes of compounds with exceptional properties. Here we report the synthesis at ~90 GPa of novel beryll…