Gotsman, a Distinguished Professor at NJIT, was cited for his contributions to computer graphics, geometry processing and visual computing. His research focuses on 3D computer graphics, geometry processing, animation and computational geometry. He made influential contributions, both theoretical and applied, in 3D compression, mesh parameterization, shape deformation methods and video processing.
Publishing more than 170 research papers, he won eight best paper awards at leading conferences and mentored more than 50 postgraduate students at the masters, doctoral and postdoctoral levels. Among his contributions are 3D coding algorithms incorporated into the MPEG-4 standard.