PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

B. S. Manjunath

Also known as Bangalore S Manjunath, B S Manjunath, B. Manjunath, B. S. MANJUNATH, B.S Manjunath

Bangalore S Manjunath is a computer vision researcher whose work spans image retrieval, multimedia standards, and scientific imaging. He earned degrees in electronics at Bangalore University in 1985, systems science and automation at the Indian Institute of Science in 1987, and electrical engineering at USC in 1991. In 1995, he described Gabor-filter search for UCSB's Alexandria Digital Library, co-edited a book on MPEG-7, and presented the BisQue platform for scientific images in 2014. He became an ACM Fellow in 2018, received the 2020 IEEE Computer Society McCluskey Technical Achievement Award, and entered AIMBE's College of Fellows in 2023. In 2025, he led an NSF project that brought AI and large language models to BisQue and received UCSB's graduate mentor award; since 2026, he is the first Frank Koenig Distinguished Chair in Signals and Systems and a Distinguished Professor at UCSB.

Works
433
Citations
29,592
h-index
61
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1985–1995

    Engineering degrees and Gabor search

    He earns a B.E. in electronics at Bangalore University in 1985, an M.E. in systems science and automation at the Indian Institute of Science in 1987, and a PhD in electrical engineering at the University of Southern California in 1991. In 1995, he outlines Gabor-filter methods for texture-based search in UCSB's Alexandria Digital Library.

  2. 2002

    Editing Introduction to MPEG-7

    In 2002, he co-edits Introduction to MPEG-7: Multimedia Content Description Interface, a book on audiovisual indexing, metadata description, information retrieval, and browsing.

  3. 2014

    BisQue for scientific images

    In 2014, he is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UCSB and directs the Center for Bio-Image Informatics and Center on Multimodal Big Data Science and Healthcare. He presents BisQue as an open-source platform for integrating image collections, metadata, analysis, visualization, and search.

  4. 2018

    ACM Fellowship

    In 2018, he becomes an ACM Fellow for contributions to image search and retrieval with applications in digital libraries, marine sciences, and biology.

  5. 2020

    McCluskey Technical Achievement Award

    In 2020, he receives the IEEE Computer Society Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award for contributions to image search, retrieval, and bio-image informatics.

  6. 2023

    AIMBE College of Fellows

    In 2023, he is inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers College of Fellows for contributions to reproducible scientific-image analytics.

  7. 2025

    BisQue Deep Learning

    In 2025, he leads a National Science Foundation project that brings AI and large language models to UCSB's BisQue platform for multimodal imaging. He receives UCSB Academic Senate's Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award for the 2024–25 academic year.

  8. Since 2026

    Frank Koenig Distinguished Chair

    In 2026, UCSB names him the first Frank Koenig Distinguished Chair in Signals and Systems. As of October 2026, he is a Distinguished Professor in ECE, where his Vision Research Lab develops algorithms and systems in computer vision, machine learning, and image processing.

Career

  1. Since 2026University of California, Santa BarbaraProfessor of electrical and computer engineering
  2. 2015–2026Mayachitra
  3. 2008–2013University of California System
  4. 2002–2005University of Southern California

Education

  1. 1991University of Southern CaliforniaPhD
  2. 1987Indian Institute of ScienceM.E.
  3. 1985Bangalore UniversityB.E.

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of California, Santa Barbara. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of California, Santa Barbara. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  3. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes University of California, Santa Barbara. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.
  4. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes University of California, Santa Barbara. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Scalable Scientific Image Informatics cvit.iiit.ac.in. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Image Browsing in the Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) Project dlib.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Introduction to MPEG-7: Multimedia Content Description Interface books.google.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Belding and Manjunath Selected ACM Fellows engineering.ucsb.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. B. S. Manjunath to Receive IEEE CS 2020 McCluskey Technical Achievement Award computer.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Manjunath – AIMBE Fellow ece.ucsb.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Manjunath: Graduate Mentor ece.ucsb.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. Manjunath – NSF Grant for Multimodal Imaging Data ece.ucsb.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  9. Manjunath – Appointed Frank Koenig Distinguished Chair ece.ucsb.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.