Dinesh Manocha
Dinesh Manocha’s work connects computing with the geometry and behavior of physical systems. His shared research includes collision detection, multiagent simulation, and robotics. Manocha earned a Berkeley doctorate in 1992 and studied engineering at IIT Delhi. His group developed software for collision detection, triangulation, GPU computation, and multiagent simulation.
- Works
- 1,223
- Citations
- 42,185
- h-index
- 92
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1992
Doctoral training
Manocha earned a Berkeley doctorate in 1992 and studied engineering at IIT Delhi.
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2016
Research and audio simulation
Manocha co-founded Impulsonic, which developed physical audio simulation technology. Valve acquired the company in November 2016.
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2018
Research recognition
AAAI elected Dinesh Manocha as a Fellow in 2018.
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As of October 2026
Shared simulation tools
His group developed software for collision detection, triangulation, GPU computation, and multiagent simulation.
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As of October 2026
From research to an SDK
His group’s Phonon technology is part of the Steam Audio SDK.
Sources and credits
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