Harshal Nishar

Harshal Nishar is a Principal Design Engineer at Cadence Design Systems, focusing on the Tensilica Vision Processor Development Team since November 2020, previously serving as Lead Design Engineer. Prior to this role, Harshal was a Lead Imaging Scientist at AIRA MATRIX from June 2018 to November 2020, where responsibilities included developing image analysis algorithms in the Digital Pathology domain through deep learning research. Harshal's career at Cadence Design Systems began as a Senior Design Engineer from July 2015 to June 2018, concentrating on ISA definition and optimization of algorithms for Embedded Vision and Neural Network processors. Earlier experience includes serving as a Research Assistant at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and an internship at Veol Medical Technologies Pvt Ltd, contributing to projects in digital signal processing. Harshal holds an M.Tech. in Electronic Systems and Signal Processing from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and a B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication from Sardar Patel Institute of Technology.