Nishank Chandawala

About Nishank Chandawala

I lead a team of world-class experts in High-Performance Computing (HPC), specializing in communication runtimes, parallel programming models, network design, high-speed interconnects, and scale-out GPU systems. Our focus is on optimizing communication between GPUs, ensuring high bandwidth, low latency, and minimal overhead to achieve the highest level of performance on NVIDIA platforms for Deep Learning and Scientific Computing applications.Our work at the bleeding edge of innovation includes developing communication libraries such as NCCL, NVSHMEM, and CUDA-aware MPI (via UCX), enabling applications and frameworks to achieve speed-of-light performance for collective and point-to-point communication on NVIDIA platforms. We are also pioneering technologies like GPUDirect, facilitating direct data movement between GPUs, networks, and storage without CPU involvement.Let\'s connect if you are ready to push the boundaries and drive innovation in this space!

Experience

1. Director, Gpu Communications and Networking

   NVIDIA

   Jun 2023 — Present

   I lead a team of world-class experts in High-Performance Computing (HPC), specializing in communication runtimes, parallel programming models, network design, high-speed interconnects, and scale-out GPU systems. Our focus is on optimizing communication between GPUs, ensuring high bandwidth, low latency, and minimal overhead to achieve the highest level of performance on NVIDIA platforms for Deep Learning and Scientific Computing applications.Our work at the bleeding edge of innovation includes developing communication libraries such as NCCL, NVSHMEM, and CUDA-aware MPI (via UCX), enabling applications and frameworks to achieve speed-of-light performance for collective and point-to-point communication on NVIDIA platforms. We are also pioneering technologies like GPUDirect, facilitating direct data movement between GPUs, networks, and storage without CPU involvement.Let\'s connect if you are ready to push the boundaries and drive innovation in this space!

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering

  2005 — 2007

• University of Mumbai

  BE, Electronic Engineering

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Performance Analysis
• Simulations
• X86
• Intel
• Hardware Architecture
• Perl
• Performance Architecture
• Performance Validation (Pre-Si/Post-Si)
• Microarchitecture
• Debugging
• C
• Scripting
• Computer Architecture
• Verilog
• Pcie
• Processors
• Microprocessors
• Functional Verification
• C++
• Soc
• Performance Modeling and Analysis