Harshil Patel
Software Engineer at University of California, Davis
Davis, California, United States
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Top SchoolHarshil Patel is a software engineer and MS-level computer science student at UC Davis with four years of development experience, currently contributing to research-grade system software at the university. He has hands-on backend experience in notable open-source work on the gem5 computer-system architecture simulator, where he added JSON configuration via environment variables and fixed RISC-V–related issues—demonstrating attention to tooling, portability, and low-level systems concerns. Prior industry experience includes a software developer internship at Orange Technolab, complementing his academic projects with practical product delivery. Based in Davis, CA, Harshil blends systems-level engineering with a researcher’s precision and a knack for improving developer ergonomics in complex codebases.
4 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer science at University of California, Davis
Github Skills (10)
simulations10
simulation10
c-language10
architectures10
cprogramming-language10
simulator10
architecture10
risc-v9
open-source9
python8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
gem5/gem5
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
The official repository for the gem5 computer-system architecture simulator.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:182 reviews, 106 PRs, 28 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Harshil's commits primarily focus on enhancing the gem5 computer-system architecture simulator. They added support for JSON configuration through environment variables, including the ability to append or replace resource configurations. The user also addressed warning messages and fixed style issues within the codebase, specifically modifying RISC-V-related files. Furthermore, the user addressed a bug by updating the parameters for a workload resource.
storedsimulationupstreamsimulatorgem5-simulator
Harshil2107/gem5
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
The official repository for the gem5 computer-system architecture simulator.
Contributions:4 PRs, 341 pushes, 130 branches in 1 year 8 months
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