Summary
Harshvardhan Pandit is a research-focused software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in consent, privacy risks, GDPR, and Semantic Web technologies. Currently a Research Fellow at AI Accountability Lab, Trinity College Dublin, he blends rigorous academic training (PhD in Computer Science from Trinity) with practical engineering—having built full-stack systems and mobile-friendly platforms earlier in his career. His work sits at the intersection of law, semantics, and systems, translating complex data-protection requirements into auditable technical designs and research outputs. Known for making privacy concepts machine-actionable, he maintains an active research portfolio and prefers email or his website for contact rather than social platforms.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin
Master's degree by research, Computer Science, Master's degree by research, Computer Science at University College Cork
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Engineering at Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune University
10th Grade, SSC, 10th Grade, SSC at Don Bosco High School, Lonavala
English, Marathi, Hindi