Nick Knight
Principal Applied Research Scientist at NVIDIA
California, United States
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Top SchoolNick Knight is a Principal Applied Research Scientist at NVIDIA with six years of professional experience and a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley. He blends deep academic roots—former Courant instructor and visiting professor—with industry leadership as a founding member and Distinguished Engineer leading Algorithms & Libraries at SiFive. Nick focuses on applied deep learning research and bringing advanced algorithms into production, particularly at the intersection of hardware-aware libraries and ML. Based in California, he has a track record of translating rigorous mathematical and systems thinking into practical, high-performance software for compute platforms. An unusual strength is his combined background in applied physics, engineering, and computer science, which helps him bridge device-level constraints and algorithm design.
6 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Concord AcademyBachelor of Science - BS Applied Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Applied Physics at Columbia UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA Engineering, Bachelor of Arts - BA Engineering at Oberlin College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (79)
instantiation10
gcc10
risc10
elf10
optimization10
matrix10
instruction-set10
high-performance10
risc-v10
blas10
spike10
assembly10
matrix-multiplication10
gnu-toolchain10
gnu10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
nick-knight/riscv-asm-manual
Sep 2020 - Feb 2023
RISC-V Assembly Programmer's Manual
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 5 months
risc-vriscvriscmanualassembly
nick-knight/riscv-v-spec
Apr 2020 - Aug 2023
Working draft of the proposed RISC-V V vector extension
Contributions:25 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 5 months
risc-vriscvector
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