Nirmal
holds
an
undergraduate
degree
in
Computer
Engineering
from
the
University
of
Waterloo.
During
his
undergraduate
degree,
Nirmal
worked
as
an
Undergraduate
Research
Assistant
under
the
supervision
of
Prof.
Sebastian
Fischmeister.
The
internships
during
his
undergraduate
career
allowed
him
to
explore
different
industries
and
gave
him
an
opportunity
to
work
on
various
projects
such
as
optimising
a
notification
delivery
service
and
implementing
the
software
component
of
encoders
and
decoders
for
video/audio
transmission.
Nirmal
is
currently
pursuing
a
degree
in
Master's
of
Applied
Science
in
the
department
of
Electrical
and
Computer
Engineering
under
the
supervision
of
Prof.
Sebastian
Fischmeister.
His
current
projects
deal
with
accelerating
algorithms
using
heterogenous
systems
which
is
also
one
of
his
research
interests
along
with
Embedded
Systems
and
Distributed
Systems.