About Mihir Kavishwar
I’m a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, working with Prof. Naresh Shanbhag.
My research focuses on algorithms, architectures, and integrated circuits for energy-efficient signal processing, with applications to AI inference, massive MIMO processing, and high-speed electrical and optical interconnects.
Recent updates
I spent June–August 2026 as a summer intern in NVIDIA’s digital mixed-signal design team, working on optical interconnects.
Our paper, “Detector-in-Memory for Massive MIMO Detection,” appeared at ISCAS 2026.
I received the 2026 Paul D. Coleman Outstanding Research Award from Illinois ECE.
I co-chaired the Circuits, Architectures, and Scalable Systems session at the CSL Student Conference 2026.
Selected publications
Detector-in-Memory for Massive MIMO Detection
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
Minimizing ADC Precision for Analog In-Memory Computing
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)
Energy-Accuracy Trade-Offs in Massive MIMO Signal Detection Using SRAM-Based In-Memory Computing
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
Background
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2023–present
PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Advised by Prof. Naresh Shanbhag.
Princeton University2022–2023
Doctoral studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering; Gordon Wu Fellow. Transferred to UIUC.
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay2017–2022
BTech and MTech in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Microelectronics. Minor in Systems and Control Engineering.
Experience
NVIDIAJune–August 2026
Summer internship in the digital mixed-signal design team. My project focused on optical interconnects.
Ceremorphic IndiaMay–July 2021
System design of a PCI Express 6.0 receiver.
A.P.T. PortfolioMay–July 2020
Verification of an FPGA-based high-frequency trading accelerator.
STMicroelectronicsMay–July 2019
Design and analysis of receiver equalizers in high-speed serial links.
Awards
Paul D. Coleman Outstanding Research Award2026 · Illinois ECE
Gordon Wu Fellowship2022 · Princeton University
Undergraduate Research Award2022 · IIT Bombay
Excellence in Teaching Assistantship2021 · IIT Bombay
Academic service
Session chair · CSL Student ConferenceFebruary 2026
CUbiC task leaderSince December 2023
Teaching assistant · Mixed-Signal VLSI DesignJanuary–May 2022 · IIT Bombay
Teaching assistant · Digital SystemsJuly–November 2021 · IIT Bombay
Editorial board · BackgroundHumMay 2021–May 2022 · IIT Bombay
Institute and department academic mentorJuly 2020–July 2021 · IIT Bombay