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Daniel Lemire is a full professor of computer science at Université TÉLUQ, specializing in software performance and indexing techniques in data science. He is highly recognized in his field, being among the top 2% of most cited scientists in the world (Stanford University rankings, 2024) and among the top 0.0006% most followed programmers on GitHub.
His work has made significant contributions to computer systems and is widely adopted by major tech companies. Some of his notable contributions include:
- simdjson parser: The first software library capable of processing JSON data at gigabytes per second. It’s used by companies like Facebook, Shopify, Intel, Microsoft, and Node.js.
- Roaring Bitmaps: A standard for data analysis used by Google (for YouTube), Uber, Microsoft, and Wikipedia, among others. It’s an efficient alternative to older formats like EWAH.
- Ada library: A very fast URL parser that has significantly improved performance in environments like Node.js and is adopted by Cloudflare, Redpanda, Zoom, and Telegram.
- simdutf: A software library for Unicode operations that is six to ten times faster than conventional methods.
- fast_float: An implementation of C++
from_charsfunctions that parses floating-point numbers significantly faster than conventional methods.
Daniel Lemire is also a strong advocate for free software and knowledge democratization, making his work and tools openly available. He maintains a popular computer blog where he frequently publishes posts and engages with the international community.
He holds a Postdoctorate from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, a Ph.D. in Engineering Mathematics from the University of Montreal and Polytechnique Montréal, a Master in Mathematics, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Toronto.