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Not Exactly! Fast Queries via Approximation Algorithms

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Summary

Fangjin Yang, creator of Druid, shows how approximation algorithms can help system scale out linearly and process huge amount of data quickly with small memory footprint.

Bio

Fangjin Yang is one of the main committers to the open source Druid project and one first developers at Metamarkets, a San Francisco based data startup, where he is currently a lead engineer.

About the conference

Software is Changing the World. QCon empowers software development by facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in the developer community. A practitioner-driven conference, QCon is designed for technical team leads, architects, engineering directors, and project managers who influence innovation in their teams.

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Jan 20, 2015

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