Matt Ahrens

Matt Ahrens is a director of engineering on the Accelerated Data Platforms group at NVIDIA. Prior to that, he worked for Yahoo for 15 years, leading a team of software engineers and data scientists focused on building large-scale data applications and insights products. Matt graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science.
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Data Science Apr 03, 2025

Accelerating Apache Parquet Scans on Apache Spark with GPUs

As data sizes have grown in enterprises across industries, Apache Parquet has become a prominent format for storing data. Apache Parquet is a columnar storage... 8 MIN READ
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Data Science Jan 29, 2025

Accelerating JSON Processing on Apache Spark with GPUs

JSON is a popular format for text-based data that allows for interoperability between systems in web applications as well as data management. The format has... 9 MIN READ