Ravi Kumar

Research Area: Search Technologies
Location: Yahoo! Research Silicon Valley

Profile

Ravi Kumar joined Yahoo! Research in July 2005. Prior to this, he was a research staff member at the IBM Almaden Research Center in the Computer Science Principles and Methodologies group. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University in December 1997. His primary interests are web algorithms, algorithms for large data sets, and theory of computation.
Email: ravikumar AT yahoo-inc DOT com

Recent Publications, Projects and News

  • Pig - Parallel processing is the name of the game. Our system runs on a cluster computing architecture, on top of which sit several layers of abstraction that ultimately bring the power of parallel computing into the hands of ordinary users.
  • Yahoo! Research Leads Technical Program at WSDM 2008 Debut - Yahoo! Research led the technical program at WSDM, authoring one-fifth of the accepted papers and holding several positions on the program committees.
  • A Panoramic View of WAW/WINE 07 - Yahoo! Researchers filled the WAW/WINE 2007 program, authoring several papers and leading the organizing and program committees.
  • Yahoo! Researcher Stands the "Test-of-Time" at ACM SIGMOD/PODS 2006 - The windy city of Chicago served as the backdrop for ACM SIGMOD/PODS 2006, one of the largest database conferences of the year held from June 26th to 30th. Yahoo! Research had a substantial presence, with Yahoo! researchers making several presentations.
  • Yahoo! Research Academic Visitor Program - Since formalizing the Academic Visitors Program, Yahoo! Research has hosted dozens of leading academics from many of the top universities across the globe. These well-regarded thinkers have come to Yahoo! Research for anywhere from one week to one fu