Episode 241: Parallel Algorithm Talk (Part 3)

ADSP: Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs

In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat with Jared Hoberock about the NVIDIA Thrust Parallel Algorithms Library, specifically scan and rotate.

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About the Guest

Jared Hoberock joined NVIDIA Research in October 2008. His interests include parallel programming models and physically-based rendering. Jared is the co-creator of Thrust, a high performance parallel algorithms library. While at NVIDIA, Jared has contributed to the DirectX graphics driver, Gelato, a final frame film renderer, and OptiX, a high-performance, programmable ray tracing engine. Jared received a Ph.D in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a two-time recipient of the NVIDIA Graduate Research Fellowship.

Show Notes

Date Generated: 2025-05-21
Date Released: 2025-07-04

• Thrust
• Thrust Docs
• NumPy
• RAPIDS cuDF
• thrust::inclusive_scan
• C++98 std::rotate
• thrust::permutation_iterator
• thrust::gather
• thrust::adjacent_difference

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