
Ying Su developed advanced data processing and optimization features for the IBM/velox repository, focusing on partitioned analytics, memory efficiency, and system maintainability. Over seven months, Ying engineered in-place vector partitioning and domain filter support for Iceberg equality deletes, leveraging C++11 features and algorithm design to reduce I/O and memory overhead. Ying also enhanced performance monitoring, improved build hygiene by removing dead code, and addressed critical bugs affecting metric accuracy and runtime stability. The work demonstrated strong skills in C++, data structures, and build system management, delivering robust, maintainable solutions that improved scalability, observability, and downstream API accessibility for Velox.
In March 2026 (IBM/velox), delivered a performance- and memory-optimized partitioning capability by introducing PartitionedRowVector to partition RowVectors, enabling more efficient data organization and retrieval. Implemented targeted fixes to partitioning paths to avoid unnecessary null buffer allocations for null-free vectors, improving correctness and reducing memory overhead. These changes enhance Velox’ scalability for larger workloads and improve overall query throughput. Demonstrated solid software craftsmanship, including refactoring, testing, and clear commit history.
In March 2026 (IBM/velox), delivered a performance- and memory-optimized partitioning capability by introducing PartitionedRowVector to partition RowVectors, enabling more efficient data organization and retrieval. Implemented targeted fixes to partitioning paths to avoid unnecessary null buffer allocations for null-free vectors, improving correctness and reducing memory overhead. These changes enhance Velox’ scalability for larger workloads and improve overall query throughput. Demonstrated solid software craftsmanship, including refactoring, testing, and clear commit history.
In January 2026, delivered the PartitionedVector feature in IBM/velox, enabling in-place, partition-aware vector partitioning based on per-row partition IDs. This implementation optimizes memory usage and execution speed by performing in-place rearrangement with buffer reuse across partition operations, and provides a minimal abstraction similar to DecodedVector. The design is intentionally single-threaded to maximize performance while acknowledging threading constraints. The change is documented under commit 3a141fa854e80e22ea493fb33a6a67ccf00ae6d7 and linked to Velox issue 1703. This work lays the foundation for faster partitioned analytics and more efficient resource utilization.
In January 2026, delivered the PartitionedVector feature in IBM/velox, enabling in-place, partition-aware vector partitioning based on per-row partition IDs. This implementation optimizes memory usage and execution speed by performing in-place rearrangement with buffer reuse across partition operations, and provides a minimal abstraction similar to DecodedVector. The design is intentionally single-threaded to maximize performance while acknowledging threading constraints. The change is documented under commit 3a141fa854e80e22ea493fb33a6a67ccf00ae6d7 and linked to Velox issue 1703. This work lays the foundation for faster partitioned analytics and more efficient resource utilization.
June 2025 monthly summary for IBM/velox focusing on build hygiene and maintainability. The team cleaned Hive integration by removing unused dependencies and dead code, resulting in a leaner build and clearer code paths. This work reduces build complexity and improves long-term maintainability, with clear traceability to the implemented changes.
June 2025 monthly summary for IBM/velox focusing on build hygiene and maintainability. The team cleaned Hive integration by removing unused dependencies and dead code, resulting in a leaner build and clearer code paths. This work reduces build complexity and improves long-term maintainability, with clear traceability to the implemented changes.
March 2025 monthly summary for IBM/velox focused on delivering performance and API accessibility improvements. Implemented OutputBufferManager initialization optimization using C++11 thread-safe static local initialization, removing the global mutex to reduce lock contention and improve startup and runtime efficiency. Enhanced API accessibility for NOT IN filters by moving toValues to Filter.h and renaming to deDuplicateValues, keeping core behavior of extracting, de-duplicating, and sorting unique non-null values. These changes reduce initialization overhead and simplify downstream usage for Iceberg equality deletes; committed changes include 77f6effc10ff973913d51af0166eb1921dd8dd85 and 7725d789cebb9e1c985e88c27c3b148d901e23c5. No major bugs fixed were recorded this month in the provided data. Overall impact: improved performance, cleaner API, and better maintainability; technologies demonstrated: C++11 thread-safe initialization, refactoring, API surface simplification, and version control discipline.
March 2025 monthly summary for IBM/velox focused on delivering performance and API accessibility improvements. Implemented OutputBufferManager initialization optimization using C++11 thread-safe static local initialization, removing the global mutex to reduce lock contention and improve startup and runtime efficiency. Enhanced API accessibility for NOT IN filters by moving toValues to Filter.h and renaming to deDuplicateValues, keeping core behavior of extracting, de-duplicating, and sorting unique non-null values. These changes reduce initialization overhead and simplify downstream usage for Iceberg equality deletes; committed changes include 77f6effc10ff973913d51af0166eb1921dd8dd85 and 7725d789cebb9e1c985e88c27c3b148d901e23c5. No major bugs fixed were recorded this month in the provided data. Overall impact: improved performance, cleaner API, and better maintainability; technologies demonstrated: C++11 thread-safe initialization, refactoring, API surface simplification, and version control discipline.
December 2024 monthly summary for IBM/velox: Focused on elevating observability and performance analysis through targeted enhancements to PlanNodes, ExchangeBenchmark, and testing utilities. These changes improve bottleneck identification, debugging workflows, and development efficiency, driving faster performance optimization and more reliable production workloads.
December 2024 monthly summary for IBM/velox: Focused on elevating observability and performance analysis through targeted enhancements to PlanNodes, ExchangeBenchmark, and testing utilities. These changes improve bottleneck identification, debugging workflows, and development efficiency, driving faster performance optimization and more reliable production workloads.
Month: 2024-11 — IBM/velox. Focused on stability, correctness, and reliability through targeted bug fixes that enhance metric integrity and runtime stability. Delivered changes to critical data-paths and serde initialization to reduce risk in production deployments. Business value realized in more accurate metrics, fewer runtime errors, and smoother benchmarking workflows.
Month: 2024-11 — IBM/velox. Focused on stability, correctness, and reliability through targeted bug fixes that enhance metric integrity and runtime stability. Delivered changes to critical data-paths and serde initialization to reduce risk in production deployments. Business value realized in more accurate metrics, fewer runtime errors, and smoother benchmarking workflows.
May 2024 monthly summary for IBM/velox: Delivered EqualityDeleteFileReader to support Iceberg equality delete files and domain filters, enabling precise data filtering and improved performance. Implemented evaluation of delete conditions directly in base file readers, reducing I/O and speeding data processing. No major bug fixes this month; feature-focused delivery with clean integration into Iceberg splits handling.
May 2024 monthly summary for IBM/velox: Delivered EqualityDeleteFileReader to support Iceberg equality delete files and domain filters, enabling precise data filtering and improved performance. Implemented evaluation of delete conditions directly in base file readers, reducing I/O and speeding data processing. No major bug fixes this month; feature-focused delivery with clean integration into Iceberg splits handling.

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