Peichao Qin
I am currently a PhD student at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge. My dissertation focuses on the digitalization of Shang oracle bones stored at Cambridge University Library. In my leisure, I am also a computer science enthusiast and avid coder proficient in python, C/C++, and full-stack web technologies.
Session
09-20
16:00
25min
Speed Matters: Accelerating Python with C++ and Pybind11
Peichao Qin
This talk will demonstrate how to re-write simple classes and functions in C/C++ and port them in python as a native package via Pybind11. Speed comparisons are made to showcase how refactoring certain code snippets in C can significantly benefit the algorithmic efficiency.
Space 2