Congratulations and welcome Kaival! On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM Greg Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Congrats Kaival! > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 6:32 AM Gus Heck <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Welcome, Kaival! >> >> On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM 张超 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Welcome, Kaival! >>> >>> On Dec 19, 2025, at 08:10, Patrick Zhai <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Congrats and welcome! >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 15:51 Anshum Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Congratulations and welcome, Kaival! >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM Kaival Parikh <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thank you all for the warm welcome! >>>>> >>>>> It's an honor to join the Lucene project as a committer -- this >>>>> community has been super active and helpful, I learn something new with >>>>> each interaction here :) >>>>> >>>>> A bit about me: My name is Kaival Parikh, and I'm originally from >>>>> Mumbai, India. I work at Amazon on a Lucene-based search engine for its >>>>> e-commerce marketplace. >>>>> >>>>> I'm fascinated by the information retrieval space, the clever data >>>>> structures and algorithms that go behind indexing, matching and ranking >>>>> documents in a flexible way, and the amount of effort put in by Lucene >>>>> developers to expose these features in a safe, intuitive and performant >>>>> way. >>>>> >>>>> I'm particularly interested in vector search, which has seen explosive >>>>> growth and adoption in recent times -- and all the synergies and >>>>> challenges >>>>> of supporting vector search in a mature, full-fledged search engine >>>>> library >>>>> like Lucene. >>>>> >>>>> Outside of work: I'm a (selective) foodie, love traveling and having >>>>> new adrenaline-fueled experiences, and watching a variety of shows and >>>>> movies. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks again for this opportunity, looking forward to contributing and >>>>> growing with this community! >>>>> >>>>> Kaival >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM Vigya Sharma <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm pleased to announce that Kaival Parikh has accepted the PMC's >>>>>> invitation to become a committer! >>>>>> >>>>>> Kaival, it's a tradition that new committers introduce themselves >>>>>> with a brief bio. >>>>>> >>>>>> On behalf of the Lucene PMC, thank you for your contributions, >>>>>> congratulations, and welcome! >>>>>> >>>>>> Vigya >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Anshum Gupta >>>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> http://www.needhamsoftware.com (work) >> https://a.co/d/b2sZLD9 (my fantasy fiction book) >> >
