Yann Collet

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Yann Collet

Summary

Yann Collet is a human[1]. He worked as a project manager[2] and product manager[3].

Key Facts

  • Yann Collet's professions included project manager[2].
  • Yann Collet worked as a product manager[3].
  • Yann Collet's field of work was telecommunications[4].
  • Yann Collet's field of work was marketing[5].
  • Yann Collet's field of work was IT infrastructure[6].
  • Yann Collet's field of work was data compression[7].
  • Yann Collet was employed by Meta[8].
  • Yann Collet's education included a stint at École nationale supérieure des télécommunications de Bretagne[9].
  • A notable work attributed to Yann Collet is LZ4[10].
  • A notable work attributed to Yann Collet is Zstandard[11].
  • A notable work attributed to Yann Collet is xxHash[12].
  • A notable work attributed to Yann Collet is RFC 8478: Zstandard Compression and the application/zstd Media Type[13].
  • Yann Collet is recorded as male[14].
  • Yann Collet's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • Yann Collet's residence is recorded as California[16].
  • Yann Collet's residence is recorded as Paris[17].
  • Yann Collet's family name is recorded as Collet[18].
  • Yann Collet's given name is recorded as Yann[19].
  • Yann Collet's described at URL is recorded as https://www.wired.com/2016/08/facebook-just-proved-isnt-hooli-silicon-valley/[20].
  • Yann Collet's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as French[21].
  • Yann Collet's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[22].
  • Yann Collet's official blog URL is recorded as https://fastcompression.blogspot.com[23].
  • Yann Collet's X is recorded as Cyan4973[24].
  • Yann Collet's GitHub account is recorded as Cyan4973[25].
  • Yann Collet's DBLP author ID is recorded as 227/6578[26].

Body

Education

Yann Collet's education included a stint at École nationale supérieure des télécommunications de Bretagne[9].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include project manager[2] and product manager[3]. Fields of work include telecommunications[4], an economic activity[27], in Germany[28]; marketing[5], an academic discipline[29]; IT infrastructure[6], a type of infrastructure[30]; and data compression[7], a technical process[31]. Yann Collet was employed by Meta[8].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include LZ4[10], a compression software[32], founded in 2011[33]; Zstandard[11], a software library[34]; xxHash[12], a non-cryptographic hash function[35]; and RFC 8478: Zstandard Compression and the application/zstd Media Type[13], a Request for Comments[36], written by Yann Collet[37].

FAQs

What did Yann Collet do for work?

Yann Collet worked as project manager[2] and product manager[3].

Where did Yann Collet go to school?

Yann Collet was educated at École nationale supérieure des télécommunications de Bretagne[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [2] . fastcompression.blogspot.com. fastcompression.blogspot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . fastcompression.blogspot.com. fastcompression.blogspot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . fastcompression.blogspot.com. fastcompression.blogspot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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