Emma Haruka Iwao

Emma Haruka Iwao
岩尾エマはるか
Born (1984-04-21) April 21, 1984 (age 40)[3]
Alma materUniversity of Tsukuba
AwardsGuinness World Record for most accurate value of pi (π) in 2019 and 2022[1]
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsGoogle
Panasonic
GREE
Red Hat[2]
Websiteblog.yuryu.jp

Emma Haruka Iwao (born April 21, 1984) is a Japanese computer scientist and cloud developer advocate at Google.[5][6] In 2019 Haruka Iwao calculated the then world record for most accurate value of pi (π); which included 31.4 trillion digits, exceeding the previous record of 22 trillion.[7][8][9][10][11] This record was surpassed in 2020 by Timothy Mullican who calculated 50 trillion digits,[12][13] but she reclaimed the record in 2022 with 100 trillion digits.[14] The record was surpassed by a computer storage company in 2024, reaching roughly 105 trillion digits.[15] She identifies as queer.[16]

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  2. ^ Iwao, Emma Haruka (2019). "Emma Haruka Iwao: Developer Advocate for Google Cloud Platform". linkedin.com. LinkedIn.
  3. ^ Iwao, Emma Haruka [@Yuryu] (2022-04-21). "I turn 38 today! 12-year-old me would assume adults know everything but I know I was wrong! I'm trying something new this year that I haven't done in a while, so I'm really excited about that. I've made a lot of progress with my Mandarin so I'm happy with that, too" (Tweet). Retrieved 2024-04-09 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "1人の女性がエンジニアになるまで 〜yuryuの場合〜". note(ノート) (in Japanese). 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
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  9. ^ Anon (2019). "Beating the record of most-calculated digits of pi". youtube.com. YouTube.
  10. ^ Brodeur, Nicloe (2019). "Woman sets world record in Seattle for calculating the value of pi to 31.4 trillion decimal places". seattletimes.com. Seattle Times.
  11. ^ "Pi Day record: Google employee Emma Haruka Iwao calculated pi to 31.4 trillion digits". Washington Post.
  12. ^ "The Pi Record Returns to the Personal Computer". Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Calculating Pi: My attempt at breaking the Pi World Record". 26 June 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Calculating 100 trillion digits of pi on Google Cloud". Google Cloud Blog. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  15. ^ Baker, Harry (2024-03-15). "Pi calculated to 105 trillion digits, smashing world record". Live Science. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  16. ^ Braidwood, Ella (18 March 2019). "Queer Google's queer female pi world record breaker hopes to inspire LGBT community". PinkNews.

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