:Viral B. Shah

{{short description|Indian computer scientist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Viral B. Shah

| image = Viral B Shah .jpg

| birth_place = Mumbai, India

| field = {{ubl|Computer science|Computational science}}

| alma_mater = UC Santa Barbara
PVPP COE{{cite web | url=https://qz.com/india/963225/julia-an-indian-computer-scientist-built-a-new-programming-language-from-bengaluru | title=Not just "IT coolies": An Indian computer scientist built a new programming language in Bengaluru | date=20 April 2017 }}

| doctoral_advisor = John R. Gilbert

| thesis_title = An Interactive System for Combinatorial Scientific Computing with an Emphasis on Programmer Productivity

| thesis_year = 2007

| thesis_url = http://gauss.cs.ucsb.edu/publication/Shah_thesis.pdf

| known_for = {{Plainlist|

• Julia (programming language)
• Circuitscape
• Rebooting India}}

| awards = J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software (2019)

| website = {{Twitter|viral_b_shah}}

}}

Viral B Shah ({{langx|hi|वीरल बी. शाह|link=no}}) is an Indian computer scientist, best known for being a co-creator of the Julia programming language.{{cite web |last = Bryant |first = Avi |title = Matlab, R, and Julia: Languages for data analysis |url = http://strata.oreilly.com/2012/10/matlab-r-julia-languages-for-data-analysis.html |publisher = O'Reilly Strata }}{{cite web |last = Krill |first = Paul |title = New Julia language seeks to be the C for scientists |url = http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/new-julia-language-seeks-be-the-c-scientists-190818 |publisher = InfoWorld }}{{cite web |last = Finley |first = Klint |title = Out in the Open: Man Creates One Programming Language to Rule Them All |url = https://www.wired.com/2014/02/julia/ |publisher = Wired }}{{cite web |last = Gibbs |first = Mark |title = Pure and Julia are cool languages worth checking out |url = http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2013/010913-gearhead.html |type = column |work = Network World |accessdate = 24 April 2017 }}{{cite web | last = Thomas |first = Maria|title= An Indian computer scientist helped build an alternative programming language in Bengaluru |url = https://qz.com/963225/julia-an-indian-computer-scientist-built-a-new-programming-language-from-bengaluru/ | publisher = Quartz |date = 20 April 2017}}{{cite web | last = PK |first = Jayadevan|title= Julia is killing it in the programming world. Meet its co-creator from India |url = https://factordaily.com/viral-shah-julia-computing/ | publisher = FactorDaily |date = 19 October 2016}} He was also actively involved in the initial design of the Aadhaar project in India which provides a 12-digit unique identity number to each Indian resident based on their biometric and demographic data. Based on his experiences implementing Aadhaar and other complex technology projects in government, he co-authored the book Rebooting India with Nandan Nilekani.{{cite book |last1=Nilekani |first1=Nandan |last2=Shah |first2=Viral |date=2015 |title=Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations |publisher=Penguin Group |isbn=978-81-8475-084-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kovICgAAQBAJ}}

Shah is currently the CEO of JuliaHub (former company name Julia Computing), which he co-founded as Julia Computing with Julia co-creators, Jeff Bezanson, Alan Edelman, Stefan Karpinski as well as Keno Fischer and Deepak Vinchhi.{{cite web|url=https://juliacomputing.com/about-us|title=Julia Computing: About Us|last=|first=|date=|website=Julia Computing|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=13 May 2017}} In July 2021, Julia Computing raised $24 Million in Series A round led by Dorilton Ventures, with participation from Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, and HighSage Ventures.{{cite news |title=Julia Computing raises $24 mln in funding round led by Dorilton Ventures |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/julia-computing-raises-24-mln-funding-round-led-by-dorilton-ventures-2021-07-19/ |access-date=22 August 2021 |work=Reuters |date=19 July 2021 |language=en}}