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Tommaso Teofili

Principal Software Engineer I

About the author

Tommaso is a principal software engineer at Elastic working on vector search and generative AI. He is passionate about search and AI and enjoys doing research. In his spare time he likes running and going out in the nature with his family and friends.

Author’s articles

Early termination in HNSW for faster approximate KNN search

January 7, 2025

Early termination in HNSW for faster approximate KNN search

Learn how HNSW can be made faster for KNN search, using smart early termination strategies.

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