diff --git a/.idea/Rust-Programming.iml b/.idea/Rust-Programming.iml
index a737a93..4779fc9 100644
--- a/.idea/Rust-Programming.iml
+++ b/.idea/Rust-Programming.iml
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/duplicates/src" isTestSource="false" />
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/str_sort/src" isTestSource="false" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/sparse_vector/src" isTestSource="false" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/duplicates/target" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/str_sort/target" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/sparse_vector/target" />
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
diff --git a/sparse_vector/Cargo.toml b/sparse_vector/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4803dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sparse_vector/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "sparse_vector"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+rand = "0.8.5"
+futures = "0.3.28"
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diff --git a/sparse_vector/src/main.rs b/sparse_vector/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc51f0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sparse_vector/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+use std::ops::{Add, Mul};
+use std::thread;
+use futures::executor::block_on;
+use rand::Rng;
+use futures::future::{join_all};
+
+/// Only stores more efficiently when at least 50% of all elements are zeros
+pub struct SparseVec {
+    column: Vec<(usize, f32)>
+}
+
+impl SparseVec {
+
+    pub fn dot(&self, other: &SparseVec) -> f32 {
+
+        let future = async move {
+            let divisions = 128;
+
+            let k = self.column.len() / divisions;
+
+            let mut futures = Vec::new();
+
+            for i in 0..divisions {
+                let off = i * k;
+                futures.push(dot_threaded(&self.column[off..(off + k)], &other.column[..]));
+            }
+
+            join_all(futures).await
+        };
+
+        let result = block_on(future);
+
+        block_on(async move {
+            let divisions = 16;
+
+            let k = result.len() / divisions;
+
+            let mut futures = Vec::new();
+
+            for i in 0..divisions {
+                let off = i * k;
+                futures.push(sum_async(&result[off..(off + k)]));
+            }
+
+            join_all(futures).await
+        }).iter().fold(0.0, |acc, x| acc + x)
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(elements: usize, null_prop: f32) -> Self {
+        let non_zero_elements = (elements as f32 * (1.0 - null_prop)) as usize;
+
+        let mut column = Vec::with_capacity(non_zero_elements);
+
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+        let mut last_idx = 0;
+
+        for _ in 0..non_zero_elements {
+            last_idx = rng.gen_range(last_idx..elements);
+            column.push((last_idx, rng.gen_range(0.001..1.0)))
+        }
+
+        Self {
+            column
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn sum_async(arr: &[f32]) -> f32 {
+    arr.iter().fold(0.0, |acc, x| acc + x)
+}
+
+async fn dot_threaded(a: &[(usize, f32)], b: &[(usize, f32)]) -> f32 {
+    let mut sum = 0.0;
+
+    for pair in a.iter() {
+
+        // exponential search for an element in the second vector to have the same index
+        let mut bound = 1;
+        loop {
+            if bound >= b.len() || b[bound].1 >= pair.1 {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            bound *= 2;
+        }
+
+        let mut range = 0..bound;
+        loop {
+            let mut median = (range.end - range.start) / 2;
+            if median == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+            median += range.start;
+
+            if b[median].0 == pair.0 {
+                sum += b[median].1 * pair.1;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if b[median].0 > pair.0 {
+                range.end = median;
+            } else {
+                range.start = median;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    sum
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // generate a sparse vector with 10^10 random elements
+    let vec = SparseVec::new(10_000_000_000, 0.99);
+
+    println!("{}", vec.dot(&vec));
+}
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