Andrew He Explained

Andrew He
Birth Place:California, United States
Alias:ecnerwala
Awards:Codeforces peak rating: 3668
Education:MIT
Known For:Achievements in competitive programming

Andrew He (born 1997) is an American competitive programmer and the winner of the 2021 Facebook Hacker Cup.[1] [2]

Background

He was born in 1997.[3] Starting from sixth grade, he participated in various mathematics competitions such as the American Mathematics Competitions, the American Invitational Mathematics Examination, the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad and HMMT.[4] [5] In many of them, he placed in the top 20 overall. He attended the Math Olympiad Program.

He attended Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California from 2011 to 2015. During his time there, he started competitive programming in 2012.[6] He won two gold medals at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in 2014 and 2015.

He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Math and Computer science.[7] He was part of the MIT team which participated in the International Collegiate Programming Contest that won a silver medal in 2016, coming sixth place overall, and then a gold medal in 2019, coming second place overall.[8] [9]

He has achieved significant success in competitive programming, where he won the 2021 Facebook Hacker Cup. Other accomplishments include winning the 2017 Distributed Code Jam, achieving third place in the Facebook Hacker Cup in 2018 and 2020, achieving third place in the Google Code Jam in 2019 and 2020 and being runner-up in the 2020 Topcoder Open Algorithm contest.

He currently works at Cognition AI, an artificial intelligence company founded by IOI gold medalists. [10]

Achievements

Competitive programming

A more comprehensive list of achievements can be found at the Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame website.[2]

Legendary Grandmaster (peak rating 3668)

Mathematics

Publications

External links

Online coding profiles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Participants from United States – Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame . cphof.org . en . November 19, 2022 . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119041343/https://cphof.org/country/USA . live .
  2. Web site: Profile of Andrew He – Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame . cphof.org . en . November 19, 2022 . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119041343/https://cphof.org/profile/topcoder:ecnerwal . live .
  3. Web site: Best Competitive Programmers in the World . November 19, 2022 . OpenGenus IQ: Computing Expertise & Legacy . en . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051447/https://iq.opengenus.org/best-competitive-programmers/ . live .
  4. Web site: Qi . Shuyi . Sophomore Andrew He wins grand prize at Santa Clara University High School Mathematics Competition . November 19, 2022 . El Estoque . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051437/https://elestoque.org/2013/02/19/news/sophomore-andrew-wins-grand-prize-santa-clara-university-high-school-mathematics-competition/ . live .
  5. Web site: July 7, 2012 . Local Math Whizzes Take Part in Prestigious Summer Program . November 19, 2022 . Cupertino, CA Patch . en . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051447/https://patch.com/california/cupertino/local-math-whizzes-take-part-in-prestigious-program . live .
  6. Web site: NAC-NAPC . November 19, 2022 . www.cecs.ucf.edu . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051436/https://www.cecs.ucf.edu/NAC-NAPC/trainers.php . live .
  7. Web site: AlphaStar Alumni . 2024-05-25 . AlphaStar Academy . en-US.
  8. Web site: MIT team earns silver at ACM's global programming competition MIT CSAIL . November 19, 2022 . www.csail.mit.edu . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119053443/https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/mit-team-earns-silver-acms-global-programming-competition . live .
  9. Web site: MIT team places second at ACM's global programming competition MIT CSAIL . November 19, 2022 . www.csail.mit.edu . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119053443/https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/mit-team-places-second-acms-global-programming-competition . live .
  10. Web site: Gupta . Sukriti . May 24, 2024 . Microsoft Now has Both Kevin and Devin . May 25, 2024 . AIM . en-US.
  11. Web site: May 13, 2011 . South Bay middle school students again win national Mathcounts contest . November 19, 2022 . The Mercury News . en-US . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051447/https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/05/13/south-bay-middle-school-students-again-win-national-mathcounts-contest/ . live .
  12. Web site: Winners . MAA . November 19, 2022 . October 27, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231027171515/https://maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/AMC/usamo/2013/13_USAMO_WinnersHonorableMentions.pdf . live .
  13. Web site: RMM 2015 – Romanian Master of Mathematics 2015 . November 19, 2022 . rmms.lbi.ro . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119052752/https://rmms.lbi.ro/rmm2015/index.php?id=results_math . live .
  14. Web site: February 2015 HMMT . November 19, 2022 . www.hmmt.org . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051437/https://www.hmmt.org/www/archive/182 . live .
  15. Web site: Putnam Competition . November 19, 2022 . math.mit.edu . November 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051436/https://math.mit.edu/academics/undergrad/opportunities/putnam.html . live .

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