Miscellaneous

I like things that are fast in general:

  • Fast (graph) algorithms
  • Sports: running, cycling, swimming(I used to be a competitive swimmer), skiing(beginner), and probably more
  • Karting(beginner) and Formula One: I’m a fan of Guanyu Zhou, a Chinese racing driver who currently competes for Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, and Max Verstappen
  • Starship and other rockets
  • High performance computing

Meanwhile, I am also interested in some card games, such as riichi mahjong and Texas hold ‘em poker: maintain a balanced strategy to protect your equity, and maximize your profit by exploiting opponents’ imbalances.

Here’s a glance at some of the other things I’ve been involving in outside of my primary academic focus:

Sports

Outside of the academic world, I have a passion for triathlons. They provide a great way to stay fit and challenge myself physically and mentally. Here are some of my personal bests:

  • Triathlon: None
  • Swimming:
    • 50m breaststroke: 37”44 (🥇1st place of group B1 at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2021)
    • 100m breaststroke: 1’32”04 (5th place of group B at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2023)
    • 50m freestyle: 31”40 (4th place of group B at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2021)
    • 200m individual medley: 3’37”03 (🥈2nd place of group B at the Tsinghua University Swimming Competition, 2020)
  • Cycling: None
  • Running:
    • 1km: 3:51
    • 5km: 24:42
    • Half marathon: 2:13:48

Besides, I’m also a beginner in skiing and diving (I mean, jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard).

Competitive Programming

The awards highlighted below represent my highest achievements in each competition. For a comprehensive list of my accomplishments, please refer to my CV.

  • Competitive Programming Platforms:
  • International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) / China Collegiate Programming Contest (CCPC): Participated during my university years.
    • ICPC, Southwestern Europe Regional Contest: Silver medal, 4th place, 2024
    • ICPC, Asia Jinan Regional Contest: 🥈Gold medal, 2nd place, 2020
    • CCPC (Guangzhou), Gold medal, 6th place, 2022
  • Olympiad in Informatics (OI, aka. Computing Olympiad): Participated in high school.
    • National Olympiad in Informatics, China: Gold medal, 14th place (twice), 2018 and 2019
    • National Olympiad in Informatics Team Selection, China: Gold medal, 2019
    • Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad: 🥉International Gold medal, 3rd place (official), 2018
    • Tsinghua University Programming Contest: 🥈Gold medal, 2nd place, 2018
    • National Olympiad in Informatics Winter Camp, China: Gold medal, 2017
  • Other Contests
    • ICPC Swiss Subregional Contest: 4th place, 2024
    • Lanqiao Cup National Software and Information Technology Professional Talent Competition National Finals, C/C++ Programming Contest, Graduate Group: 🥇1st place, 2024
    • China Computer Federation Collegiate Computer Systemrs & Programming Contest: 🥈2nd place, 2023
    • Baidu Astar Programming Contest: 13th place, 2022
    • Jingdong Programming and Algorithm Design Contest: 🥇1st place, 2022
    • China Computer Federation Certified Software Professional: 🥇1st place (twice), 2020 and 2021
    • Baidu Astar Programming Contest: 10th place, 2019

Food

I don’t like:

  • Spicy foods
  • Sparkling water / soda
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Coffee
  • Tea

Music

I can play the piano and the drums a bit. I like to listen to symphonies.

  1. Departments and schools are divided into two groups based on the numbers of students of them. IIIS has a few students, so it is in group B.