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.
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. ↩