Competitive Programming

I had a lot of fun doing competitive programming during my bachelor and doctoral study (Codeforces account). Here are some selected awards:

2nd Place, The 45th International Collegiate Programming Contest, Shenyang Regional (Teammates: Tianxing Ding, Qicheng Shan)
2nd Place, The 47th International Collegiate Programming Contest, Nanjing Regional (Teammates: Hongyang Liu, Xinyuan Zhang)
6th Place, The 47th International Collegiate Programming Contest, World Finals (Teammates: Hongyang Liu, Xinyuan Zhang)
Fun fact
What to do when you fail to solve a problem at the ICPC World Finals? Just leave it as a homework…

I also did some problemsetting in the competitive programming community. Here are some problems I proudly authored: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Some other interests

Go (Weiqi/围棋)

I enjoyed playing Go quite some while ago. An unforgettable experience is contributing to Nanjing University’s championship in the General Division of the 2017 Ing Cup National Collegiate Go Championship (应氏杯全国大学生围棋锦标赛). See here for a report (in Chinese).

Fun fact

I aspired to become a professional Go player until the emergence of AlphaGo, which sparked my interest in Computer Science and led me to choose it as my undergraduate major.

Hearthstone

I also enjoyed playing Hearthstone some time ago, and even had some competitive records: 1, 2.

Poker

I enjoyed studying poker theory. I also participated in offline tournaments (for experience and fun) and had some lucky results.