Andrew He
{{distinguish|text=the Jeopardy! contestant of the same name}}
{{Short description|American computer programmer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
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| name = Andrew He
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1997}}
| birth_place = California, United States
| alias = ecnerwala
| awards = Codeforces peak rating: 3668
| education = MIT
| known for = Achievements in competitive programming
| website = {{URL|www.github.com/ecnerwala}}
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Andrew He (born 1997) is an American competitive programmer and the winner of the 2021 Facebook Hacker Cup.{{cite web |title=Participants from United States – Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame |url=https://cphof.org/country/USA |website=cphof.org |language=en |access-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119041343/https://cphof.org/country/USA |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Profile of Andrew He – Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame |url=https://cphof.org/profile/topcoder:ecnerwal |website=cphof.org |language=en |access-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119041343/https://cphof.org/profile/topcoder:ecnerwal |url-status=live }}
Background
He was born in 1997.{{Cite web |title=Best Competitive Programmers in the World |url=https://iq.opengenus.org/best-competitive-programmers/ |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=OpenGenus IQ: Computing Expertise & Legacy |language=en |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051447/https://iq.opengenus.org/best-competitive-programmers/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |last=Qi |first=Shuyi |title=Sophomore Andrew He wins grand prize at Santa Clara University High School Mathematics Competition |url=https://elestoque.org/2013/02/19/news/sophomore-andrew-wins-grand-prize-santa-clara-university-high-school-mathematics-competition/ |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=El Estoque |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=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/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2012 |title=Local Math Whizzes Take Part in Prestigious Summer Program |url=https://patch.com/california/cupertino/local-math-whizzes-take-part-in-prestigious-program |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=Cupertino, CA Patch |language=en |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051447/https://patch.com/california/cupertino/local-math-whizzes-take-part-in-prestigious-program |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |title=NAC-NAPC |url=https://www.cecs.ucf.edu/NAC-NAPC/trainers.php |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=www.cecs.ucf.edu |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051436/https://www.cecs.ucf.edu/NAC-NAPC/trainers.php |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |title=AlphaStar Alumni |url=https://alphastar.academy/alumni/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=AlphaStar Academy |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |title=MIT team earns silver at ACM's global programming competition {{!}} MIT CSAIL |url=https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/mit-team-earns-silver-acms-global-programming-competition |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=www.csail.mit.edu |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119053443/https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/mit-team-earns-silver-acms-global-programming-competition |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=MIT team places second at ACM's global programming competition {{!}} MIT CSAIL |url=https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/mit-team-places-second-acms-global-programming-competition |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=www.csail.mit.edu |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119053443/https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/mit-team-places-second-acms-global-programming-competition |url-status=live }}
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. {{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Sukriti |date=May 24, 2024 |title=Microsoft Now has Both Kevin and Devin |url=https://analyticsindiamag.com/microsoft-now-has-both-kevin-and-devin/ |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=AIM |language=en-US}}
Achievements
= Competitive programming =
A more comprehensive list of achievements can be found at the Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame website.
- International Olympiad in Informatics: 2 Gold (2014 and 2015) (Third place overall in 2015)
- International Collegiate Programming Contest (Representing MIT): 1 Gold (2019) (Second place overall) and 1 Silver (2016) (Sixth place overall)
- Facebook Hacker Cup: Champion (2021), Third place (2018 and 2020)
- Google Code Jam: Third place (2019 and 2020)
- Distributed Code Jam: Champion (2017)
- Topcoder Open Algorithm: Second place (2020), Third place (2022)
- TopCoder Open Marathon: Champion (2015), Second place (2013)
- Codeforces: Legendary Grandmaster (peak rating 3668)
= Mathematics =
- Mathcounts (Representing California): Team champion (2011){{Cite web |date=May 13, 2011 |title=South Bay middle school students again win national Mathcounts contest |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/05/13/south-bay-middle-school-students-again-win-national-mathcounts-contest/ |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051447/https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/05/13/south-bay-middle-school-students-again-win-national-mathcounts-contest/ |url-status=live }}
- United States of America Mathematical Olympiad: Winner (2013){{Cite web |title=Winners |url=https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/AMC/usamo/2013/13_USAMO_WinnersHonorableMentions.pdf |website=MAA |access-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027171515/https://maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/AMC/usamo/2013/13_USAMO_WinnersHonorableMentions.pdf |url-status=live }}
- Romanian Master of Mathematics and Sciences: Silver (12th place overall){{Cite web |title=RMM 2015 – Romanian Master of Mathematics 2015 |url=https://rmms.lbi.ro/rmm2015/index.php?id=results_math |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=rmms.lbi.ro |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119052752/https://rmms.lbi.ro/rmm2015/index.php?id=results_math |url-status=live }}
- HMMT: Champion (2015){{Cite web |title=February 2015 {{!}} HMMT |url=https://www.hmmt.org/www/archive/182 |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=www.hmmt.org |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051437/https://www.hmmt.org/www/archive/182 |url-status=live }}
- William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition: 2016 (Top 25), 2017 (Top 15), 2018 (Honorable mention){{Cite web |title=Putnam Competition |url=https://math.mit.edu/academics/undergrad/opportunities/putnam.html |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=math.mit.edu |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119051436/https://math.mit.edu/academics/undergrad/opportunities/putnam.html |url-status=live }}
Publications
- {{Cite arXiv |last1=Hao |first1=Steven |last2=He |first2=Andrew |last3=Li |first3=Ray |last4=Wu |first4=Scott |date=September 4, 2014 |title=An Elementary Proof of the Cayley Formula Using Random Maps |arxiv=1409.1614 }}
- {{Cite arXiv |last1=Wu |first1=Scott |last2=Li |first2=Ray |last3=He |first3=Andrew |last4=Hao |first4=Steven |date=December 14, 2013 |title=A Simple Proof of the Cayley Formula using Random Graphs |arxiv=1312.4096 }}
References
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External links
;Online coding profiles
- Topcoder: [https://www.topcoder.com/members/ecnerwal ecnerwal]
- Codeforces: [https://codeforces.com/profile/ecnerwala ecnerwala]
- CodeChef: [https://www.codechef.com/users/ecnerwala Andrew He]{{Authority control}}
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