Nathan Wang.
I code, play board games, think about politics, and do some other stuff.
SchoolI study computer science at MIT.
Work ExperienceI've worked at Hudson River Trading, Modal Labs, and Codeium.
ProjectsI run the USACO Guide and the Competitive Programming Initiative.
AchievementsI'm a 4x USACO Finalist and a 5x AIME Qualifier.
About Me.
Ever since I embarked on my programming journey as a young child, I've been entranced by the power and flexibility of code.
Today, I'm an avid programmer currently interested in machine learning and systems. Programming is my superpower: With it, what I can create is limited only by my imagination!
Outside of programming, I play a lot of board games, especially social deduction games (my personal favorite is Secret Hitler). I also enjoy discussing politics and government, watching movies, reading books, traveling, and (occasionally) learning about tax deductions!
I strive to bring energy, technical knowledge, and a strong desire to learn with me wherever I go.
School.
I'm currently a student at MIT studying Computer Science.
Technical Grad Classes:
- 6.521 Advanced Algorithms
- 6.584 Distributed Systems
- 6.390 Computer Vision
- 6.790 Machine Learning
Technical Undergrad Classes:
- 18.600 Probability and Random Variables
- 18.650 Fundamentals of Statistics
- 6.106 Software Performance Engineering
- 6.110 Computer Language Engineering (Static Compilers)
- 6.181 Operating Systems Engineering
- 6.1811 Natural Language Processing
- 6.190 Introduction to Low-level Programming in C and Assembly
- 6.191 Computation Structures
In Spring 2023, I was an LA for 6.S063 Design for the Web. Outside of classes, I am part of the HackMIT team. I also enjoy participating in New York Systems Reading Group.
Before coming to MIT, I was a student at Monta Vista High School, where I participated in a variety of clubs, including Model UN, FBLA, AI Club, and Competitive Programming Club.
Work Experience.
To view my full work experience, please visit my Linkedin page.
Modal Labs — Fall 2024
I am currently a Member of Technical Staff at Modal, a serverless cloud computing platform. I learned Rust, fixed gVisor issues, worked with Kubernetes, and investigated networking issues, reducing the latency of our serverless web endpoints by up to 3x.
Hudson River Trading — Summer 2024
HRT is a quantitative finance company. As a C++ Core Developer Intern, I completed 8 projects in 11 weeks, building multi-terabyte log viewers, optimizing memory profilers, refactoring code, and much more.
Codeium — Summer 2023
Codeium is a company that builds AI-powered developer tools such as autocomplete. I led the initiative to quantize our large language model, achieving a ~2.3x speed increase for our company's product in just 11 weeks.
Projects.
I'm always working on something new. Below are a few of my favorite projects!
USACO Guide
The USACO Guide is a free collection of curated, high-quality competitive programming resources aimed to bring contestants from Bronze to Platinum and beyond.
Competitive Programming Initiative
I'm the founder of the Competitive Programming Initiative, a student-run nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting competitive programming amongst students.
Competitive Programming Solutions
This Github repository contains solutions to some of the 900+ competitive programming problems I've solved!
Realtime IDE
A realtime collaborative IDE with code execution and input/output, designed for competitive programming and USACO.
Serverless Online Judge
A serverless code execution system built with AWS Lambda and Rust that supports C++, Java, and Python.
Personal Website
This site! Built with React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS.
AP Physics C Practice
AP Physics C Mechanics & E&M practice questions, scraped from CollegeBoard.
Party Games
A collection of my favorite party games.
Achievements.
4x USACO Finalist
In 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, I was selected as part of 26 students to participate in the national USA Computing Olympiad training camp.
5x AIME Qualifier
In 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, I qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), which is offered to the top 2.5% of students.
Contact Me.
I really enjoy meeting new people! Please feel free to reach out.
This site is built with Next.js and Tailwind CSS. View the source code on Github.