What fifteen years in the ICPC changed about how I solve problems
Reflections across competing, coaching, judging, organizing, and teaching—and what those roles reveal about the real work of problem solving.
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Production AI · Architecture · Reliability
Reliable AI systems, built for the real world.
I’m Christian Yongwhan Lim. I help teams turn ambitious AI products into dependable systems through architecture, evaluation, observability, and recovery.
Chief Architect at Probook · Adjunct at Columbia · Director of Internships at the ICPC Foundation. Formerly Google Research and Two Sigma.
New York, 2026
How I can help
Start with the problem in front of you
01 · Primary
Make a production AI system dependable
Architecture, evaluation, observability, workflow state, latency, and recovery across the full system—not only the model.
Discuss the system → 02 · LearningBuild a technical-learning environment
Curriculum, deliberate practice, coaching, feedback loops, mentorship, and durable community leadership.
Compare approaches → 03 · CollaborationBring the work into a room
Speaking and substantive collaboration on AI reliability, engineering leadership, problem solving, and technical education.
Explore a fit →“He has had a bigger impact in that short time than almost anyone has had in the history of North America.”
Selected work
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A few things that define the body of work
01 / Systems
02 / People
03 / Institutions
Reliable AI voice agents
Architecture, evaluation, recovery, and the many boundaries between a convincing model and a dependable business system.
6 reliability boundaries · evaluation and recovery playbook Read the work →Columbia competitive programming
Courses, community, and World Finals teams—an environment for sustained technical growth.
429+ members · 14 course offerings · 2024 NAC silver medalSee courses and outcomes →ICPC internship program
A distributed technical-talent pipeline connecting students, mentors, and durable open projects.
136 completed · 14 active · NAC leadership awardExplore the public record →Working Notes
How I review an ICPC contest with a team
The scoreboard records outcomes. A useful review reconstructs the decisions, failure modes, and team interactions that produced them.
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