Hi, I'm Christian Yongwhan Lim,
Owner of
Christian and Grace Consulting!
Welcome!
Lead. Inspire. Mentor. Iterate. Teach.
Main
Owner of Christian and Grace Consulting LLC (Software Education Consulting)
Teaching
Associate in Computer Science (Adjunct) at Columbia University
International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)
Internship Manager @ ICPC Foundation
Leadership Team Member @ ICPC North America
Co-Lead
Competitive Learning Institute (CLI) Symposium at ICPC World Finals (w/ Tomas Cerny)
Curriculum Committee at ICPC North America (w/ Etienne Vouga)
New Coaches Committee at ICPC North America
Operations Team Member
ICPC World Finals
ICPC North America Championship (NAC)
Trainer @ ICPC North America Programming Camp (NAPC)
Judge
ICPC North America Qualifier (NAQ)
ICPC North America Regionals
Mid-Central (Regional Contest Director [RCD]: Ed Corwin)
North-Central (RCD: Simanta Mitra)
Southern California (RCD: Jaime Cabrera)
Site Director @ ICPC North America Regional at Greater New York
Head Coach @ Columbia University
Selected Professional Experience
Owner of Christian and Grace Consulting LLC (Software Education Consulting) @ 4/2023 -
Senior Quantitative Software Engineer at Two Sigma Investments @ 7/2022 - 2/2023
Research Software Engineer at Google Research @ 10/2016 - 6/2022
Selected Teaching Experience
Associate in Computer Science at Columbia University @ Spring 2022 -
Advanced Topics in Competitive Programming (w/ Josh Alman)
Competitive Programming
Technical Interview Preparation in C++
SHAPE (Summer High School Academic Program for Engineers)
SHP (Science Honors Program)
Visiting Instructor at Cornell Tech @ 8/2022 -
Special Workshop Series in Technical Interview Preparation
Deep Learning (Co-instructor)
Lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology @ 6/2022 - 5/2023
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD entered in '13, but on leave-of-absence) @ 9/2013 - 1/2016
Advisor: Asuman Ozdaglar
Stanford University (BS '11 in Math + CS [double major]; MS '13 in CS) @ 9/2007 - 1/2013
Advisors: Fei-Fei Li (CS); Persi Diaconis (Math);
Selected Awards
2024 ICPC NAC Silver Medalist Team (3rd Place) from ICPC North America @ May 2024
Excellence in Leadership Award from ICPC North America @ May 2023