Yuchong Pan is a PhD student in Applied Mathematics at MIT specializing in algorithms, combinatorics, and combinatorial optimization, with a decade of experience spanning research, teaching, and software engineering. He currently teaches MIT's 18.06 Linear Algebra and has repeatedly mentored elite pre-college programs (PRIMES-USA, RSI, mathroots), reflecting a strong commitment to outreach and talent development. His background blends rigorous theory—BSc combined honours in Mathematics and Computer Science from UBC—with practical software internships at Microsoft and Sogou, where he contributed to .NET tooling and research projects. As a co-founder of hack.init and organizer of nonap seminars, he pairs community-building with academic pursuits. Notably, his trajectory includes both contest design and hands-on production engineering, giving him unusual fluency across problem-solving, pedagogy, and shipping robust code.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Shaoxing No. 1 High School
Middle School Diploma, Middle School Diploma at Shaoxing Jiangong Middle School
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Primary School Diploma, Primary School Diploma at Luxun Primary School
Bachelor of Science - BSc, Combined Honours Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BSc, Combined Honours Mathematics and Computer Science at The University of British Columbia
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