Winter Applied Rationality Program (WARP) 2023

The Winter Applied Rationality Program (WARP) is an immersive workshop for analytically-minded students looking to understand themselves and the world. 

Where: USA 

When: March 2023 

Who: Applicants between 16-19 years old. 

From FAQ:

Who is the camp for?

At WARP, we're all about figuring out how to improve our thinking, and how that can translate into better doing. We welcome students curious about decision-making and modeling the world, and figuring out how to better test their beliefs against reality. If you're passionate about mathematics, logic, cognitive science, philosophy, economics, or history, we'll probably love to have you! 

Application is now open. Apply here. The application deadline is December 29, 2022.

The curriculum covers a wide range of topics, from game theory, cryptography, and mathematical logic, to AI safety, styles of communication, and cognitive science. The goal of the program is to help students hone rigorous, quantitative skills as they acquire a toolbox of useful concepts and practical techniques applicable in all walks of life. WARP's tuition, room, and board are free for all admitted students. Need-based travel scholarships are also available.

WARP is a collaborative project between the Summer Program for Applied Rationality (ESPR) and Cognition (SPARC) team, which often runs camps in the USA, and the European Summer Program on Rationality (ESPR) team, which runs them in the UK.

The WARP, ESPR and SPARC are good programmes! Lim Li went ESPR in 2017, from 18 August to 1 September. Some photos can be found in this post.

Disneyland at Los Angeles

Korean Dinner and Bingsu

Lim Min is in LA on official trip, visited Lim Jeck in Caltech.

Shopping at Costco Wholesale

Indeed Women Coders Contest 2022 Results

Indeed Women Coders Contest 2022 (Singapore)

Top 10 (in order of ranking)

Lim Li has won an iPhone 13, and Lim Min, a $50 Amazon gift card.

ICPC World Finals 2021 Results

The 45th International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 6 to 11 Nov 2022. It was hosted by the University of Asia Pacific. 

The ICPC is an algorithmic programming contest, where the best brains compete annually. It’s a real Olympic Games for university students and postgraduates, whose teams compete in terms of speed, creativity and innovation in solving problems.

The delay in this ICPC World Finals 2021 contest is due to covid-19 pandemic. 

Full Results

Top 12:

Team Singapore, comprising Zhang Guangxuan, Dinh Quang Minh Nguyen and Hoang Long Vuong with Dr Steven Halim (3rd from left).

Singapore Team is ranked #53

2022 November/December Holidays Online Maths Olympiad Training

This is posted on behalf of Ms Tang. 

Ms Tang graduated with a Masters in Mathematics and was a former university Maths lecturer. 

She helped her children prepare for Mathematical Olympiads. Their achievements were as follows:

 

 • Gold, 3rd place in NMOS (National Mathematical Olympiad of Singapore) 

 • High Distinction, 2nd place in RIPMWC (Raffles Institution Primary Mathematics World Contest) 

 • Perfect score in PMWC in Hong Kong 

 • Platinum, 3rd place in SMOPS (Singapore Mathematical Olympiad for Primary School) 

 • Perfect score in AMC 8 (American Mathematics Contest 8) 

 • High Distinction, Medalist in ICAS (International Competitions and Assessments for School) 

 • Gold, 1st place in Singapore in SASMO (Singapore and Asian School Math Olympiad) 

 • Gold, 2nd place in SMO Junior 

She will be teaching in small groups (3 to 8 students). The lessons will be held on the online platform ZOOM. 

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If you are interested, please contact Ms Tang via WhatsApp 85758636.

Cycling From Marina Bay to East Coast Park

 

EGOI 2022 Results

The European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI) is an international competition for young women interested in Computer Science. It is similar in style to the International Olympiad in Informatics and is held annually by a different country each year.

The 2nd EGOI is held in Antalya, Turkey, from 16 to 23 October.

EGOI 2022 Results

Top 10:

Jamie Lim (NUS High Year 5) came in overall 7th! She was the only participant from Singapore.

Meta Hacker Cup 2022 Round 3 Results

Scoreboard

Top 25

The top 200 competitors will receive a special "Top 200" Meta Hacker Cup T-shirt. The top 25 contestants will advance to the final round.

Singapore's participants' ranking in the top 250:

Rank, Name (nickname), score 

#45 Zheyuan Yu, 53

#98 Jonathan Irvin (jonathanirvings), 40 

#100 Pooty Lim (lord pooty), 40 

#123 Wen Yuen Pang (pwypeanut), 39 

#126 Tia Shi Wei (maomao90), 39 

#127 Ashley Khoo (errorgorn), 39 

#152 Zhang Guangxuan, 39 

#192 Ng Yu Peng, 27 

#194 Benson Lin Zhan Li (bensonlzl), 27 

#198 Yunrui Wang (username), 27 

#213 Lim Jeck, 26

2022 Alibaba Global Math Competition Results

Award 

Gold Award (4 winners) with 40,000 USD each 

Silver Award (6 winners) with 20,000 USD each 

Bronze Award (10 winners) with 10,000 USD each 

Honorable Mention (57 Winners) with 5,000 USD each

Lim Jeck, Dylan Toh and Barry Tng, who are all SIMO x-men (ex-Singapore IMO participants), won merit award and are awarded with US$5000 each.

Meta Hacker Cup 2022 Round 2 Results

Scoreboard

Top 20

Singapore's participants in the Top 500 (who will proceed to Round 3 to be held on 9 Oct):

Rank, Name (nickname), score

#53 Ashley Khoo (errorgorn), 82

#96 Lim Jeck, 82

#154 Jonathan Irvin (jonathanirvings), 64

#162 Wen Yuen Pang (pwypeanut), 64

#190 Lim An Jun, 64

#193 Zhang Guangxuan, 64

#224 Yaw Chur Zhe (pavement), 64

#248 Yunrui Wang (username), 46

#266 Pooty Lim (lord pooty), 46

#284 Tia Shi Wei (maomao90), 46

#334 Bin Zhang (Origenes), 46

#362 Soum Choudhuri (socho), 46

#386 Zheyuan Yu, 46

#413 Benson Lin Zhan Li (bensonlzl), 46

#420 Ng Yu Peng, 46

#460 Zhang Jikun (caan_do), 46

SMO 2022 Top 10 Results

SMO 2022 Junior Section Top 10:

1. Yang Yi Han, Raffles Institution
2. Akash Thiagarajan, NUS High School of Math and Science

3. Chandranshu Nanda, NUS High School of Math and Science

4. Gao Zixiang, NUS High School of Math and Science

4. Mao Ruiyang, Raffles Institution

6. Sun Wenyuan, Raffles Institution

7. Choo Yi Jie Christopher, Hwa Chong Institution

8. Xu Ziyang, Raffles Institution

9. Lim Zu Wan, NUS High School of Math and Science

10. Ying Liqian, NUS High School of Math and Science

10. Seah Bing Xuan Aaron, Raffles Institution

SMO 2022 Senior Section Top 10:

1. Drew Michael Terren Ramirez, NUS High School of Math and Science
2. Yu Qinxi, Raffles Institution

3. Zeng Minghao, Manjusri Secondary School

4. Peh Yan Xi, Raffles Institution

5. Wang Jiayu, NUS High School of Math and Science

6. Zhao Yaoqi, Hwa Chong Institution

6. Kang Taeyoung, Raffles Institution

8. Aidan Ong Ming Feng, Hwa Chong Institution

8. Wan Tse Peng Lucien, Hwa Chong Institution

10. Loo Wayhan Brian, Hwa Chong Institution

10. Raphael Teng Zhi Xiang, NUS High School of Math and Science
10. Liu Xiuping, Raffles Institution

SMO 2022 Open Section Top 10:

1. Gabriel Goh Hao Xiang, Hwa Chong Institution

2. Mario Tanijaya, NUS High School of Math and Science

3. Ryan Wong Wern Jieh, Hwa Chong Institution

4. Drew Michael Terren Ramirez, NUS High School of Math and Science

5. Edden Chew Keyn-Hantz, NUS High School of Math and Science

6. Xu Ziyu, Hwa Chong Institution

6. Peh Yan Xi, Raffles Institution

8. Cheng Wenhao, Hwa Chong Institution

8. Krishnan Akash, NUS High School of Math and Science

8. Raphael Teng Zhi Xiang, NUS High School of Math and Science

8. Lai Pengchong, Raffles Institution

MSI Katana GF66 notebook

Lim Jeck bought a new MSI Katana GF66 12UEK-882SG notebook today, from Comex Show 2022 (1 - 4 Sep 2022)

Specifications: 

Processor 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1265H 

Operating system Windows 11 Home 

24GB DDR4 RAM

512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD

System Graphics Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 6GB

Display 15.6" FHD IPS LED 1920x1080 144Hz

Many free gifts eg. MSI Mouse, Thumb Drive, Backpack, Pouch, 9in1 Type C Multi-Port Hub

2 Years Warranty by MSI

Weight 2.2 kg

Price: S$1899

Previous computer notebook bought in 2016 is here

Meta Hacker Cup 2022 Qualifying Round

Sign up here

International Chemistry Tournament 2022

The NUS High team (comprising Chan Chee Yong Leemen, Lee I-Shiang, Lim Yu Tong, Panshul Sharma, Vanisha Agrawal and Wong Yan Kai) successfully defended their championship title for the International Chemistry Tournament 2022

IOI 2022 Singapore Team Results

Full Results (Final Scoreboard)

Singapore Team Results:

#15 Ashley Aragorn Khoo (Gold)

#54 Tan Si Jie (Silver)

#70 Daniel Toh Jing En (Silver)

#131 Joel Au Heng Hoi (Bronze)

SMO 2022 Top 30 Results

 

Singapore Tech Internship/Fresh Graduate Salaries

Source

Disclaimer: information below is based on the source above, accuracy is not guaranteed

Fresh Graduate 

Company, Role, Monthly Salary

Jane Street, Software Engineer, 20000 - 30000

Constructor, Software Engineer, 12500

Wintermute, Software Engineer, 12300

Shopee/Sea Labs, Software Engineer/Data Analyst/Quality Assurance Engineer, 4500 - 12000 with stocks and sign on bonus

Google, Software Engineer, 7167 - 10000 with stocks

Tesla, Data Scientist, 9800 with stocks

ExpressVPN, Software Engineer, 6000 - 9750 with stocks and sign on bonus

Facebook/Meta, Software Engineer, 9333 with stocks

Open Government Products, Software Engineer, 7770 - 9000 with sign on bonus

Indeed, Software Engineer/Data Scientist, 5000 - 8750 with stocks and sign on bonus

Motional, Software Engineer, 8000 - 8500 with stocks

Tiktok/ByteDance, Software Engineer/Data Engineer, 6800 - 8416 with stocks

Stripe, Software Engineer, 8333 with stocks and sign on bonus

3forge, Software Engineer, 8333

Sprinklr, Software Engineer, 8333 with stocks

Zendesk, Software Engineer, 7000 - 8200 with stocks

Alstom, Software Engineer, 8000

Hodlnaut, Software Engineer, 6000 - 7500

Dell, Data Engineer, 5417 - 7100 with stocks and sign on bonus

Squarepoint Capital, Software Engineer, 7083 with stocks

Shopback, Software Engineer, 6500  - 7000

AWS, Solutions Architect, 7000 with stocks and sign on bonus

Virtu Financial, Software Engineer, 7000

Goldman Sachs, Software Engineer, 5750 - 7000 with sign on bonus

Foodpanda, Software Engineer, 6600 - 6750 with sign on bonus

JP Morgan, Software Engineer, 5416 - 6666

Alphalab Capital, Software Engineer, 6500

Carousell, Software Engineer, 6500 with stocks

DBS, Software Engineer, 5000 - 6500

Grab, Software Engineer, 5500 - 6500 with stocks

Millennium Management, Software Engineer, 6250

Visa, Software Engineer, 6000 - 6200 with stocks

Autodesk, Software Engineer, 6083 with stocks

Razor, Data Analyst, 6000 with stocks

NCS, Software Engineer/Cybersecurity Consultant, 4000 - 6000

Titansoft, Data Analyst, 6000

Rakuten Asia, Software Engineer, 5800 with stocks

Accenture, Software Engineer, 5750

Standard Chartered Bank, Software Engineer, 5700

Bank of America, Software Engineer, 5100 - 5667

Ubisoft Singapore, Junior Data Scientist/Engineer/Tools Programmer/Gameplay Programmer, 3800 - 5600

Viki, Software Engineer, 5000 - 5600

Ninja Van, Software Engineer, 5500

SenseTime, Software Engineer, 5500

DBS, SEED Programme, 5500

DSO National Labs, Software Engineer/Data Analyst/Cybersecurity, 5000 - 5400

Thoughtworks, Software Developer, 4800 - 5400

DSTA, Software Engineer/Security Engineer, 5000 - 5300

Skyline Communications, System Developer, 5200

Atoms, Software Engineer, 5000

Micron, Software Engineer, 5000

Ramco Systems, Full Stack Developer, 5000

Lazada, Software Engineer, 5000

Titansoft, Software Developer, 4913

Acronis, Junior Software Engineer, 4600

Dyson, Software Engineer, 4200

Accuracy Corporate Advisory, Dispute Analyst, 4167

OCBC, Grad Program, 4100

Ernst and Young, Cyber Security Analyst/Technology Consulting Associate, 4000

Avanade, Software Engineer, 4000

MOF, Data Analyst, 3900

SIT, Research Engineer, 3800

Institute for Infocomm Research, Software Engineer, 3700

PSA, IT Operation Executive/Electrical Engineer, 2500 - 3600

Internship

Company, Role, Monthly Salary

Jane Street, Software Engineer/Quantitative Trader, 20000 - 25000

Crypto.com, Software Engineer, 12000 

Jump Trading, TechOps, 11000

QuantEdge, Software Engineer, 11000

Facebook/Meta, Software Engineer, 6000 - 10250

DRW, Software Engineer, 9200

Trail of Bits, Security Engineer, 3424 - 9200

Binance, Software Engineer, 9000

Credit Suisse, Software Engineer, 7500

Motional, Software Engineer, 7500

Squarepoint Capital, Software Engineer, 7000 - 7083

Stripe, Software Engineer, 6000

Sprinklr, Software Engineer, 6000

Hypotenuse AI, Software Engineer, 6000

JP Morgan, Software Engineer, 5833 - 5883

Goldman Sachs, Software Engineer, 5750

Indeed, Software Engineer, 2500 - 5725

Google, Software Engineer, 4067 - 5700

Bank of America, Software Engineer/Infosecurity Analyst, 3300 - 5666

GIC, Software Engineer/GIP/Data Analyst, 2500 - 5600

Workato, Software Engineer, 5500

AlphaLab Capital, Software Engineer, 5000

Morgan Stanley, Software Engineer, 5000

TikTok/ByteDance, Software Engineer/Data Engineer/Machine Learning Engineer/Backend Engineer, 3600 - 5000

IBM, Software Engineer, 4500

Open Govt Products, Software Engineer/Product Manager, 3000 - 4500

Shopee/Sea Labs/Garena, Software Engineer, 2000 - 4200

Binance, Software Engineer, 4000

MAS, Programmer, 4000

Wise, Software Engineer, 3958

Apple, Software Engineer, 3000 - 3300

Ubisoft Singapore, Programmer, 3600 - 3700

Paypal, Software Engineer/InfoSec, 2000 - 3000

AWS, Solutions Architect, 3000

Citibank, Software Engineer, 3000

Amazon, Solutions Architect/Professional Services, 3000

SG Innovate Summation Series, Software Engineer, 3000

Shopback, Software Engineer, 1000 - 3000

Grab, Software Engineer/Product Management/Product Design, 1500 - 3000

Govtech, Software Engineer/Data Science Engineer/Product Management, 2000 - 3000

Standard Chartered Bank, Software Engineer/Technology & Innovation, 2900

Zendesk, Software Engineer, 2500 - 2610

Visa, Software Engineer, 2200 - 2500

Autodesk, Software Engineer, 2500

DSTA, ML Engineer, 2500

99.co, Software Engineer, 1000 - 2500

Cisco, Security Analyst, 2075

Carousell, Software Engineer, 2000

IDEMIA, Software Engineer, 2000

Agoda, Software Engineer, 2000

Daiwa Capital Markets, Cybersecurity, 2000

Ant Group, Software Engineer, 2000

Thales, Software Engineer, 1200 - 2000

Cloudflare, Software Engineer, 2000

IBM, Software Engineer, 2000

PayPal, Software Engineer, 2000

Autodesk, Software Engineer, 1800 - 2000

Procter & Gamble, Data Science, 2000

Equinix, Software Engineer, 1900

CSIT, Cybersecurity, 1800

DSO Science Laboratories, ML Engineer, 1800

Creative, Software Engineer, 1600 - 1800

IHiS, Data Analyst, 1200 - 1800

NCS, Software Engineer, 1700

Singtel, Cloud Engineer, 1700

Skyline Communication, Software Engineer, 1600

Grasshopper Pte Ltd, Software Engineer, 1200 - 1600

Acronis, Software Engineer, 1500

AMD, Software Engineer, 1500

DBS, Software Engineer, 1500

HTX, Cybersecurity, 1500

Dell, Software Engineer, 1500

IMDA, Data Science Intern, 1500

Alstom, Software Engineer, 1500

Micron, Network Engineer/Data Scientist, 1500

Infineon, Data Scientist, 1500

Accenture, Software Engineer/Business Analyst/Project Management, 1500

F5 Networks, Software Engineer, 1500

SG Innovate Infinity Series, Software Engineer, 1500

Borsh, Software Engineer, 1500

GlobalFoundries, QA, 1500

OCBC, Data Analyst, 1500

Workclass, Software Engineer, 1500

Mandiant, Cyber Threat Intelligence, 1500

HDB, Software Engineer, 1500

Panasonic, Software Engineer, 1500

Venture Corp, Software Engineer, 1500

Caro, Data Science, 1400

SAP, ML Engineer/AI Engineer, 1400

TikTok, Data Analyst, 1400

Bank of Singapore, Software Engineer, 1300

Seagate Technology, Software Engineer, 1300

UOB, Data Analyst, 1300

Amaris AI Pte Ltd, Software Engineer, 1200

Ascends, Software Engineer, 1200

Circles.Life, Software Engineer, 1200

Hope Technik, Software Engineer, 1200

ST Engineering, Software Engineer, 1200

Continental, Software Security Engineer, 1200

I2R, Software Engineer, 1200

Shopee, Systems QA, 1200

Illumina, Software Engineer, 1200

Schneider Electric, Software Engineer, 1200

IBM, Software Engineer, 1200

DHL, Software Engineer, 1200

CSIT, Software Engineer, 800 - 1200

Yara, Software Engineer, 1120

EMA, Research Intern, 1000

UCARS, Software Engineer, 1000

Stashaway, Software Engineer, 1000

Food Panda, Data Analyst, 1000

Razer, Software Engineer, 1000

NTUC Income, Software Engineer, 1000

Siemens, Data Engineer, 1000

ComfortDelGro, Business Analyst, 900

KPMG, Software Engineer, 850

PwC, Software Engineer, 800

IBO 2022 Singapore Team Results

The 33rd IBO was hosted by Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia and it was held from 10 to 18 July. 

Full IBO 2022 Results 

IBO 2022 Singapore Team Results

Gold - Owen Ong Jun Heng, RI

Gold - Koo Min Seo, NUSH

Silver - George Lee, NUSH

Bronze - Aravindh Velmurugan Kuppusamy, NUSH

Congratulations! 

IChO 2022 Singapore Team Results

The 54th IChO was hosted by Tianjin, China and it was held from 10 to 18 July.

Full IChO 2022 Results

IChO 2022 Singapore Team Results

Gold - Adrian Ong Wee Wen, NUSH 

Gold - Vincent Yap Yi Fei, NUSH

Silver - Ryan Lim Chern Howe, HCI

Silver - Samuel Lim Kar Ern, HCI 

Congratulations!

IPhO 2022 Singapore Team Results

IPhO 2022 was scheduled to be located in Belarus.  However, it was cancelled due to various difficulties faced in the organisation of such an event in Belarus. Instead, Switzerland has organized an online competition from 10 to 17 July.

IPhO 2022 Singapore Team Results 

Gold - Chen Guangyuan, RI

Silver - Gao Kehan, RI

Silver - Shen Xing Yang, NUSH

Silver - Sun Xiaoqing, RI

Silver - Tan Jun Wei, NUSH

Congratulations!

IMO 2022 Singapore Team Results

IMO 2022 Singapore Team Results

Silver - Cheng Wenhao, HCI

Silver - Wu Xinyue, HCI

Silver - Gabriel Goh, HCI

Silver - Drew Michael Terren Ramirez, NUSH

Bronze - Shevonne Chia, NUSH

HM - Peh Yan Xi, RI

Full Results by Country 

Full Results by Individual

IMO 2022 official website

Sec/JC/Uni Maths/Chemistry/Physics Tuition by NUS Graduate

This is posted on behalf of Wallace.

I am Wallace Tan Gian Yion and I have just graduated from NUS with a Double Degree in Chemical Engineering and Mathematics. 

In University, I graduated with two First Class Honours Degrees with a 5.00/5.00 GPA for Mathematics and 4.77/5.00 GPA for Chemical Engineering. I was awarded the Tan Teck Chwee Prize for being the top Year 3 Math student, and the Medal of Excellence in Mathematics for being one of the top students in the graduating cohort. I’ve made the Dean’s List several times in both Faculty of Science and Engineering. I also completed the Special Programme in Mathematics and have done well in various computing modules (such as CS3230 and CS3244). In addition, I have managed to co-author a paper in Crystal Growth and Design during my Chemical Engineering UROPs. 

In my secondary/JC school days, I achieved SJPO Gold, SPhO Bronze and SChO Silver. 

I am currently looking into tutoring some students. Previously, I have taught HL Mathematics, H3 Mathematics, and H2 Chemistry. Many of my students saw improvements in their grades. I also help out regularly on the SGExams Telegram Help Group for A level/IB Students. 

I am currently hoping to teach the following subjects:

University Mathematics

O/H2/H3/HL Mathematics 

H2 Further Mathematics 

H2/H3/HL Chemistry 

H2/HL Physics 

You may also contact me for other subjects related to my experience (like in Chemical Engineering) and we can discuss. 

Feel free to contact me on telegram at @thetgy or email at gianyiontan@gmail.com . I look forward to working with you.

NUS Commencement Class of 2022

Valedictorian Bernard Teo Zhi Yi