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Andrew Kerr

Andrew Kerr

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Mathematics and Computer Science Student

  • Education

    • The Australian National University

      2021 - 2024
      Bachelor of Science Mathematics and Computer Science

      GPA: 7.0 / 7.0 (High Distinction in every course)Weighted Average Mark: 97.1 / 100Completed a major in mathematics and a major in computer science.Academic Highlights: • Physics I (PHYS1101): 100 • Numerical Optimisation (MATH3514): 100 • Advanced Analysis I: Metric Spaces and Applications (MATH2320): 100 • Structured Programming – Advanced (COMP1140): 100 • Advanced Mathematics and Applications I (MATH1115): 99 • Algorithms (COMP3600):… Show more GPA: 7.0 / 7.0 (High Distinction in every course)Weighted Average Mark: 97.1 / 100Completed a major in mathematics and a major in computer science.Academic Highlights: • Physics I (PHYS1101): 100 • Numerical Optimisation (MATH3514): 100 • Advanced Analysis I: Metric Spaces and Applications (MATH2320): 100 • Structured Programming – Advanced (COMP1140): 100 • Advanced Mathematics and Applications I (MATH1115): 99 • Algorithms (COMP3600): 99 • Systems, Networks, and Concurrency (COMP2310): 99 • Foundations of Computing (COMP1600): 99 • Applied Mathematics I (MATH2305): 98 • Programming as Problem Solving – Advanced (COMP1130): 98 • Probability Theory with Applications (MATH3029): 98 • Advanced Mathematics and Applications II (MATH1116): 97 • High Performance Scientific Computation (COMP3320): 97 Show less

    • ETH Zürich

      2024 - 2024
      Exchange Mathematics and Computer Science

      An exchange program completing masters and bachelor courses in computer science and mathematics.

    • Radford College

      2011 - 2020
      Student

      College Dux with 99.85 ATAR (top 0.15% nationally — ATAR is the national standardised percentile rank in Australia for university entrance calculated from your school examinations and assessment)Year 11 and 12 rankings by subject: • 1st in Specialist Mathematics A • 1st in Specialist Mathematics B • 1st in Physics • 2nd in ChemistryLeadership: • Kurrajong House Captain • Cross Country Captain • PrefectAwards: • J.A. MacKinnon… Show more College Dux with 99.85 ATAR (top 0.15% nationally — ATAR is the national standardised percentile rank in Australia for university entrance calculated from your school examinations and assessment)Year 11 and 12 rankings by subject: • 1st in Specialist Mathematics A • 1st in Specialist Mathematics B • 1st in Physics • 2nd in ChemistryLeadership: • Kurrajong House Captain • Cross Country Captain • PrefectAwards: • J.A. MacKinnon Award • T.B. Miller Leadership Award • Canberra Mathematics Association Medal • ADF Future Innovators Award Show less

  • Experience

    • Self-employed

      Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
      Private Tutor

      Tutor in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English Literature for Year 11 and 12 students across Canberra

    • Australian Maths Trust

      Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
      Olympiad Informatics Tutor

      I work for the Australian Informatics Olympiad Committee to train talented students to compete for Australia against the world in the International Olympiad in Informatics. I have created problems, presented lectures and run labs on dynamic programming, graph theory algorithms, advanced data structures, and numerical optimisation.

    • The Australian National University

      Jul 2023 - Nov 2023
      University Tutor

      I was a tutor for the third-year computer science course, Algorithms (COMP3600). I conducted in-person tutorials, created original assignment programming problems and marked students' assessment work.

    • Jane Street

      Dec 2023 - Feb 2024
      Software Engineer Intern

    • Jane Street

      Dec 2024 - Feb 2025
      Quantitative Trader Intern

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      World Finalist – 48th ICPC World Championship – International Collegiate Programming Contest ICPC Sep 2024 Our team from The Australian National University was awarded ‘Honors’ and ranked equal 51st in the 2024 ICPC World Finals held in Astana, Kazakhstan.
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      Australian Team – Orienteering World Cup - Jun 2024 I have represented Australia in rounds 1 and 2 of the 2024 World Cup and rounds 2 and 3 of the 2025 World Cup.
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      Winning Team in Australian Signals Directorate – Capture the Flag 2024 Australian Signals Directorate Jun 2024 My team 'Grounded Abstraction' placed 1st out of 171 teams (580 competitors) across Australia in the 2024 Capture the Flag competition by the Australian Signals Directorate. Problems involved cybersecurity, hacking, code-breaking, programming, machine learning, reverse engineering, linguistics, and logic puzzles.
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      2nd Place in South Pacific Regional Finals – International Collegiate Programming Contest South Pacific ICPC Oct 2023 ICPC is an annual multi-tiered competitive programming competition among the universities of the world. My team ACDQ (with Cormac Kikkert and Hadyn Tang) solved 10 out of 12 problems and placed 2nd in the South Pacific. From this, we qualified for the 2024 ICPC World Finals held in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿.
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      2nd Place in South Pacific Preliminary Contest – International Collegiate Programming Contest South Pacific ICPC Sep 2023 ICPC is an annual multi-tiered competitive programming competition among the universities of the world. My team ACDQ (with Cormac Kikkert and Hadyn Tang) solved 11 out of 12 problems and placed 2nd in the South Pacific. From this, we qualified for the regional finals held in Sydney.
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      Winning Team in Australian Signals Directorate – Capture the Flag 2023 Australian Signals Directorate Sep 2023 My team placed 1st out of 132 teams across Australia in the 2023 Capture the Flag competition by the Australian Signals Directorate. Problems involved cybersecurity, hacking, code-breaking, programming, machine learning, reverse engineering, linguistics, and logic puzzles.
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      Winning Team in Australian Signals Directorate – Capture the Flag 2022 Australian Signals Directorate Aug 2022 For the second year in a row, my team won the 2022 Capture the Flag competition by the Australian Signals Directorate COLAB. Problems involved cybersecurity, hacking, code-breaking, programming, linguistics, and logic puzzles.
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      Winning Team for Jane Street Asia-Pacific ETC – Final Hour Jane Street May 2022 The goal of Electronic Trading Challenge (ETC) is to write a program that will make money by trading securities on a simulated financial exchange.
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      Winning Team in Australian Signals Directorate – Capture the Flag 2021 Australian Signals Directorate Dec 2021 My team (Grounded Abstraction) won the 2021 Capture the Flag competition by the Australian Signals Directorate. Problems involved cybersecurity, hacking, code-breaking, programming, linguistics, and logic puzzles.
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      Excellence in Physics Award Australian Institute of Physics Dec 2020 Awarded for exceptional results in Physics in Years 11 and 12.
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      World Finalist – Desmos Global Art Contest Desmos May 2020 Desmos's first Global Math Art Contest in 2020 featured over 4,000 graphs from over 100 countries around the world. My airplane design was a finalist chosen by judges including Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown) and Eddie Woo.https://www.desmos.com/art-2020#17
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      2nd Place in World in the French-Australian Regional Informatics Olympiad Australian Maths Trust Mar 2020 The French-Australian Regional Informatics Olympiad is an annual competition between informatics students from France, Australia, New Zealand and Belgium. It forms a part of the selection process for the IOI team in these countries.Full results:https://aioc.github.io/results/fario/fario20.htmlProblems:https://aioc.github.io/results/assets/fario_statements/fario20-en.pdf
    • Awarded to Andrew Kerr
      Dean's Science Education Commendation ANU College of Science Received for semesters: • Semester 1, 2021 • Semester 2, 2021 • Semester 1, 2022 • Semester 2, 2022Received for outstanding results achieved in courses for the Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences.https://science.anu.edu.au/study/scholarships/deans-science-education-commendation-award