# Olympiad medalists at Cognition Part of Inside Cognition, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/olympiads 16 people who work or worked at Cognition have won medals at the IMO or IOI. 8 of them hold 19 IOI gold medals between them, and 2 hold 6 IMO golds. ## Medals by year - [Gennady Korotkevich](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/gennady-korotkevich), Software Engineer, joined Cognition 2024-12: IOI 2006 silver (Belarus), IOI 2007 gold (Belarus), IOI 2008 gold (Belarus), IOI 2009 gold (Belarus), IOI 2010 gold (Belarus), IOI 2011 gold (Belarus), IOI 2012 gold (Belarus). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/gennady-korotkevich-olp-ca9a0cbcaa71541c9702 - [Neal Wu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/neal-wu), former Member of Technical Staff, joined Cognition 2023-11: IOI 2008 gold (United States), IOI 2009 gold (United States), IOI 2010 gold (United States). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/neal-wu-olp-4ede43a2315a5fd59008 - [Zhan Xiong Chin](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/zhan-xiong-chin), Member of Technical Staff, joined Cognition 2023-08: IOI 2008 bronze (Singapore), IOI 2009 silver (Singapore), IOI 2010 silver (Singapore), IOI 2011 silver (Singapore). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/chin-zhan-xiong-olp-3c5c06f4686e57b1b125 - [Scott Wu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/scott-wu), Co-Founder and CEO, joined Cognition 2023-11: IOI 2012 gold (United States), IOI 2013 gold (United States), IOI 2014 gold (United States). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/scott-wu-olp-90519ae95dee545b8a6e - [Steven Hao](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/steven-hao), Co-Founder, joined Cognition 2023-11: IOI 2013 silver (United States), IOI 2014 gold (United States). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/steven-hao-olp-365211d427d45942a95f - [Kevin Sun](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/kevin-sun), Software Engineer: IMO 2013 bronze (Canada), IMO 2014 gold (Canada), IMO 2015 gold (Canada), IMO 2016 gold (Canada), IOI 2016 silver (Canada). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/kevin-sun-olp-e6bcc4ec8d6453c39a82 - [Andrew He](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/andrew-he), Human Software Engineer, joined Cognition 2023-11: IOI 2014 gold (United States), IOI 2015 gold (United States). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/andrew-he-olp-fe4c459d6e3650039eb1 - [Allen Liu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/allen-liu), Researcher, joined Cognition 2026-06: IMO 2014 gold (United States), IMO 2015 gold (United States), IMO 2016 gold (United States). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/allen-liu-olp-8d96c8e517a853fda402 - [Daniel Chiu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/daniel-chiu), Advisor, joined Cognition 2025-08: IOI 2015 gold (United States), IOI 2016 gold (United States). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/daniel-chiu-olp-e9b14640ec595401aeff - [Sampriti Panda](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/sampriti-panda), Researcher (research & infra): IOI 2016 bronze (India), IOI 2017 bronze (India). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/sampriti-panda-olp-909a4664ad395e04a3f1 - [Mark Jabbour](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/mark-jabbour), former ML research engineer, joined Cognition 2025-03: IMO 2016 bronze (Syria), IMO 2017 silver (Syria), IMO 2018 bronze (Syria). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/mark-jabbour-olp-a6bc9e21fd8c556a87de - [Adhyyan Sekhsaria](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/adhyyan-sekhsaria), Founding Engineer, joined Cognition 2023-11: IOI 2019 silver (India). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/adhyyan-sekhsaria-olp-270f58a7caea5888a64b - [Walden Yan](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/walden-yan), Co-Founder & CPO, joined Cognition 2023-11: IOI 2020 gold (United States). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/walden-yan-olp-4ba8fd82b68c5f8b813f - [Elliot En-Yi Liu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/elliot-liu), Human Engineer, joined Cognition 2025-06: IOI 2021 silver (Taiwan), IOI 2022 gold (Taiwan). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/elliot-en-yi-liu-olp-49ba78d909635f89b247 - [Chon Hou Ye](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/chon-hou-ye), former Engineer, joined Cognition 2025-06: IMO 2021 honourable mention (Macau), IMO 2022 bronze (Macau), IOI 2022 bronze (Macau), IMO 2023 silver (Macau), IOI 2023 bronze (Macau). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/chon-hou-ye-olp-ca5ba60d4c195c4eb2c6 - [Carlo Baronio](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/carlo-baronio), Research Lead, joined Cognition 2025-04: IMO 2023 bronze (Italy). Olympiad profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/olympiads/carlo-baronio-olp-4bd91ec0838758d08f2e Results: [1](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2012) [2](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2013) [3](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2014) [4](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2020) [5](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2015) [6](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2006) [7](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2007) [8](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2008) [9](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2009) [10](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2010) [11](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2011) [12](https://www.imo-official.org/results/individual/year/2013/) [13](https://www.imo-official.org/results/individual/year/2014/) [14](https://www.imo-official.org/results/individual/year/2015/) [15](https://www.imo-official.org/results/individual/year/2016/) [16](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2016) [17](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2019) [18](https://www.imo-official.org/results/individual/year/2023/) [19](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2021) [20](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2022) [21](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2017) [22](https://www.imo-official.org/results/individual/year/2017/) [23](https://www.imo-official.org/results/individual/year/2018/) [24](https://www.imo-official.org/results/individual/year/2021/) [25](https://www.imo-official.org/results/individual/year/2022/) [26](https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2023) ## National teams - United States, IOI 2013: [Scott Wu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/scott-wu), [Steven Hao](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/steven-hao) (2 of 4 members). Source: https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2013 - United States, IOI 2014: [Scott Wu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/scott-wu), [Steven Hao](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/steven-hao), [Andrew He](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/andrew-he) (3 of 4 members). Source: https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2014 - United States, IOI 2015: [Andrew He](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/andrew-he), [Daniel Chiu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/daniel-chiu) (2 of 4 members). Source: https://stats.ioinformatics.org/results/2015 ## ICPC and team contests - MIT ZERO, MIT 2016, 6th, ICPC World Finals: [Steven Hao](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/steven-hao), [Andrew He](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/andrew-he), Brian Chen. Source: https://cphof.org/profile/topcoder:aceofdiamonds - MIT TWO, MIT 2018, 11th, ICPC World Finals: [Allen Liu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/allen-liu), [Kevin Sun](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/kevin-sun), [Yang Liu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/yang-liu). Source: https://cphof.org/profile/topcoder:desert97 - MIT NULL, MIT 2019, 2nd, ICPC World Finals: [Andrew He](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/andrew-he), [Kevin Sun](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/kevin-sun), Yinzhan Xu. Source: https://cphof.org/profile/codeforces:ksun48 - USA1, Universal Cup 2025, 1st, 3rd Universal Cup Semifinals: [Gennady Korotkevich](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/gennady-korotkevich), [Kevin Sun](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/kevin-sun), [Andrew He](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/andrew-he). Source: https://ucup.ac/news/3rd-ucup-semifinals/