Taekyu Kang

South Korean competitive programmer who won a gold medal (rank 17) for the Republic of Korea at IOI 2018. LinkedIn lists Seoul National University as his education and Hyperithm as his company.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. LinkedIn lists Taekyu Kang's company as Hyperithm (검증: his profile snippet pairs the name with Hyperithm and Seoul National University, matching the IOI 2018 identity), and Hyperithm (hyperithm.com) is a Tokyo/Seoul market-neutral digital-asset asset manager that, per its own site, 'deliver[s] market-neutral returns through systematic arbitrage' using 'algorithmic trading' and whose team includes Quantitative Developer/Quantitative Researcher roles. The lead index lists the role as Software Engineer (2021-12 to 2024-01); the title and dates are index-only and not independently confirmed, but employment at this systematic/algorithmic-trading firm is supported. Identity is supported (IOI 2018 gold + SNU + Hyperithm all align on one LinkedIn profile).Sep 17, 2026
• The specific role 'Software Engineer at Hyperithm, 2021-12 to 2024-01' is an index-only lead (ClickHouse/aggregator) and is NOT independently confirmed; LinkedIn's public listing shows the company Hyperithm but not the title or dates. Treat dates as unverified.Sep 17, 2026
• Won a gold medal (rank 17, score 362, 100/100 tasks) representing the Republic of Korea at the 2018 International Olympiad in Informatics.Sep 2018
• Hyperithm (hyperithm.com) is a market-neutral digital-asset manager founded January 2018 in Tokyo/Seoul; classified as a systematic/algorithmic trading and quant asset-management employer, not merely a name containing 'quant'.Sep 17, 2026
• LinkedIn lists Seoul National University (SNU) as his education and Gyeonggi, South Korea as his region; the profile is the SNU/IOI/Hyperithm one, distinct from same-name people (a Quest Diagnostics bioinformatician, a Kim & Chang attorney, an Air Liquide GM).Sep 17, 2026
• Competitive-programming handles: 'imeimi' on Codeforces (rating 2716, international grandmaster) and Topcoder, and 'imeimi2000' on AtCoder (4 Dan, rating ~2680).Sep 17, 2026
• Competes in collegiate programming under team 'floor_sum' (with Sanghoon Park, Jihoo Lee) at Seoul National University, appearing in 2023 ICPC Asia EC-Final and 3rd Universal Cup standings.Sep 17, 2026
• AtCoder profile lists birth year 2000, consistent with a high-school contestant at IOI 2018 and an SNU undergraduate soon after.Sep 17, 2026