Younguk Jo

# Education<br><br>- Seoul National University (2023 - Current)<br>- Daegu Science High School (2020 - 2022)<br><br># Awards and Honors<br><br>- ICPC Seoul Regional Contest - Bronze Prize (2023)<br>- IOI(International Olympiad in Informatics) - Gold Medalist(2022)<br>- Samsung Collegiate Programming Cup - 3rd(2023)<br>- APIO(Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad) - Silver Medalist(2022)<br>- KOI(Korea Olympiad in Informatics) - Gold Prize(2022)<br>- Presidential Science Scholarship - 8-semester scholarship for undergraduate studies<br><br># Work Experience<br><br>- [Samsung Electronics](https://www.samsung.com/sec/) : July 2023 - Aug 2023<br> - Software Development Intern in DS Part<br> - Optimization on Multi-Thread Programming

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Identity is supported by three independent public sources: IOI statistics (stats.ioinformatics.org/people/7864, South Korea, IOI 2022 gold, rank 26), his own biography page (platter.tistory.com/5: name 조영욱, Daegu Science High School class 33, Seoul National University Computer Science, entry 2023), and Codeforces/CPHOF (handle 'platter', country South Korea). Employer classification: Presto (prestolabs.io) is a genuine algorithmic/quantitative trading firm - its homepage states 'building the future of algorithmic trading' and the company index lists it under Capital Markets. Role: his LinkedIn profile lists 퀀트 개발자 (Quant Developer) at Presto starting March 2026. This role evidence is index/LinkedIn-derived only; no Presto team page or independent news source names him (prestolabs.io/about and /team return HTTP 404), so the employment rests on his self-reported profile rather than an independent primary source. The only job corroborated by a primary source is the Samsung Electronics software-development internship (Jul-Aug 2023, DS division, multi-thread optimization), which is NOT quantitative finance. No past quant internships were found. Verdict: CONFIRMED on the basis of a real quant-development role at a verified algorithmic trading firm plus a supported identity, with the caveat that the Presto role itself is index/LinkedIn-derived and not independently primary-source confirmed.Sep 17, 2026
• Presto (prestolabs.io) self-describes as 'building the future of algorithmic trading' with 'Data. Research. Engineering.'; the company index classifies it under Capital Markets as an algorithmic trading firm executing 100M+ trades daily with digital-asset liquidity provision and OTC execution - confirming it is genuinely a quant/algorithmic trading employer, not merely a company named 'quant'.Sep 17, 2026
• IOI 2022 gold medalist representing South Korea (rank 26, score 431.28/600); also APIO 2022 silver (33rd), KOI 2022 gold.Aug 15, 2022
• No Presto team/about page names him (prestolabs.io/about and /team return HTTP 404), so the Presto employment is not independently confirmed beyond his LinkedIn profile.Sep 17, 2026
• Samsung Electronics software development intern, DS division (Jul-Aug 2023), working on multi-thread programming optimization.Aug 1, 2023
• Own bio page lists the full competition timeline: KOI gold 2020/2021, IOI 2022 gold, NYPC 2020 bronze, 2022 Republic of Korea Talent Award, Presidential Science Scholarship 2023.Dec 9, 2025
• Competitive programming record: Codeforces handle 'platter' (International Grandmaster, peak ~2900), Baekjoon handle 'urd05'; 2025 ICPC Seoul Regional champion (1st, grand prize) and ICPC Bangkok Regional 1st.Nov 1, 2025
• 2025 competitive-programming peak: ICPC Seoul Regional grand prize (1st place), ICPC Bangkok Regional 1st, SCPC 2025 2nd, NYPC CodeBattle winner - elite algorithmic record overlapping his SNU studies.Nov 1, 2025
• Samsung Electronics internship (Jul-Aug 2023) was in the DS (semiconductor) division doing multi-thread optimization - a software engineering role, not quantitative finance.Aug 1, 2023
• Served as coach for the South Korean IOI national team mentoring program in 2023, 2024 and 2025.Jan 1, 2025
• Undergraduate at Seoul National University, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering (entered 2023, expected 2028); graduated Daegu Science High School (33rd class).Mar 1, 2023