AddisCoder 2018 alum from Bahir Dar (Henok Biadglign Ademtew) just sent me this image: presenting his first research paper at an ACL workshop. Find the paper here: aclanthology.org/2024.loresmt-1… @timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) Daniel Kang Boaz Barak ACL 2025

9th to 11th graders, apply to the (free!) AddisCoder 2025 4-week summer camp by the December 31st deadline to learn algorithms and programming. Teaching assistant volunteers can also apply. Camp dates: to be determined, 4 weeks in summer 2025. Link: addiscoder.com/#apply

Congrats to Ephrem, Yonas, Nafira, Ebise, Eyuel, Fenan, Hundaol, Suud, and Dagmawi for completing another year of AddisCoder Spark at the Oromia Development Association Special Boarding School! Spark was founded at ODA by some of our alumni, using our free, open syllabus.

Congratulations to Abraham Kassahun Negash, AddisCoder'11 alum and 2x teaching assistant (once head TA) for starting his Mechanical Engineering PhD at Oregon State University!

The AddisCoder 2025 dates have been set: July 28 to August 22 (with teaching assistants showing up a week early). Come learn algorithms! Prospective TAs and students, apply by the December 31st deadline: addiscoder.com/#apply The program is 100% free, including lodging+meals.

Congrats Hale (AddisCoder'19) on finishing your bachelor's degree at KAIST and now starting a Computer Science Ph.D. with the Computer Vision Group at UC Santa Cruz!

Congratulations Kebede (AddisCoder’23), alumnus of Kallamino Special High School in Mekelle, for your early decision acceptance to Colgate with a full ride!

Congratulations Wakbeka (AddisCoder'23, currently a senior at St. Joseph School in Addis Ababa) on your admission to Columbia University with a full scholarship!

Congratulations Abenezer (AddisCoder'24, currently a senior at Lideta Catholic Cathedral School in Addis Ababa) on your admission to UPenn with a full scholarship!

Congratulations Amanuel (AddisCoder'23, alumnus of Haddis Alemayehu Special Boarding School in Debra Markos) on your admission to Williams College with a full scholarship!

አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ እና አዲስኮደር ከ14 ዓመት በፊት የተጀመረውን ከመላው ኢትዮጲያ የከፍተኛ ውጤት በማግኘት ለተመረጡ የ2ኛ ደረጃ ተማሪዎች የሚሰጠውን የኮምፕዩተር መሠረተ ስልጠና ትብብራችንን አጠናክረን ለመቀጠል ስምምነት ላይ ደርሰናል ።

Another alum starts his PhD this month, with a focus on machine learning — congratulations! Winner Abula joining Khalifa University (AddisCoder’18, from Durame)

New mailing list to sign up for AddisCoder updates: tinyurl.com/addiscmail

The AddisCoder 2025 teaching assistant team has been assembled!

Thank you Daniel Zhu, a 10th grader from The Harker School and from X-CampAcademy, for running free weekly virtual algorithms training using Codeforces for many of our recent AddisCoder alums who want to take their learning further.

Four years later — time flies!

And just like that, four years. Dagim —> A.B. Computer Science + Physics, S.M. Computer Science Natnael —> A.B. Computer Science w/ secondary in Economics, S.M. Computer Science Hileamlak —> A.B. Computer Science + Electrical Engineering, S.M. Computer Science

From AddisCoder (class of 2023) to the Y Combinator AI Startup School this week in SF — I love watching these kids doing big things!

Congratulations to Melaku (AddisCoder'24) from Fiche on his acceptance into a software engineering internship at Ethiopian Airlines !