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AddisCoder is a free intensive 4-week summer program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
introducing high schoolers to programming and algorithms. The program ran
previously in 2011, 2016, 2018, and 2019, and was then paused due to the
pandemic. The next offering of AddisCoder will be July 17 to August 11, 2023.
When applications open again, prospective students and teaching assistants can
both apply here. For those interested in supporting us, click here. You may also
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ABOUT

AddisCoder students are current high schoolers who come from all across Ethiopia
for 4 weeks to take the course in Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa. In 2011
in the first edition of the course, students registered themselves for the
course via e-mail. Since 2016, the program has grown much larger into a
collaborative effort between AddisCoder Inc. and the Meles Zenawi Foundation,
attracting top students from all regions of Ethiopia with help from the Ministry
of Education.

The students taking the course are very strong performers in mathematics and
basic sciences, often ranking amongst the top handful of students in all of
Ethiopia on national exams (note: Ethiopia has a population of over 100
million!), though in the vast majority of cases have little to no experience
with programming.

AddisCoder exposes these bright students to the field of computer science by
teaching the basics of Python programming, as well as fundamental ideas in
algorithm design and analysis. AddisCoder covers advanced topics usually not
taught until at least the second year of university studies: order of growth,
recurrences, induction, memoization, greedy algorithms, graph algorithms,
sorting, and numerical algorithms. The course is very hands-on: class meets for
8-8.5 hours per day, including a lunch break in the middle, with only roughly
90-120 minutes devoted to lecture. The rest of a class day is devoted to
hands-on lab exercises in which students solve problems by writing code.

A number of students have gone on to be highly successful after completing the
AddisCoder program (see the alumni section below).


ALUMNI

Over 500 students have completed the AddisCoder program thus far. Below we
highlight just a small sample of them, sorted alphabetically by last name.

Year Student Hometown Info 2011
Shalom A. Abate
Addis Ababa MIT, M.Eng. Computer Science (‘17), S.B. Computer Science (‘16).
Shalom five times served as a teaching assistant for 6.046, MIT’s main
introductory course in the theory of algorithm design, once winning the MIT EECS
Harold L. Hazen Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching (pictured at left with
MIT School of Engineering Dean Anantha Chandrakasan). Also, as an undergraduate,
he interned twice at Facebook and once at Autodesk. After finishing his M.Eng.
thesis in quantum communication under Prof. Peter Shor, Shalom now works as a
software engineer at Google’s Cambridge, MA office and served as a 2019
AddisCoder teaching assistant. 2011
Yilkal D. Abe
Addis Ababa NYU Abu Dhabi, B.S. Electrical Engineering (‘16). Immediately after
finishing his undergraduate degree, Yilkal volunteered as a 2016 AddisCoder
teaching assistant, having completed the program himself in 2011. He then worked
for a year in Cambridge, United Kingdom at ARM as a Software and Modeling
Engineer before beginning his Ph.D. studies in computer science at Columbia
University in 2017, with research focuses in computer architecture and security.
He has since left the Ph.D. program for industry and now works at Google. 2018
Hailemichael S. Alemneh
Bahir Dar Stanford University, B.S. Computer Science (ongoing). Immediately
after finishing AddisCoder 2018, Hailemichael along with other AddisCoder alumni
Henok Ademtew and Nigusu Yenework ran a mini-version of AddisCoder ("AddisCoder
Beta") in their hometown of Bahir Dar, at the local STEM center. 2016
Dawit F. Amanu
Harar Seoul National University, B.S. Computer Science and Engineering
(ongoing). After achieving the second highest score in his state on the
Ethiopian University Entrance Exam, Dawit went on to be accepted by the European
Summer Program on Rationality at King’s College London in 2017 with full
financial support, though unfortunately could not attend due to being repeatedly
denied a visa to enter the United Kingdom. Later in 2017, due to his strong
national examination performance, the Ethiopian government selected him to apply
for a competitive undergraduate scholarship program to study in South Korea. He
was accepted with full scholarship to attend Seoul National University, the top
university in South Korea. Before he began his studies there, his scholarship
sponsored him to take Korean language courses at Silla University in Busan. 2019
Lwam Z. Araya
Shire KAIST, B.S.E. Computer Science (ongoing). Lwam recently graduated from
Kallamino Special High School, a magnet school in Mek'ele that attracts top high
school students from all over the Tigray region. Growing up, Lwam always wanted
to be a medical doctor. Though later in high school, she realized her passion
for math and physics and managed to place as a finalist in Ethiopia's first
nationwide "Mind Plus Math" competition. Lwam has been an undergraduate at KAIST
since Fall 2020, studying computer science. In the future, Lwam wants to create
software that aides the medical field. 2011
Yonatan L. Ashenafi
Addis Ababa RPI, Ph.D. Mathematics (‘21), M.S. Applied Mathematics (‘18). Dordt
College, B.A. Mathematics (‘16). After completing his doctoral dissertation on
the stochastic hydrodynamics of colonial microswimmers (e.g. modeling the
movement of protozoa using tools from statistical mechanics), Yonatan is now
completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alberta on a similar
topic. 2019
Tsigemariam Y. Assegid
Addis Ababa Columbia University, B.S. Computer Science (ongoing). Tsigemariam
joined Columbia as an undergraduate in Fall 2021, majoring in computer science
with a minor in either applied math or education. She's most excited about the
potential impact of technology on education. After college, she wants to work in
the EdTech industry and advocate for the inclusion of Ethiopian children. Prior
to participating in AddisCoder, she had her heart set on studying medicine and
had never considered computer science as a potential career path. 2011
Hilawi W. Belachew
Addis Ababa Harvard University, A.B. Computer Science (‘17). While an
undergraduate at Harvard, Hilawi started his own introduction to computer
science course in Addis Ababa, teaching both software and web development to
high schoolers. He also worked as a developer and online design director for The
Harvard Crimson, the campus newspaper. Hilawi worked for several years as a
software engineer focused on on data and analytics for Windows at Microsoft in
Redmond, WA, and he has recently moved to Google. 2011
Mahlet A. Birhanu
Addis Ababa University of Girona, Master's in Medical Imaging and Applications
(‘19). Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, B.Sc. Electrical and Computer
Engineering (‘17). Mahlet completed an Erasmus Mundus joint degree program
coordinated by the University of Girona (Spain), with University of Burgundy
(France) and University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy) as partners. As a
student in this program, Mahlet spent time in all three countries. She now works
as a research software engineer in Rotterdam. 2019
Halleluyah W. Brhanemesqel
Addis Ababa KAIST, B.S.E. Computer Science (ongoing). Halleluyah enrolled as a
Freshman at KAIST in Fall 2020 after having graduated from Lebawi Academy in
Addis Ababa. He plans to be a researcher in AI/Machine Learning in the future.
2016
Gatluak Chol
Akobo St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, M.D. (ongoing). Gatluak
was born in Akobo, a rural woreda that contains the westernmost point in
Ethiopia, on the border with South Sudan. His parents were pastoralists who
raised sheep, cattle, and goats. Though they never attended primary school and
could not read and write, Gatluak decided to move to the capital city of his
state, Gambela, and live with elder siblings to enroll in 1st grade when he was
13 years old. He first touched a computer in 10th grade at the age of 21, then
participated in AddisCoder a year later. After being accepted in 2017 to the
competitive St. Paul’s Medical School in Addis Ababa, he decided to enroll there
and is now pursuing his M.D. 2016
Yonatan W. Delelegn
Dessie MIT, M.Eng. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (ongoing), S.B.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (‘23), S.B. Aerospace Engineering
(‘23). Yonatan has long been interested in physics, though he participated in
AddisCoder after his junior year of high school out of curiosity to learn more
about another technical field. Also in his junior year, he won first place in a
statewide physics competition across Amhara Regional State, a state of
population over 17 million. This feat earned him a free trip to South Africa to
visit the South African National Space Agency. After his senior year, he then
went on to earn the third highest score in the country on the 2017 Ethiopian
University Entrance Exam. This led him to be featured in a 30-minute interview
on Amhara TV, and he was later again interviewed by the Ethiopian Broadcasting
Corporation. He spent a year as a medical student at Addis Ababa University
before earning a full scholarship to study at KAIST. After a year at KAIST, he
transferred to MIT. Yonatan served as a 2019 AddisCoder teaching assistant. 2018
Dagim K. Gebrie
Eteya Harvard University (ongoing). Dagim is interested in UAVs, airplanes, and
other flying machines. His dream is to eventually start his own aviation
company. Dagim started as an undergraduate at Harvard in Fall 2021, and is
pursuing a joint concentration in physics and computer science. 2019
Keto E. Gemechu
Gambela Pomona College (ongoing). For most of his time at the main public high
school in Gambela, Keto thought he would pursue a medical degree after
graduation. After participating in AddisCoder though, his interests shifted and
now he is majoring in computer science as an undergraduate at Pomona College.
Keto aspires to eventually become an entrepreneur and start a successful tech
company in Ethiopia. 2011
Derara H. Hailegeorgis
Addis Ababa Stony Brook University, Ph.D. Applied Mathematics (ongoing). NYU Abu
Dhabi, B.A. Mathematics (‘16). Immediately after finishing his undergraduate
degree, Derara worked on environmental fluid dynamics research at NYU for six
months, then climate research at the Center for Prototype Climate Modeling for
three years in Abu Dhabi. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. studies in applied
mathematics at Stony Brook. 2011
Barok Y. Imana
Addis Ababa University of Maryland, College Park, Master's in Telecommunications
Engineering (‘19). Trinity College, B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (‘17), Physics
(‘17). After earning the third highest score in the country on the 2011
Ethiopian University Entrance Exam, Barok studied at Addis Ababa Institute of
Technology for a year before earning a full scholarship to attend Trinity
College in Hartford, CT. There he participated in undergraduate research in
computer science, and also was Chief Engineer in the university Robot Study Team
and a volunteer robotics teacher to middle schoolers in Summer 2015 in Hartford.
After completing his Master's degree, he now works as an application developer
for the Maryland State Highway Administration. Barok is another AddisCoder
alumnus who volunteered as a teaching assistant in the 2016 edition of the
course. 2011
Basileal Y. Imana
Addis Ababa University of Southern California, Ph.D. Computer Science (ongoing).
Trinity College, B.Sc. Computer Science (‘17). Basileal, the brother of Barok
(see above), also attended Trinity College on a full scholarship. Having
participated in undergraduate research in both high performance computing and
robotics, Basileal is now pursuing his doctoral studies with a research focus in
DNS privacy. He served as an AddisCoder teaching assistant in 2018. 2011
Natan F. Kibret
Addis Ababa Columbia University, B.S. Computer Science (‘17). As an
undergraduate at Columbia, Natan founded Counseling and Test Preparation, Inc.,
an organization commited to training and mentoring Ethiopian high school
students regarding the U.S. college admissions process. He is simultaneously
Program Lead at Enza Academy, a program devoted to providing technology training
to students of color. For his day job, Natan is currently a Technical Analyst,
writing software at Computer Trust Corporation in Boston. 2019
Nebus A. Kitessa
Bishoftu MIT, S.B. Architecture (ongoing). Having graduated as valedictorian of
her high school and scoring one of the highest results in Oromia on the
Ethiopian University Entrance Exam, Nebus began her ungraduate studies at MIT in
Fall 2021, where she is majoring in architecture. In the future she wants to
give back to her country by creating educational programs in Ethiopia that teach
critical thinking and problem-solving skills to youth. 2019
Firaol G. Lemu
Addis Ababa MIT, S.B. (ongoing). Firaol is a graduate of Lideta Catholic
Cathedral School in Addis Ababa. During his time as a high school student, he
participated in several programs such as the Yale Young Global Scholars Program,
and an International Astronomy and Astrophysics competition. He began his
undergraduate studies at MIT in Fall 2022. 2011
Michael M. Melesse
Addis Ababa Princeton University, B.S. Computer Science (‘18). Michael completed
a senior thesis in computer science under Prof. Szymon Rusinkiewicz in the
Princeton Graphics Group on 3D reconstruction using neural networks. He has also
been a volunteer for CONTACT Princeton, a crisis and suicide prevention hotline.
After graduation, Michael joined AMD as a software engineer. 2016
Yosef E. Mihretie
Debre Markos MIT, M.Eng. Engineering Engineering and Computer Science (‘22),
S.B. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (‘21). Yosef achieved the
second highest score in the country on the 2017 Ethiopian University Entrance
Exam. For this feat, like Yonatan he was also featured in a 40-minute interview
on Amhara TV, and was later again interviewed by the Ethiopian Broadcasting
Corporation. He served as an AddisCoder teaching assistant in 2018. 2019
Ykealo G. Misghina
Mek'ele Harvard University, A.B. (ongoing). Ykealo is Ethiopian, though was born
in Serejeka, Eritrea and only moved back to Ethiopia with his mother and
siblings, to the Tigray region of the country, when he was 13. The move
presented several challenges — having to learn the Amharic language from zero,
and taking part-time woodworking and construction jobs to help support his
family while in middle and high school — but Ykealo managed to get into the
elite Kallamino Special High School in Mek'ele, which admits top students from
across the entire Tigray region. While there, he ranked 1st in his section every
quarter of high school, and also participated in his school's robotics and
soccer clubs. He and his family relocated to Addis Ababa during the Tigray War,
after he had graduated from high school, and he began his undergraduate studies
at Harvard in Fall 2022. 2019
Bereket A. Molla
Bahir Dar Columbia University, B.S. Computer Science (ongoing). After enrolling
in "AddisCoder Beta" in Bahir Dar in 2018, taught by AddisCoder'18 alumni,
Bereket was accepted to and enrolled in AddisCoder 2019. Having graduated from
the Bahir Dar University STEM center, he will enroll at Columbia University as a
Freshman in Fall 2021. He intends to major in computer science, and possibly
also mathematics. After graduation, he is thinking to start an AI-focused
company in Ethiopia. 2011
Abraham K. Negash
Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, B.Sc. Mechanical engineering
(‘17). A maker and tinkerer, Abraham for his bachelor's thesis developed a
planar CNC machine for cutting leather. He's since joined a small software
startup in Addis Ababa working on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), i.e. drones.
He's also independently prototyped a sanitary pad dispensing machine to be used
at schools. In the future, Abraham is interested in pursuing a PhD in aerospace
or computational engineering. He served as an AddisCoder teaching assistant in
2019. 2011
Fitsum E. Petros
Addis Ababa Columbia University, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (ongoing).
Princeton University, B.S.E. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (‘18). Fitsum
participated in a number of research opportunities during her undergraduate
studies at Princeton, including electrochemical engineering research on
batteries, fluid mechanics research related to blood hemolysis, and the
development of biomedical devices to be used in treating cancer patients. After
gaining work experience and pursuing further graduate study, Fitsum is
interested in starting a biotechnology company back in Ethiopia. 2019
Mahderekal G. Regassa
Addis Ababa Wellesley College, B.S. Astrophysics (ongoing). After a gap year
post high school, Mahderekal began her Freshman year at Wellesley College in
Fall 2020 and is majoring in Astrophysics with a Computer Science minor. She
aspires to pursue a graduate degree then become an astronaut in the future, then
to eventually open a space program in Ethiopia. 2018
Natnael M. Teshome
Adama Harvard University, A.B. Computer Science (ongoing). Natnael grew up in a
small town called Huruta, in the Arsi zone of the Oromia region, then moved to
Adama in Grade 10. Though he never thought to study computer science before
joining AddisCoder, he is now a computer science concentrator at Harvard. After
graduating from St. Joseph Catholic High Schoool in Adama, Natnael deferred his
Freshman year at Harvard by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and began his
undergraduate studies in Fall 2021. 2011
Lidiya M. Tilahun
Addis Ababa Jacobs University Bremen, B.S. Computer Science (‘15). After
graduating from high school, Lidiya moved to Germany for college, where she
completed her undergraduate degree in computer science at Jacobs University
Bremen. She then worked as a software engineer for IBM for six years before
joining Amazon Web Services as a software development engineer in May 2021. 2019
Yonathan A. Wagaye
Addis Ababa NYU Abu Dhabi, B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(ongoing). Having graduated from the Cruise School, Yonathan began at NYU Abu
Dhabi in Fall 2021. As a younger kid Yonathan was curious about how his toys,
televisions, radios, and other electronics worked. He was also highly influenced
by science fiction movies. Because of those movies, he was initially attracted
to space exploration. He then later discovered his interest in technology
broadly in his sophomore of high school. In the future, he would like to create
a startup that focuses on the usage of data to solve problems at scale. 2016
Bethelhem D. Wonbearga
Hawassa Hawassa University, M.D. (ongoing). Beti had no prior experience with
computer science but fell in love with the subject after participating in
AddisCoder 2016. After graduating as valedictorian of her class of over 1000
students at Tabor Secondary and Preparatory School in 2017, Beti participated in
a summer program at Harvard on innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology
before returning to Ethiopia to begin her studies toward a medical degree. 2019
Lisa H. Wondimu
Addis Ababa Mount Holyoke College (ongoing). Lisa recently graduated from the
School of Redemption and began at Mount Holyoke College in Fall 2020. She has
been interested in computer science ever since she started taking basic courses
in her elementary school, but she didn’t see a future in it until attending
AddisCoder. In college she plans to double major in computer science and
economics and currently plans to pursue a future career as a software architect.
2018
Nigusu S. Yenework
Bahir Dar Cornell University, B.S. Computer Science (ongoing). As mentioned
above, immediately after finishing AddisCoder 2018, Nigusu along with other
AddisCoder alumni Henok Ademtew and Hailemichael Alemneh ran a mini-version of
AddisCoder ("AddisCoder Beta") in their hometown of Bahir Dar, at the local STEM
center. 2019
Hileamlak M. Yitayew
Bahir Dar Harvard University, A.B. Computer Science (ongoing). Hileamlak
graduated from both Tana Haik high school and the Bahir Dar University STEM
Center. It had always been Hileamlak's childhood dream to be a physicist, though
after AddisCoder he decided to concentrate in computer science. He began at
Harvard in Fall 2021, having deferred his start by a year due to the COVID-19
pandemic. While there, he has been pursuing entrepeneurship, working on creating
a new startup. 2011
Michael A. Yitayew
Addis Ababa Princeton University, B.S.E. Computer Science (‘16). Being
interested in theoretical computer science, Michael pursued research in
complexity theory with Prof. Mark Braverman before graduating in 2016. This
project led to a 2019 publication in the annual Computational Complexity
Conference, the main international conference focused on computational
complexity theory. Like Yilkal and Barok above, Michael then volunteered as a
2016 AddisCoder teaching assistant. After graduation he worked as a software
engineer at Oracle NetSuite for a couple years before joining Google to work on
YouTube. 2011
Lydia A. Zeleke
Addis Ababa North Carolina A&T State University, Ph.D. Computer Engineering
(ongoing). Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, B.Sc. Electrical and Computer
Engineering (‘16). Lydia began her undergraduate studies after graduating as
valedictorian of her high school. After graduating, her work with a team of
other recent graduates was featured on CGTN Africa for a project that could
potentially impact how waste management is handled in Ethiopia. In Fall 2019,
she began her Ph.D. studies in computer engineering.


APPLY

AddisCoder 2023 will run July 17 to August 11, 2023 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for
four weeks, with activities for teaching assistants starting a week earlier.
Student applications are now closed, and applications are being reviewed.
Teaching assistant applications are also now closed as well, and we have
finalized the list of TAs for this summer.


DONATE

AddisCoder Inc. is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization
(Federal EIN: 83-2581871) and welcomes donations from individuals via the button
above. Please also join our mailing list for future announcements or follow us
on social media. If you are a company that would like to support AddisCoder,
please contact us (admin@addiscoder.com). We are looking for representatives
from IT-related companies to speak to our students during our program’s Career
Day (in Addis Ababa) in Summer 2021, as well as for corporate sponsors.

AddisCoder is a collaborative effort between AddisCoder Inc. and the Meles
Zenawi Foundation, the latter of which provides a generous amount of financial
support as well. In addition, we currently also acknowledge support from the
following:

 * Abel Getachew
 * Dawat e Islami, on behalf of an anonymous donor
 * Ethiopian Airlines
 * Harvard Office of Career Services
 * Many donors via a gofundme campaign
 * MIT MISTI-Africa
 * Several anonymous Google employees, with matching donations from Google
 * The D. E. Shaw Group
 * UC Berkeley College of Engineering


STAFF

Staff for the various iterations of AddisCoder are listed below.


2023 STAFF

Lecturers

Heather Huynh
Meta

Prof. Daniel Kang
UIUC

Alex Krentsel
UC Berkeley/Google

Prof. Jelani Nelson
UC Berkeley/Google
Teaching Assistants

Mukerem Ali
Turing

Akayou Adane
Turing

Bontu Fufa Balcha
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

Yeabsira Driba
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

Menbere Hailu
Wachemo University

Abraham Kassahun
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

Song Li
UC Berkeley

Ken Liu
Carnegie Mellon

Alex Loh

Biniyam Lombe
University of Bristol

Noam Mazor
Tel Aviv University

Liya Mulugeta
UC Berkeley

Natnael Mulugeta
Google

Hellina Hailu Nigatu
UC Berkeley

Georg Osang
IDEMS International

Isaac Sahle
Google

Estifanos Sisay
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

Henok Tadesse
Bahir Dar University

Yared Tsegaye
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

Hana Workneh
AASTU





2020 STAFF

(unfortunately our 2020 program was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

Lecturers

Prof. Boaz Barak
Harvard University

Dr. Timnit Gebru
Google Brain

Daniel Kang
Stanford University

Prof. Jelani Nelson
UC Berkeley
Teaching Assistants

Akayou Adane
AAiT

Kidist Amde
AIMS-AMMI

Joy Bestourous
Brown

Lensa Billion
AAiT

Rowan Cheung
MIT

Nebiyou Daniel
Addis Ababa University

Bilal Daqqah
MIT

Mahlet Dereje
AAiT

Yeabsira Driba
AAiT

Daniel Fan
UC Berkeley

Mamo Fideno
Jimma University

Owen Gong
UC Berkeley

Maximillian Guo
Harvard

Menbere Hailu
University of Gondar

James Hulett
UC Berkeley

Workneh Fola
Harvard

Jiin Jeong
Hamilton College

Naomi Jung
UC Berkeley

Ruth Kehali
Debre Birhan University

Kavya Kesavan
University of Chicago

Shilpa Kesavan
Proof School

Bartosz Kostka
University of Wrocław

Neha Kunjal
UC Berkeley

Chester Leung
UC Berkeley

Belayneh Mathewos
Dilla University

Bisirat Mathewos
Addis Ababa University

Noam Mazor
Tel Aviv University

Natnael Mekuria
Harvard

Natnael Mulugeta
AAiT

Claire Murphy
Santa Clara University

Max Ovsiankin
UC Berkeley

Kyle Rentschler
UC Berkeley

Maedin Seid
AAiT

Amir Shahatit
UC Berkeley

Estifanos Sisay
AAiT

Welay Teka
Mek'ele Institute of Technology

Abel Tesfaye
Addis Ababa University

Francisco Thiesen
PUC-Rio

Berhane Weldegebriel
KAIST

Alexander Wendland
Harvard



2019 STAFF

Lecturers

Prof. Boaz Barak
Harvard University

Dr. Timnit Gebru
Google Brain

Hailey James-Sorenson
Harvard University

Prof. Jelani Nelson
UC Berkeley
Teaching Assistants

Shalom Abate
Google

Fetulhak Abdurahman
Jimma University

Akayou Adane
AAiT

Abebe Amare
Duke

Kidist Amde
University of Gondar

Henok Biadglign
Blessed G/Michael Catholic School

Theodoros Constantinides
University of Bristol

Nebiyou Daniel
Addis Ababa University

Yonatan Delelegn
MIT

Wenhao Du
Vanderbilt

Nebiyu Elias
Debre Birhan University

Darartu Gamada
Harvard

Nikhil Garg
Stanford

Theresa Gebert
Carnegie Mellon

Chala Getu
AAiT

Natnael Habtamu
AAiT

Luel Hagos
Mek'ele Institute of Technology

Taylor James-Sorenson
MIT

Abraham Kassahun
Aionlab

Eyosias Kassahun
Cyber Army Development Institute

Joon Young Kim
Harvard

Stephen Koo
Google

Ouassim Marrakchi
Harvard

Belayneh Mathewos
AAiT

Goitom Mekonen
Adigrat University

Natnael Mulugeta
AAiT

Charilaos Pipis
NTU Athens

Artem Ryabov
Higher School of Economics

Mohammed Seid
ASTU

Gargi Sharma


Monica Song
Harvard

Berhane Weldegebriel
KAIST

Senay Wondimteka
Wolkite University

Yosef Worku
AAiT

Carrie Wu
Stanford

Bruk Zewdie
Columbia

Andrew Zuckerman
Harvard








2018 STAFF

Lecturers

Dr. Timnit Gebru
Microsoft Research

Daniel Kang
Stanford University

Prof. Jelani Nelson
Harvard University
Teaching Assistants

Isabelle Bouchard
Element AI

Myra Cheng
Caltech

Michael Cubeddu
Harvard

Leello Dadi
Télécom ParisTech

Rajiv Eranki


Will Finigan
Harvard

Corina Gurau
Oxford

Heather Huynh
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Basileal Imana
USC

Dimitar Karev
Harvard

Mateos Kassa
IFP Energies nouvelles

Jessica Lee
Carnegie Mellon

Arash Mahmoudian
University of Waterloo

Michael Mekonnen
Google

Yosef Mihretie
MIT

Nathnael Minyelshowa
Addis Ababa University

Rupal Nahar
Carnegie Mellon

Sahaana Suri
Stanford

Pratiksha Thaker
Stanford

Dan Wheeler
The Last Mile





2016 STAFF

Lecturers

Prof. Boaz Barak
Harvard University

Dr. Timnit Gebru
Microsoft Research

Prof. Jelani Nelson
Harvard University
Teaching Assistants

Yilkal Abe
Columbia

Kidus Asfaw
U. Mich Ann Arbor

Brian Gu
MIT

Daniel Kang
Stanford

Joanne Lee
MIT

Mikael Mengistu
Microsoft

Emily Mu
MIT

Aaron Shim
Microsoft

Ashwath Thirumalai
MIT

Michael Yitayew
Oracle NetSuite

Barok Imana
UMD College Park





2011 STAFF




Naol Duga
Cryptocurrency Researcher
Co-organizer

Prof. Jelani Nelson
Harvard University
Lecturer/Co-organizer

Imnet Worku
Artisan Technologies PLC
Teaching Assistant




HISTORY

Planning for the first edition of AddisCoder began in Spring 2011, when Prof.
Jelani Nelson founded the program while finishing his Ph.D. in computer science
at MIT. The course then ran from July 4th to July 29th later that year, being
co-organized with Naol Duga and held at the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology
campus of Addis Ababa University. The facilities were provided by the Electrical
Engineering department, under the then deanship of Dr.-Ing. Getahun Mekuria (now
Ethiopia’s Minister of Science and Technology)…

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