Jelani Nelson is Associate Professor of Computer Science John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. We talk about algorithms, programming contests, and Ethiopia.

For more information:

• Jelani Nelson on Quora

• Jelani Nelson's MIT classes

• Jelani Nelson's TEDxAddis talk on streaming algorithms

• Jelani Nelson on EBS TechTalk with Solomon (Part 1 and Part 2)

• AddisCoder