Aug 2026
Publication
Recursive Synthesis for Long-Horizon Terminal Tasks ↗
Our new work on long-horizon agent workflows is now available on arXiv.
AI AGENTS · LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS
Hi, I’m Anhao Li.
I am a Computer Science undergraduate at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. My work centers on AI agents and large language models, with a particular focus on long-horizon terminal tasks.
I build practical agent systems and evaluation tools. Outside research and engineering, I compete in ICPC and coach competitive programming.
News
Recent updates
Jul 2026
Publication
Long-Horizon-Terminal-Bench ↗
We released a benchmark for evaluating agents on extended terminal tasks.
Jul 2026
Internship
LLM Agent Infrastructure at VecML →
Completed my second software engineering internship at VecML in Bellevue, WA.
Mar 2026
ICPC
Qualified for the ICPC World Finals →
Ranked 9th in North America at ICPC NAC, becoming the first UMN team to qualify in 10 years.
Nov 2025
ICPC
Gold at the North Central NA Regional Contest →
Won a second consecutive regional gold medal after our 2024 result.
Aug 2025
Internship
AI Data Analysis Platform at VecML →
Completed a software engineering internship at VecML in Bellevue, WA.
Research
Research interests
AI Agents
Developing autonomous systems that integrate planning, reasoning, tool use, and feedback to solve complex, long-horizon tasks.
Large Language Models
Investigating post-training, evaluation, and inference-time methods that improve the capability and reliability of language models.
Long-horizon Tasks
Building environments, benchmarks, and verification methods for measuring sustained progress across extended workflows.
Algorithms & Competitive Programming
Studying algorithm design and optimization through ICPC, with an emphasis on rigorous reasoning under tight computational constraints.
Experience
Engineering AI systems
May 2026 – Jul 2026
Software Engineer Intern
LLM Agent Infrastructure & Evaluation
VecML Inc. (AI startup) · Bellevue, WA
Jun 2025 – Aug 2025
Software Engineer Intern
AI Data Analysis Platform
VecML Inc. (AI startup) · Bellevue, WA
Publications
Selected work
Honors & Awards
Competitive programming
ICPC World Finalist 2026
Ranked 9th in North America at ICPC NAC; first UMN team to qualify in 10 years.
Mar 2026
Gold Medal — ICPC North Central NA Regional Contest
Gold medalist in two consecutive regional contests.
Nov 2025 · Nov 2024
NOIP / CSP First Prize
Received a cumulative total of six first prizes across NOIP and CSP competitions.
6× total
USACO Platinum — Global Top 30
Ranked among the global top 30 competitors.
Dec 2021
Bronze Medal — National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI)
Bronze medalist at the 2021 National Olympiad in Informatics.
Jul 2021
Silver Medal — National Olympiad in Informatics Winter Camp
Silver medalist at the national winter camp in informatics.
Jan 2021
Education
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Sep 2024 – Present
Major
Computer Science
GPA
3.96 / 4.0
Activities
Competitive Programming · ICPC Contestant · ICPC Coach, 2026–2027
Beyond research