Lectures are completely useless (throws equations on the screen without explaining them, goes into irrelevant tangents, does not effectively communicate concepts). Be prepared to self-learn in this class. Projects and HWs were at least fun and graded pretty leniently. For exams he is a tough and unforgiving grader. Avoid at all cost.

Hardest comm class I've ever taken. The class averages were barely passing on major exams and Professor Reid didn't curve. First day of class he tells us only one person ever has aced one of his exams. The only positive is the papers aren't graded too hard so they do raise your grade.

This course was pretty difficult to follow because there are so many details to remember. More studies than I can comprehend and the findings were sometimes difficult to decipher, even with the supplemental lecture material. The format of the tests give me anxiety just thinking about them.

Lectures are conversational, confusing, and you cant really take notes. Slides aren't helpful, just confusing. Homework assignments are fair and helpful in understanding material. Tests are similar to hw, just slightly harder. 60% hw, 15% midterm, 25% final, which is fair. Dont like his teaching style but the class isnt horrible

He made the content super interesting and is a really cool and funny guy. I otherwise probably wouldnt have liked the course that much if it werent for Prof Reid, but the tests are really hard so study

Prof Reid is hilarious and helpful. His lectures are fun and engaging. He does have two challenging research proposals which graded toughly. Discussing with him prior to writing and sending him a rough draft for feedback really saves your grade. Giving extra credit to people who attend lectures if there are less than half of people showed up.

Assignments are not too bad as long as you can apply the techniques learned to problem solving type questions. Lectures are sometimes confusing and over explain topics, so supplement with other resources.

Grade is based off of 2 small papers and weekly quizzes. Papers are 2 pages double spaced (sounds easy right) think again. Reid is a tough grader but he is a respectable guy. Quizzes are challenging and based off of lectures and readings. Take good notes. Overall, I enjoyed his lectures and I like his personality, but not an easy A.

Overall seemed like a decent class, Reid seems nice overall and is professional around students. One red flag for me about Reid was that he mentioned during one lecture that there was a "genocide" against white farmers in South Africa, which a quick internet search disproved. That fact also wasn't part of any course material, which was strange.

Overall, a good professor. The final is challenging, but the grade is curved in the end. If you master the material well, you will be fine at the class.

worst professor ever! avoid!!! definitely inverse curved the class at the end. Teaches nothing in class, and the ppt he provides were old and abstract.

Worst Professor ever, avoid at all cause. Goes over equations without explaining the meaning and intuition behind it. Went to his office hour, but hes not there most of the time. When you ask him a question for clarification, he questions whether or not you went to lecture. No curve at all. Harsh grader, no curve

Wang's lectures are a bit on the boring side, but if you really are interested in computer vision, his projects were very fun and challenging. He grades very leniently on the projects and very strictly on the tests(no partial credit) but overall he curves the class by a lot so as long as you do well relative to others, you should be fine.

Ive had some bad CS and ECE professors (ex: Zheng Zhang ECE15A, etc) and I thought Ive seen the worst. This professor proved me wrong and took the title of worst professor Ive ever taken. Unintelligible lectures and TA discussions, no partial credit given on obscure exam questions, no communication between professor and TAs. Sorry for thebadnews

Just a little man with a little brain and a big ego. Really a shame that UCSB has to keep him around, he is a stain on that department. No course structure, no grading criteria, no energy, no expertise. His students literally laugh at him. Really no reason why he should be teaching anything. Just wait for a different professor, no matter the class.

Don't say that I didn't warn you. This guy is a joke. Pretty much fiddles with cameras all day, read some of his papers, they are a good laugh. Prepare to go to class, fall asleep during old PPT presentations, get told to do one thing and get graded on something else, learn nothing, ask questions and have him not know the answers. Trust me, avoid.

Lectures were unrelated to the programming assignments. The lectures went over interesting material, but isn't required to do the homework. The homework takes a VERY long time to do. The class felt like a lot of self studying. However the grading wasn't very harsh, I barely did any of one the assignments but still managed to get 70% on it.

I'm pretty sure this professor is the most boring professor on the planet. His lectures are so drawn out, his voice is devoid of all character, and the course has so little structure it is practically a clown fiesta.

I rarely do ratings but I saw this guy was rated a bit lower than he should be. His class is very straightforward as long as you know what's on the slides and do a few practice tests you should be prepared for the test. I didn't do this so that's why I got a B. Homework credit is 60% of our grade and basically free as long as you do it.

Despite the accent his lectures are OK. The class is well designed (good website, grading procedure). The assignments are challenging, but they were all graded very leniently, as you get full credit as long as you get the general idea. The final was a little long, but was graded leniently. HW is supposed to carry your grade, being 60% of the class.

Rather then giving concise challenging tests, Wang opts for repetitive marathon-like exams, which a third of the class wont finish. Maybe poor class attendance is to blame, but wang's lectures/slides are more soulless then paint drying, leaving me to question my existence. Luckily, lectures by those more competent at teaching are available online

Good professor

The accent is terrible! You need to teach yourself, because you cannot learn anything on his class! please AVIOD!!

Alright boys and girls, here's the deal: this class isn't very hard, if you're in a difficult major and still doing well. He doesn't teach much, but you can figure it out if you spend some time. On the other hand, if you have always had trouble with math, science, etc, you will seriously struggle in this class. You have been warned.