Yuan-Fang Wang

44 reviews
Tough grader Lots of homework Graded by few things Clear grading criteria Group projects Tests? Not many Test heavy Participation matters Skip class? You won't pass. Tests are tough Gives good feedback Hilarious Caring Lecture heavy
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181 . 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

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.

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CMPSC130B . 2 Years Ago

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

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CMPSC130B . 2 Years Ago

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.

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CMPSC130B . 4 Years Ago

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.

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CS130B . 4 Years Ago

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.

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CS181B . 5 Years Ago

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

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CS181B . 5 Years Ago

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.

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CS181B . 5 Years Ago

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

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CS181B . 6 Years Ago

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.

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CMPSC130B . 6 Years Ago

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.

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CS180 . 6 Years Ago

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.

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CS180 . 6 Years Ago

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.

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