One of the best professors in the stats department. His understanding to financial math materials are unparalleled. Hard exmas and hard homeworks, but office hours are extremely helpful. You are actually going to learn practical stuff from Professor Ludkovski. Strongly recommended.
Ludkovski is a tough grader. I had a very hard time getting over a 80% own any homework even though my answers were correct, he was expecting more thorough explanations. This is basically the bad part. The good part is his lectures are awesome, he teaches the material very well, and you'll learn a lot. He's my favorite professor at UCSB.
Taken off huge amount of points off due to "incomplete verbal explanation" for pure mathematical formulas in HWs. Not sure why he do that in a stats class but I will not take his class ever again.
Very clear and straightforward professor who lectures well. The material he teaches is hard so his classes are difficult but he makes it as comprehendible as possible. 2nd time taking him, would take again as his exams are very much exactly what he teaches. Go to lectures and put in the work and you'll for sure get the A
Professor Ludkovski isn't a bad professor. Heavier workload than other classes --written homework and Python homework are due every week. I enjoyed his teaching style and he made participation count which really boosted my grade. He wants you to fully explain your work on the exams. This class was tough but interesting.
The exams and interview are about if you really understand the material and are able explain your approach to questions. Be ready to spend extra time to learn and not rely on him being nice. His posted optional textbook chapters and internet materials in addition to lectures. Everyone in this class was working hard.
Grades to the smallest details and expects you to study beyond the class material taught. There was a last minute change in grading distribution and a B- was 82%. C+ was 80%.
Mediocre at best- not great. TONS of errors in his slides/lectures. I always end up telling the TAs all the errors I found (on important formulas) during off hrs. When pointed out mistakes he never tells the class or corrects them. Curved down final grades (B was 85). Avoid if you can- extremely tough grader if you don't explain every tiny detail
Tough Grader. Curve down at last. 91% A-, 82% B-.
Okay prof, but beware he writes small. Also too many typos in the hw.
He's pretty funny and very good at stats. But he has an accent and moves very quickly through lecture slides. You NEED to sign up for CLAS, because the (2x a week) sections are worthless (but mandatory thanks to required labsquizzes). I had a fantastic TA named Brian, and an downright amazing CLAS tutor named Binh Pham. The final was hard. Study.
The best statistics professor I've had. Ludkovski knows what's up, and has a sense of humor. The Russian accent is nice to listen to. You are going to have to work hard in this class but you will learn a lot. Tests are challenging and test for knowledge rather than just recycling homework or practice test questions. The final curve gave ~7%.
The classes he teaches just happen to be challenging courses but overall a good teacher. Tests are harder than expected. Have to work hard to get the grade.
horrible. bad accent which made it hard to understand. worst handwriting ever. $200 book which we never opened. lectures were pointless. homework was extremely hard and then nothing like the tests so it didn't even matter. worst stat teacher.
Overall is a very good teacher and highly professional. Sometimes speak a little too fast, but you get used to it. The class was very well organized and easy to follow. One of the best experiences at PSTAT department so far!
Pretty good teacher altogeter. One of few math finance profs in department. Knowledgable of the subject matter. Covers a lot of material which is useful