Reviews of professor Changyou Chen

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I don't know why there are many bad reviews for Prof. Chen, but he is one of the best professors I have ever met. His lectures are very informative, covering all stuffs in deep learning. He also explains the details well. You need to take time and effort to learn the course.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you want good grade without putting in much effort, this is the class to take. A grade to top 30%, extremely easy assignments (just need to prepare 2 page reports, no coding), open book exam without page limits. Didnt learn anything, but boosted my gpa. Prof knows his stuff, just doesnt know how to deliver it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The course is very formula heavy (which is fine for machine learning), but the weekly quizzes make very little sense when trying to figure out how to answer them from the actual lectures. Quizzes constantly have mistakes or ask for a very specific part of a whole answer. Homework grades (30%) are completely subjective and graded by TAs, Not Fun.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've never had a course where I have absolutely no reason to go to lecture, and not because I'm lazy but because I gained 0 knowledge by going. Assignments and Quizzes have questions that are not explained at all in class and the lecture slides are a joke in terms of helpful on homework.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great lecture. You can learn a lot about deep learning.