Reviews of professor Emily Hand

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Emily is the best professor in the CS department! This is my third class with her: ML, cyberAI, Computer Vision The quizzes everyone discusses are actually beneficial everyone who has taken a class with her that I know hated them at first but prefers it at the end she provides previous quizzes for you to study w/ She also cares about her students

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
One of my favorite professors! Dr. Hand is super charismatic and funny, she makes lectures really enjoyable. She taught ML models in a very digestible way. Weekly quizzes take the place of homework are very do-able as she provides quizzes from past semesters to study from. If you know basic calculus and linear algebra, you should have no problem.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you want: to not be able to email the teacher, get confused on materials that are easy, hear the teacher whine about how everything is simple and it is your fault for not understanding, have unfair extra credit opportunity that relies on how free and fast you are, have a useless grader that barely knows what he is talking about TAKE THIS CLASS

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She thinks she is trying so hard and she again thinks she wants students to learn but this is not how you do it. Changing the format on questions and giving us a format that we have never seen in our life doesn't help us at all, it is just confusing. Thank god other lecturers from other schools post their lectures on YouTube! godawful teacher.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Emily cares about her students and genuinely wants them to learn. She puts time into her lectures and gives you all the resources you need to be successful. She has high expectations so don't expect her to dumb down the material. Her lectures are a real treat, definitely would recommend.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Hand's course was my first introduction to ML. Her course was well structured, exposing you to a lot of machine learning topics, and above all she answers questions fantastically. She knows when you're going down mental rabbit holes and is really good at helping put you back on track. Be sure to ask questions, she wants you to learn!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Regardless of how much effort you put, you may not get a good grade. Dont take her course if you are a graduate student because as a graduate student, you cannot afford to get a C or D which you may get in her course as there is no curving and meaningful partial marking.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you are a graduate student who relies on the professor being helpful then don't take this class. The class itself is not difficult at all, but the professor is just something else, she is the worse I've seen for a while.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This person should not be allowed to teach. She knows what she is talking about, she is good at machine learning, BUT she is NOT A TEACHER. She should be banned from teaching. When confronted about that she is rude and condescending.