Reviews of professor Zheng Chen

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Best prof for this course out of all the other prof as of SP23. The exams are a lot easier compared to other profs. Does not give curves on the first 2 exams he gives a quiz that you can earn bonus points on the exam if you get the questions correct. The quizzes gave me 20 points extra on the exam BOTH times. Curves huge at the end (after final).

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not a bad teacher at all. Main problem is the difficulty of the homework was on another planet compared to the lectures. Her quiz and test grading was very lenient but I still feel like I didn't learn that much at the end of the day.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor and a nice guy. There were no surprises on the exams if you mostly understand the homework and lectures. There will be a big learning curve in the second half of the course if you have zero exposure to coding, but if you have even a little experience, you should be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took this course as a PhD core course. Professor Chen is very nice person. She prepared class very well. I like the way she teaches. She explained everything very clear. Not a lot homework. Exam is based on review class. If you follow her steps, you definitely could pass this course and get a good grade.