Did not have a good experience, assignments and labs were disorganized and the piazza responses were slow. The prof had a policy of not responding to piazza for some reason.

Do lots of self learning

This was a challenging course as it covers topics I've never dealt with before, but definitely very eye-opening and useful. However, I felt that the course was a little disorganized - sometimes Donald adds new slides in the middle of the one we were going through, and it kinda becomes hard to keep track. You will have to pay attention to what he is explaining during lecture, because his notations and diagrams don't make sense without any context so reviewing his slides can get confusing. You will also need to make sure you read the corresponding readings in the textbook as it covers the topics way deeper, and can be on the exams. The tutorials were very helpful in understanding certain concepts, and the TA's are there to answer any questions if something doesn't make sense to you. The p...read more

The programming projects can get overwhelming due to the several requirements in the spec (which can sometimes be quite vague), so I recommend reading through it, making notes, and going to office hours to clarify any questions you have about it. It also helps if you have a partner for the projects :) And start early!

Lectures and labs were disorganized. Piazza answers and grading was super slow. The thing about this course, in my opinion, is that around 20% of content is super useful whereas the other 80% is super useless stuff which you would forget right after the final

lots of self-learning needed.