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Jens Palsberg
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If you take compiler construction, You should take this professor. The diagram rating is completely wrong. He is not hard. Class: The class is project-based grading. Projects grade is 55% of the total grade. So if you can do the project, you can pass the class. Not only that, if you can do the project, you can do the midterm and the final, because they base on the projects. Project: the class requisite is that you took cs 131, but you can get in cs 132 even if you don't. The only thing you need to know from cs 131 is how to program in Java. The project is Java project, not C/C++ project. Get to know Java before enter the class. Also, the compiler breaks down to completely independent projects. Also, the thing you need to remember from CS 181 is PDA (not your typical hand-held PDA) but Pushdown automata; and how actually to code a PDA for first project. For other projects, you need to know visitor pattern and tree data structure. He goes over that briefly in class. 4 things you need to know before taking the class is to get A in the class. + Java (coding and how to invoke Java build in terminal) + PDA + Visitor Pattern + Tree data structure Professor: He is very nice, you can reach him through email. He is very responsive through email. You has plenty of time for project, BUT don't wait till last moment.
If you take compiler construction, You should take this professor. The diagram rating is completely wrong. He is not hard. Class: The class is project-based grading. Projects grade is 55% of the total grade. So if you can do the project, you can pass the class. Not only that, if you can do the project, you can do the midterm and the final, because they base on the projects. Project: the class requisite is that you took cs 131, but you can get in cs 132 even if you don't. The only thing you need to know from cs 131 is how to program in Java. The project is Java project, not C/C++ project. Get to know Java before enter the class. Also, the compiler breaks down to completely independent projects. Also, the thing you need to remember from CS 181 is PDA (not your typical hand-held PDA) but Pushdown automata; and how actually to code a PDA for first project. For other projects, you need to know visitor pattern and tree data structure. He goes over that briefly in class. 4 things you need to know before taking the class is to get A in the class. + Java (coding and how to invoke Java build in terminal) + PDA + Visitor Pattern + Tree data structure Professor: He is very nice, you can reach him through email. He is very responsive through email. You has plenty of time for project, BUT don't wait till last moment.
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Spring 2020 - The course covers some of the most elementary and fundamental concepts in quantum programming, which I personally found quite notation-heavy and generally inaccessible to an outsider when I first explored it on my own. The class does much to break down the layers of notation and start at first principles, which I greatly appreciate. On the other hand, I wish there were more discussions about how can we learn more about quantum computing on our own. I found that there is still a gap between what’s covered in the course and the literature, which often makes heavy use of terms from physics. I think a component dedicated to reading recent literature would be quite useful, especially for a graduate-level course like this one. Additionally, I think it would be a very real boon to the CS instruction at UCLA if the course is offered as cross-listed for both undergraduate and graduate students. The course material is, and from what I can tell is designed to be, quite accessible to undergraduates. But the enrollment process was a bit nerve-inducing for myself, an undergrad.
Spring 2020 - The course covers some of the most elementary and fundamental concepts in quantum programming, which I personally found quite notation-heavy and generally inaccessible to an outsider when I first explored it on my own. The class does much to break down the layers of notation and start at first principles, which I greatly appreciate. On the other hand, I wish there were more discussions about how can we learn more about quantum computing on our own. I found that there is still a gap between what’s covered in the course and the literature, which often makes heavy use of terms from physics. I think a component dedicated to reading recent literature would be quite useful, especially for a graduate-level course like this one. Additionally, I think it would be a very real boon to the CS instruction at UCLA if the course is offered as cross-listed for both undergraduate and graduate students. The course material is, and from what I can tell is designed to be, quite accessible to undergraduates. But the enrollment process was a bit nerve-inducing for myself, an undergrad.
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