Instructor¶
Office Hours
Colin Lim he/him/his
Hi everyone! I’m Colin a recent Computer Science graduate. In my free time I like playing games, cooking, hiking, and visiting cat cafes! If you have any pet pictures you wanna share please don’t hesitate to hunt me down and show them to me - I’ll greatly appreciate them :)). Looking forward to meeting you all!
Office Hours
Ivory Wang
Hello everyone! My name is Ivy and I recently graduated from UW after three fun years of computer science, math, and statistics. Outside of school and work, I like to haunt the IMA dance studios, pet my cats (either in real life or in Stardew Valley), and introspect to one of my many music playlists. Looking forward to a super educational & super interesting quarter with you all!
Teaching Assistants¶
Connor Sun he/him/his
Quiz Section: AB
Hi there! I’m Connor and I’m a 3rd year CS and Linguistics student from Bellevue, WA. This is my eighth quarter as a 12x TA and I’m looking forward to meeting everyone! In my free time, I enjoy developing and playing video games, cooking for myself and family, doing daily games, and scrolling Google Maps aimlessly. If you have any questions about anything CS-related or ever just want to talk, please reach out to me! I’m always available for a few minutes after class 🙂
Dani he/him/his
Quiz Section: AA
Hey everyone! I’m Dani and I’m a Computer Science Major. In my free time I love bouldering, video games, guitar, and cooking! I’m super excited to get to know all of you throughout this quarter. Feel free to reach out with any questions! (or if you wanna 1v1 in basketball)
Rohan Boinpally he/him/his
Quiz Section: AD
Hey guys, I’m Rohan Boinpally! I’m a sophomore studying Computer Science and I am super excited to be a TA this quarter! In my free time, I like to play basketball and watch TV. I’m happy to answer any questions about CSE122 or anything else :).
Wesley Li he/him/his
Quiz Section: AA/AB
Hey guys I’m Wesley and I am a second-year CS major at UW. I’m from Vancouver, WA (commonly confused with the slightly larger one in BC). I am an aspiring geography nerd so you may catch me playing Geoguessr in my free time. I’m also a part-time fantasy football manager with a ring under my belt so I’m always down to talk ball. I can’t wait to meet everyone, so feel free to reach out anytime!
Yang Wu he/him/his
Hey guys! My name is Yang (pronounced young), I’m from Vancouver, WA, and I’ve been teaching this course a good while now. Here’s a few random things about me: I can speak Chinese (pretty well) and Shanghainese (ish?). Over spring break I watched some Boradway shows in NYC! Maybe Happy Ending, Hadestown, and Book of Mormon. Feel free to email me, I’m excited to talk with you all!
Getting Help¶
Having questions or getting stuck on something is entirely expected in the learning process. If you find something challenging with your studies, that is a sign you are learning! Learning is not something that you need to do alone though! In fact, connecting with your peers or asking a member of the course staff for help can add extreme depth to your knowledge.
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Synchronous Help (Office Hours): One place to go to get help is our Office Hours hosted throughout the week. TAs staff office hours for many hours a day to provide you the help you need when you need it! This is a great place to go if you want to review a particular course concept, work on a practice problem with the help of a TA or your peers, or get help on a Creative Project or Programming Assignment if you are running into difficulties.
Tip
A common misconception is that you can only go to office hours with specific homework questions. That is not true! If you have any questions about course concepts (e.g., from class that day), you are super encouraged to go work on that concept with a member of the course staff at office hours! Getting help with a concept earlier, when you first are feeling unsure, is much better than saving it until you need it on the homework.
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Asynchronous Help (Ed Discussion): With a class of our size, directly emailing a member of the course staff is not always recommended. There are many of you and only few of us, so if you email one person directly we can’t make a guarantee how quickly we can respond! To alleviate this one-on-one communication of email, we have a course discussion board that will be a much more lively place for discussion and a way to make sure you can are helped more quickly. The message board is set up so that all of the course staff can help you, which will make it more likely for you to receive a quicker response!
Ed Tips
- If you are asking a general question about the course logistics or content, you can make a public post. This way other students can benefit from seeing your question, and you can even answer each other’s questions to share your perspectives!
- If you want, you can choose to post anonymously so that other students in the course can’t see your name. Note that anonymous posting does not hide your identity from the course staff.
- You’re encouraged to answer each other’s questions as well! Explaining a topic to someone else (even on a discussion board) is a great way to help you better understand the material. The course staff will still look over student answers and can nicely point out some misconception if there is one so that everyone benefits.
- If you have a question that’s pretty specific to your homework solution, or, is about some personal details that you would not want to share with the class (e.g., DRS accommodations), you can make a private post on Ed that is only visible to the course staff. This way, any member of the staff can respond to get you the help you need!
- For sensitive matters that you only want to discuss with Ivory and Colin, you can instead email Ivory and Colin if that makes you feel more comfortable or schedule a 1-on-1 meeting with them. Note that the response time for the instructors’ email is longer than posting on the Ed board.