Xin He - University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), Buffalo, NY

Professor: Xin He

Department: Computer Science

College: University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), Buffalo, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CSE531
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Not a good course. The grading curve was not adjusted and he made a lot of changes in this course from this time on wards. I wouldn't suggest taking this course. Teaching is very bad and grading is not transparent. 6 Homework with almost no weight age. Didn't learn much in the class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CSE531
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Prof is Ok, but Grading criteria are bad. TA won't give partial marks even if you are 90% right.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CSE531
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I really enjoyed CSE 531 class. He is very dedicated person and tries hard to teach. A very humble person and answer to all questions patiently. He gives good and tough home works, which prepared well for exams. It was one of the best decision I made to took his class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CSE531
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

1. Outstanding lecture slides. 2. Outstanding exam plan (effectively 4 midterms and 1 open-book final exam). Believe me, this is way better than 1 midterm and 1 final exam. 3. Outstanding homework. Don't cheat, study well, and do homework on your own. What you learn will prove to be a goldmine.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CSE531
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

His slides are very good. Most of the questions in exams are from previous papers making the scoring very easy.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CSE531
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Very difficult accent to pick up. Algorithms are very important for a computer science guy and do not take this if you want to learn. Get ready for self study

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CSE531
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

You have to read a lot. Lot of homework is given with barely any weightage for it. The grading curve punishes you really bad even if you screw up even one exam.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CSE531
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Amazing prof. Course is very well structured. Helpful to increase your knowledge about Algorithms. Highly recommended

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 531
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Course was tough, but I expected that. Material and homework load was high. Language was a bit tough at times, but would recommend this teacher. Was fair, and course was, in hindsight, very good.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CSE191
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Xin He (Roger) really knows his stuff, and his slides are very informative and helpful. His accent is very hard to get used to, though. But once you learn how to understand him, the class isn't hard. Just do the homework, and the quizzes are almost identical. The tests are also very similar to the quizzes and homework.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CSE191
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

It's a difficult course and a lot of proof/reasoning, so it's going to be hard to understand/stay focused no matter who is teaching. His accent isn't horrible (you get used to it), and he writes everything out anyways. His exams can be difficult even with a cheat sheet. Homework is difficult too. Nice guy who is very helpful though.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CSE191
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Roger. He has one of the worst accents in the department. He's not a good lecturer, but hes a super nice guy and hes very smart. I would recommend taking a class with him if you can deal with very very heavy accents and reading the book a lot to do well.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CSE531
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. He is really helpful, takes time to listen to what you have to say even when you are completely wrong. Little tough to understand what he says in class. But his slides are great and helped me a lot for my interviews.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CSE531
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

The professor is very kind. Dr. He is so accommodative in listening to you if you have any issues regarding grades, problems, etc. Enjoyed taking his class since the topics covered prepared me well for interviews . The lecture notes were also crisp and very clear.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CSE531
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not at all as bad as the ratings show here. Lacks clarity in lectures but helps a lot if you go to him.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CSE191
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Ah...Roger (what he likes to be called) is an interesting man. His accent is very difficult to understand at first, but if you continually attend class you get used to it, and the stuff at the beginning of the semester is easy, so it doesn't matter if you understand him immediately anyways. Good professor, but mustendure through boredom for an A.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CSE191
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very hard to understand because he has a very thick accent. However, his lecture notes are laid out very well and correspond beautifully with the homework. If you can do the homework, you'll be fine for the test. Can't blame him for having an accent, may not be a good lecturer, but he is a smart man and makes up for it in his slides/curriculum.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CSE250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Tough Course, one needs patience and the want to read the text book and do the projects. NOT AN EASY A, no matter what what professor you get.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CSE250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good luck. By far one of the worse teachers I have had. Can't understand him as he mindlessly goes through the slides on the power point and somehow expects you to understand all of C++ in a short period of time.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CSE250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is hard to understand because of his english but you get used to it. However, if you are not good at math do not bother. His C++ projects are very tough.