Education archive
Coursework
A record of courses from my undergraduate studies at HKUST.
Year 1
2017-2018 Fall
| Course | Credit | Description |
|---|
| COMP 1021 | 3 | Pretty basic and good introduction to programming in general. |
| ELEC 1200 | 4 | Good introduction to signal processing with interesting lab exercies. |
| HUMA 2103 | 3 | Never thought that UST would have music course, but this course helped a lot in my music composition skills. |
| LANG 1002A | 3 | Mandatory English language class. |
| MATH 2111 | 4 | Intro. to linear algebra. The course contents are ok, but you can make sense of the materials only after using them in real life, e.g. ML. |
2017-2018 Spring
| Course | Credit | Description |
|---|
| IELM 2200 | 3 | Now called IEDA 2200. Interesting introduction to operation management. |
| LIFS 2040 | 3 | The infamous Cell Biology. I liked the course content, but the materials are not very well organized. |
| LANG 1003A | 3 | Another mandatory English language class. |
| MATH 2411 | 4 | Applied stat. Cannot really make sense of them until you use them. |
2017-2018 Summer
| Course | Credit | Description |
|---|
| CIVL 1160 | 3 | Moderate S&T SSC course. It was actually fun doing project out in HK downtown. |
| COMP 1029C | 1 | A bridging course to C. TBH, not very useful. |
| LIFS 1020 | 3 | Intro to health. The contents are understandable, but the grades are not. |
Year 2
2018-2019 Fall
| Course | Credit | Description |
|---|
| COMP 2012H | 5 | Famous for huge workload. Very hard, but rewarding. |
| COMP 2711H | 4 | Good instructor and good content. Would recommend Honors version of the course. |
| HUMA 1000A | 3 | Famous for light workload. Content is interesting. |
| LANG 2030 | 3 | Another mandatory English class, but it actually teaches technical writings, which is quite useful. |
2018-2019 Spring
| Course | Credit | Description |
|---|
| COMP 2611 | 4 | Basic computer organization. Need to memorize many archtectural designs. |
| COMP 4441 | 3 | Computer Music. Fun course throughout, but the grading is quite subjective. |
| HUMA 2104 | 3 | Music Theory course. Should be interested in music to take this course. |
| ISOM 2310 | 3 | Not a bad course for common core, but the contents are not very exciting. |
| LIFS 3240 | 3 | Introduction to Neurobiology. Very interesting neuroscience course, equipped with good contents and teaching materials. |
Study Leave (2019-2020 Fall ~ 2019-2020 Spring)
Year 3
2020-2021 Fall
| Course | Credit | Description |
|---|
| COMP 3111H | 4 | Software Engineering Course. IMO, it focuses on too much theory. It is a shame that students do not really learn how to use git in this course.. |
| COMP 3711H | 4 | Very challenging assignments and high workload. It is all about mathematical proof of algorithms. Still, the grading is fair, and quite rewarding. |
| COMP 3511 | 3 | Operation System course. This is also too much theoretical. Some more hands-on experience with Linux would have made this course better. |
| COMP 4211 | 3 | Basic Machine Learning. The teaching and course contents are not bad, although a little bit more mathematical proof would have been good also. |
| COMP 4901k | 3 | A NLP course that focuses on ML approaches. Good content with good balance with high level tech and mathematical theory. |
2020-2021 Spring
| Course | Credit | Description |
|---|
| BIEN 1010 | 3 | Intro to Bioengineering. Easy to ace, if you put decent enough of work into it. |
| COMP 4332 | 3 | Big Data Mining Course. Main focus was information retrieval and the utility of ML for that purpose. |
| COMP 4641 | 3 | Social Network Analysis course. Very interesting concepts are introduced including network (graph) analysis. |
| LANG 1122 | 3 | Chinese level 3: much harder than it seems… 😓 |
Year 4
2021-2022 Fall
| Course | Credit | Description |
|---|
| COMP 4471 | 3 | Deep learning in computer vision. Basically an adaptation of CS231n. |
| SOSC 1960 | 3 | Interesting topics in psychology. |
| LIFS 4950 | 3 | Neurochemistry course. |
2021-2022 Spring
| Course | Credit | Description |
|---|
| COMP 4901W | 3 | Blockchain and Smart Contracts. Pretty hands-on with solidity. |
| LANG 4030 | 3 | Required English course. |