Current instructor

Kangwook Lee

/5Adjusted rating
/5RMP difficulty
captured reviews
About this rating

Raw average: 2.82/5 from 34 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

RMP profile ↗ · All captured review dates; profile matched by name.

What students say

Original student reviews · all captured dates

COMPSCI/ECE/ME 539
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
His course is too focused on theory, should be a math major class instead of a ECE or CS class. Works are unnecessarily complicated. Feels like the professor is showing off his skills in math and computer science, instead of trying to teach, in which may explain his poor handwriting and arrogance.
Rate My Professors ↗
COMPSCI/ECE/ME 539
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
This class used to be more implementation-oriented, but for some reason, he changed the curriculum to focus solely on the theoretical side by taking four exams rather than a team project. The official reason given was unsatisfactory projects. He doesn't provide notes or record lectures and the class would be great for math majors not CS majors.
Rate My Professors ↗
COMPSCI/ECE/ME 539
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
He lectures too much for a flipped class and frequently makes mistakes in his work, yet is kind of arrogant about his teaching ability. Some exams are needlessly hard and they tend to focus on the underlying math, not the actual useful content covered in the homework. It's a tough course taught poorly.
Rate My Professors ↗

Personal experiences, not a representative survey. Profile matching and captured coverage are shown in the source details.

Classes with Kangwook Lee

COMPSCI 699

Directed Study

1–6 credits

COMPSCI 699 offers directed study projects for junior and senior students arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Shivaram VenkataramanFred Sala+59 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
ECE 399

Independent Study

1–3 credits

ECE 399 is an independent study course where students engage in directed projects arranged with an instructor.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Eric HoffmanIrena Knezevic+49 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
ECE 699

Advanced Independent Study

1–6 credits

ECE 699 is an advanced independent study course where students engage in directed study projects arranged with an instructor.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Kangwook Lee is described as strict but highly recommended for independent study in machine learning. Reviewers note that students will learn a significant amount under his instruction despite the rigorous nature of the course.

Eric HoffmanIrena Knezevic+79 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Fall 2023 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

Explore courses taught by this instructor →
Browse recorded courses
TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026COMPSCI 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2026COMPSCI 790Master's Thesis
Fall 2026COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2026COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2026COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2026ECE 399Independent Study
Fall 2026ECE 699Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026ECE 790Master's Research
Fall 2026ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2026ECE 990Dissertator's Research

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

Instructor identity & provenance 
{
  "instructor_uid": "instructor_2aef91a9420ca12673e58a3a",
  "source": "enrollment",
  "source_instructor_id": "klee529",
  "identity_basis": "netid",
  "identity_status": "source_identified",
  "name": "Kangwook Lee",
  "email": "KANGWOOK.LEE@WISC.EDU",
  "first_observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00",
  "last_observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00",
  "ratings": {
    "review_count": 34,
    "quality": 2.82,
    "difficulty": 4.12,
    "quality_count": 34,
    "difficulty_count": 34,
    "profile_id": "rmp:2517429",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2517429",
    "match_basis": "exact_name",
    "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:25:04.431176+00:00",
    "courses": {
      "course_013300c17c3a4f3c90089d51": {
        "review_count": 3,
        "quality": 1,
        "difficulty": 4.67,
        "quality_count": 3,
        "difficulty_count": 3
      },
      "course_b588d52f82ec62f25a4f2ece": {
        "review_count": 17,
        "quality": 3.12,
        "difficulty": 3.76,
        "quality_count": 17,
        "difficulty_count": 17
      },
      "course_b679e3cf25eb2922e638a7d2": {
        "review_count": 2,
        "quality": 1,
        "difficulty": 4,
        "quality_count": 2,
        "difficulty_count": 2
      },
      "course_d1b1335c4fd73dee4c550d71": {
        "review_count": 1,
        "quality": 4,
        "difficulty": 4,
        "quality_count": 1,
        "difficulty_count": 1
      },
      "course_7827ec668fbfd32d25a29f21": {
        "review_count": 1,
        "quality": 5,
        "difficulty": 4,
        "quality_count": 1,
        "difficulty_count": 1
      },
      "course_a7ce5ee394c07ac642067916": {
        "review_count": 9,
        "quality": 2.67,
        "difficulty": 4.67,
        "quality_count": 9,
        "difficulty_count": 9
      },
      "course_65c8c357ed6414dafbcf8c1e": {
        "review_count": 1,
        "quality": 5,
        "difficulty": 4,
        "quality_count": 1,
        "difficulty_count": 1
      }
    },
    "bayesian_quality": 3.130994734646887,
    "prior_mean": 3.6596857835465957,
    "prior_weight": 20
  },
  "current": true,
  "courses": [
    {
      "course_uid": "course_059395ab1bb5e9c017244fe2",
      "course_id": "COMPSCI 899",
      "title": "PRE-DISSERTATOR RESEARCH",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 9,
      "gpa": null
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_41ec49f5d21356e650473254",
      "course_id": "COMPSCI 990",
      "title": "DISSERTATION",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 6,
      "gpa": null
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_65c8c357ed6414dafbcf8c1e",
      "course_id": "ECE 699",
      "title": "ADVANCED INDEPENDENT STUDY",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 6,
      "gpa": 3.893
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_8314f6c3c11c07e3af900848",
      "course_id": "ECE 790",
      "title": "MASTER'S RESEARCH",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 9,
      "gpa": null
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_86704b8d79a2d7a74e555851",
      "course_id": "ECE 990",
      "title": "DISSERTATOR'S RESEARCH",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 12,
      "gpa": null
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_9430df00f7270c292c1efdd3",
      "course_id": "COMPSCI 799",
      "title": "MASTER'S RESEARCH",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 9,
      "gpa": null
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_9d6a2127ca0ecacfc4832696",
      "course_id": "COMPSCI 699",
      "title": "DIRECTED STUDY",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 6,
      "gpa": 3.947
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_a495c0d9f6ed226e1fc144ee",
      "course_id": "COMPSCI 681",
      "title": "SENIOR HONORS THESIS",
      "credits_min": 3,
      "credits_max": 3,
      "gpa": null
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_baa78ce67ecb5953b469ae3e",
      "course_id": "ECE 890",
      "title": "PRE-DISSERTATOR'S RESEARCH",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 9,
      "gpa": null
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_d2bce5a8cd159f6237d5d01f",
      "course_id": "ECE 399",
      "title": "INDEPENDENT STUDY",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 3,
      "gpa": 3.915
    },
    {
      "course_uid": "course_f71b15e0cc44524b7ec290df",
      "course_id": "COMPSCI 790",
      "title": "MASTER'S THESIS",
      "credits_min": 1,
      "credits_max": 9,
      "gpa": null
    }
  ],
  "revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
  "instructor_url": "/instructors/KANGWOOK_LEE"
}