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RISHAB GOYAL

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Raw average: 2.70/5 from 10 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.

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CS-435 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Rishab is a great professor, knowledgeable and organized. HWs are hard but you have 2 weeks to write them, and will give out useful hint during lecture. Office hour is a MUST to do well in homework, TAs for this course are also knowledgeable and helpful throughout the semester. Cryptography is a hard topic, don't blame the professor for it lol
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CS-435 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
I will state first that I will not give a low grade for a course being too difficult; Rishab knows what he is talking about in class and his summaries and course organization are very clear. Therefore, I think this course is a good course for those who are willing to spend a little time thinking, you think, instead of mindlessly writing code.
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CS-435 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
He knows the material very well but is not good at explaining them in an undergraduate level. The homework takes way too long (15+ hours) and I really grinded hard to get an A in this class.
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CS-435 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
Crypto is one of the hardest classes Ive taken at UW, but Prof. Goyal did a good job breaking the content down into small pieces in lecture and encouraged participation. That being said The class was at a level far beyond what I &others were expecting, but I think that is more the fault of the CS department to give us an adequate math foundation.
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CS-435 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 5/5
While Professor Goyal is very smart and gets better through the semester, he has trouble explaining topics at an undergrad level but would be great for a grad course. The class is astronomically hard with the problem sets taking >20 hours to do and impossible without help from the TAs. Goyal isn't a bad lecturer, but the class is extremely hard.
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CS-435 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
He isn't super organized, but he is an entertaining lecturer and he is super passionate about cryptography.
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Classes with RISHAB GOYAL

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Spring 2026COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2026COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2025COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2025COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2025COMPSCI 790Master's Thesis
Spring 2025COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2025COMPSCI 880Topics in Theoretical Computer Science
Spring 2025COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2024COMPSCI 790Master's Thesis
Fall 2024COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2024COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2024COMPSCI/ECE/MATH 435Introduction to Cryptography
Spring 2024COMPSCI 639Undergraduate Elective Topics in Computing
Spring 2024COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2024COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2023COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2023COMPSCI 880Topics in Theoretical Computer Science
Fall 2023COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2023COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2023COMPSCI/ECE/MATH 435Introduction to Cryptography
Fall 2022COMPSCI 880Topics in Theoretical Computer Science

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