Absolutely the best instructor I've seen in UW. Super clear in explaining concepts and giving proofs.Rate My Professors ↗
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TIMO SEPPALAINEN
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Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Timo is one of the best lecturers and instructors in the department.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
The best Prof ever. I wish he taught all courses.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Professor Seppalaninen is a great professor who cares deeply for his students and makes difficult concepts easy for students to understand. He also is very accommodating, as he had several formulas for determining the course grade and went with whatever one gave you the highest grade. One of the best professors to take for such difficult materialRate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Super professional instructor who explains why the mathematical results discussed in class are important, and how they fit into the greater context of measure theory and other areas of mathematics, but keeps the required material in the scope of the class and its prerequisites.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Timo is a good guy and a great teacher. He makes complicated topics very accessible to students who have no analysis background. The homework can be very challenging and take a while, but you only get about 10 of them. The best thing is that the homework is way harder than the exams. So, if you really take time with the hw, you barely need to studyRate My Professors ↗
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Classes with TIMO SEPPALAINEN
No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.
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Recorded teaching history
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | MATH 681 | Senior Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2025 | ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes |
| Spring 2025 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2025 | MATH/STAT 734 | Theory of Probability II |
| Fall 2024 | MATH/STAT 733 | Theory of Probability I |
| Fall 2022 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2022 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2020 | ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes |
| Spring 2020 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2019 | ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes |
| Fall 2019 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2019 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2019 | MATH/STAT 734 | Theory of Probability II |
| Fall 2018 | ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes |
| Fall 2018 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2018 | MATH 531 | Probability Theory |
| Spring 2018 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2017 | MATH/STAT 733 | Theory of Probability I |
| Spring 2017 | MATH 531 | Probability Theory |
| Spring 2017 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2016 | MATH/STAT 431 | Introduction to the Theory of Probability |
| Spring 2016 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2015 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2015 | MATH/STAT 734 | Theory of Probability II |
| Fall 2014 | MATH 735 | Stochastic Analysis |
| Fall 2014 | MATH/STAT 431 | Introduction to the Theory of Probability |
| Fall 2014 | MATH/STAT 733 | Theory of Probability I |
| Spring 2014 | MATH 635 | An Introduction to Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus |
| Fall 2013 | MATH/STAT 431 | Introduction to the Theory of Probability |
| Spring 2013 | MATH/STAT 833 | Topics in the Theory of Probability |
| Fall 2012 | MATH 735 | Stochastic Analysis |
| Fall 2012 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2012 | MATH/STAT 431 | Introduction to the Theory of Probability |
| Spring 2011 | MATH 521 | Analysis I |
| Spring 2011 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2011 | MATH/STAT 431 | Introduction to the Theory of Probability |
| Fall 2010 | MATH 735 | Stochastic Analysis |
| Spring 2010 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2010 | MATH/STAT 431 | Introduction to the Theory of Probability |
| Spring 2009 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2008 | ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes |
| Fall 2008 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2008 | MATH/STAT 833 | Topics in the Theory of Probability |
| Spring 2008 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2007 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Spring 2007 | ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632 | Introduction to Stochastic Processes |
| Spring 2007 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2006 | MATH 990 | Reading and Research |
| Fall 2006 | MATH/STAT 833 | Topics in the Theory of Probability |
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