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TIMO SEPPALAINEN

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 22 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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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 material
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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.
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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 study
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Classes with TIMO SEPPALAINEN

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Spring 2026MATH 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2025ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632Introduction to Stochastic Processes
Spring 2025MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2025MATH/STAT 734Theory of Probability II
Fall 2024MATH/STAT 733Theory of Probability I
Fall 2022MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2022MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2020ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632Introduction to Stochastic Processes
Spring 2020MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2019ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632Introduction to Stochastic Processes
Fall 2019MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2019MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2019MATH/STAT 734Theory of Probability II
Fall 2018ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632Introduction to Stochastic Processes
Fall 2018MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2018MATH 531Probability Theory
Spring 2018MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2017MATH/STAT 733Theory of Probability I
Spring 2017MATH 531Probability Theory
Spring 2017MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2016MATH/STAT 431Introduction to the Theory of Probability
Spring 2016MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2015MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2015MATH/STAT 734Theory of Probability II
Fall 2014MATH 735Stochastic Analysis
Fall 2014MATH/STAT 431Introduction to the Theory of Probability
Fall 2014MATH/STAT 733Theory of Probability I
Spring 2014MATH 635An Introduction to Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus
Fall 2013MATH/STAT 431Introduction to the Theory of Probability
Spring 2013MATH/STAT 833Topics in the Theory of Probability
Fall 2012MATH 735Stochastic Analysis
Fall 2012MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2012MATH/STAT 431Introduction to the Theory of Probability
Spring 2011MATH 521Analysis I
Spring 2011MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2011MATH/STAT 431Introduction to the Theory of Probability
Fall 2010MATH 735Stochastic Analysis
Spring 2010MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2010MATH/STAT 431Introduction to the Theory of Probability
Spring 2009MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2008ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632Introduction to Stochastic Processes
Fall 2008MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2008MATH/STAT 833Topics in the Theory of Probability
Spring 2008MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2007MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2007ISYE/MATH/OTM/STAT 632Introduction to Stochastic Processes
Spring 2007MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2006MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2006MATH/STAT 833Topics in the Theory of Probability

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