# Young Wu — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/YOUNG_WU--instructor_ecdf00bf0bd0d24b5599ec46) ## Dataset ### search projection #### version 1 #### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 8 ### projection id 7eb94c60c31fe3d8ae732986b7f3d069e1345ae92fd6239119e63b9d2461969d ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-10-01T19:10:41.241229+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | AMERIND | 53 | | ANAT\&PHY | 7 | | ANATOMY | 2 | | ANESTHES | 8 | | ANSCI | 57 | | ANTHRO | 95 | | ART | 125 | | ARTED | 10 | | ARTHIST | 121 | | ASIALANG | 129 | | ASIAN | 109 | | ASIANAM | 28 | | ASTRON | 38 | | ATMOCN | 69 | | BIOCHEM | 51 | | BIOCORE | 10 | | BIOLOGY | 14 | | BIOMDSCI | 18 | | BME | 66 | | BMI | 41 | | BMOLCHEM | 10 | | BOTANY | 69 | | BSE | 44 | | C\&ESOC | 73 | | CBE | 48 | | CHEM | 101 | | CHICLA | 52 | | CIVENGR | 133 | | CLASSICS | 47 | | CNP | 10 | | CNSRSCI | 50 | | COMARTS | 137 | | COMPBIO | 15 | | COMPLIT | 11 | | COMPSCI | 138 | | COUNPSY | 78 | | CRB | 19 | | CS\&D | 71 | | CSCS | 40 | | CURRIC | 193 | | DANCE | 93 | | DERM | 8 | | DS | 88 | | DYSCI | 35 | | ECE | 155 | | ECON | 145 | | EDPOL | 114 | | EDPSYCH | 97 | | ELPA | 70 | | EMA | 53 | | EMERMED | 17 | | ENGL | 206 | | ENTOM | 40 | | ENVIRST | 148 | | EP | 15 | | EPD | 67 | | ESL | 16 | | F\&WECOL | 60 | | FAMMED | 22 | | FINANCE | 50 | | FOLKLORE | 40 | | FOODSCI | 43 | | FRENCH | 63 | | GEN\&WS | 145 | | GENBUS | 72 | | GENECSLR | 17 | | GENETICS | 60 | | GEOG | 113 | | GEOSCI | 83 | | GERMAN | 82 | | GLE | 48 | | GNS | 38 | | GREEK | 27 | | HDFS | 41 | | HEBR-BIB | 13 | | HEBR-MOD | 10 | | HISTORY | 233 | | HISTSCI | 56 | | HONCOL | 13 | | ILS | 43 | | INFOSYS | 9 | | INTEGART | 7 | | INTEGSCI | 22 | | INTER-AG | 18 | | INTER-HE | 11 | | INTER-LS | 22 | | INTEREGR | 16 | | INTLBUS | 21 | | INTLST | 50 | | ISYE | 83 | | ITALIAN | 53 | | JEWISH | 56 | | JOURN | 88 | | KINES | 128 | | LACIS | 26 | | LANDARC | 61 | | LATIN | 24 | | LAW | 120 | | LEGALST | 48 | | LINGUIS | 35 | | LIS | 89 | | LITTRANS | 78 | | LSC | 52 | | M\&ENVTOX | 7 | | MARKETNG | 62 | | MATH | 153 | | MDGENET | 8 | | ME | 130 | | MEDHIST | 43 | | MEDICINE | 60 | | MEDIEVAL | 32 | | MEDPHYS | 39 | | MEDSC-M | 29 | | MEDSC-V | 41 | | MHR | 68 | | MICROBIO | 45 | | MILSCI | 16 | | MM\&I | 22 | | MOLBIOL | 6 | | MS\&E | 59 | | MUSIC | 165 | | MUSPERF | 126 | | NAVSCI | 20 | | NE | 44 | | NEURODPT | 11 | | NEUROL | 7 | | NEURSURG | 4 | | NTP | 11 | | NURSING | 111 | | NUTRSCI | 65 | | OBS\&GYN | 18 | | OCCTHER | 39 | | ONCOLOGY | 14 | | OPHTHALM | 5 | | OTM | 43 | | PATH | 34 | | PATH-BIO | 29 | | PEDIAT | 26 | | PHARMACY | 31 | | PHILOS | 77 | | PHMCOL-M | 11 | | PHMPRAC | 45 | | PHMSCI | 60 | | PHYASST | 37 | | PHYSICS | 88 | | PHYSIOL | 3 | | PHYTHER | 37 | | PLANTSCI | 52 | | PLPATH | 35 | | POLISCI | 192 | | POPHLTH | 58 | | PORTUG | 33 | | PSYCH | 101 | | PSYCHIAT | 22 | | PUBAFFR | 54 | | PUBLHLTH | 23 | | RADIOL | 11 | | REALEST | 41 | | RELIGST | 90 | | RHABMED | 9 | | RMI | 24 | | RP\&SE | 102 | | S\&APHM | 17 | | SCANDST | 73 | | SLAVIC | 89 | | SOC | 149 | | SOCWORK | 87 | | SOILSCI | 46 | | SPANISH | 83 | | SRMED | 21 | | STAT | 94 | | STDYABRD | 52 | | STS | 8 | | SURGERY | 25 | | SURGSCI | 33 | | THEATRE | 91 | | URBRPL | 60 | | UROLOGY | 5 | | ZOOLOGY | 89 | ### designations None recorded. ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_ecdf00bf0bd0d24b5599ec46 ### source legacy ### identity basis name\_only ### identity status unresolved ### name Young Wu ### email YW\@CS.WISC.EDU ### first observed at 2025-04-16 05:20:33.104844+00:00 ### last observed at 2025-11-16 05:32:31.273726+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 48 #### quality 2.6 #### difficulty 3.54 #### quality count 48 #### difficulty count 48 #### profile id rmp:2510986 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 15:57:31.649346+00:00 #### courses ##### course e0f984e8747ee9ccaba16d75 ###### review count 29 ###### quality 2.45 ###### difficulty 3.72 ###### quality count 29 ###### difficulty count 29 ##### course 1dae8ec78980ea57dc44f5c9 ###### review count 9 ###### quality 2.11 ###### difficulty 3.78 ###### quality count 9 ###### difficulty count 9 ##### course de12e29109d0c90ee086fcec ###### review count 3 ###### quality 2.33 ###### difficulty 3.33 ###### quality count 3 ###### difficulty count 3 #### bayesian quality 2.9116722892784104 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/YOUNG\_WU--instructor\_ecdf00bf0bd0d24b5599ec46 ## history None recorded. ## timeline None recorded. ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:57:31.649346+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMzYxMzA4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2510986", "instructor_name": "Young Wu", "course_label": "CS540", "course_id": "COMPSCI 540", "course_uid": "course_e0f984e8747ee9ccaba16d75", "review_date": "2026-08-12 04:13:17 +0000 UTC", "comment": "He was great. He has been teaching this course for some years and knows how to teach it. He is very reachable. He allowed us to use LLMs for the projects and instead made it a competition so that you had to study to be good on the competitions. This was my best project experience I had from UW Madison.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2510986", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:57:31.649346+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMzUyOTM1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2510986", "instructor_name": "Young Wu", "course_label": "CS540", "course_id": "COMPSCI 540", "course_uid": "course_e0f984e8747ee9ccaba16d75", "review_date": "2026-08-07 19:31:39 +0000 UTC", "comment": "UW-Madison would be better off spending the money they waste on this professor on AI tokens for students instead. His accent in class is almost impossible to understand. The real kicker? He actively encourages you to use AI on assignments… then turns around and reports you for academic misconduct the moment you actually do.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2510986", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:57:31.649346+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMDY3MjIw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2510986", "instructor_name": "Young Wu", "course_label": "CS540", "course_id": "COMPSCI 540", "course_uid": "course_e0f984e8747ee9ccaba16d75", "review_date": "2026-05-08 02:16:31 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Had an amazing lectures!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2510986", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:57:31.649346+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMDU2MjY5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2510986", "instructor_name": "Young Wu", "course_label": "CS540", "course_id": "COMPSCI 540", "course_uid": "course_e0f984e8747ee9ccaba16d75", "review_date": "2026-05-07 04:30:57 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Makes the class difficult for no reason, I go to review sessions and study groups and this is still so hard because his teaching style is not good. 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You will learn most of the classwork on your own time most likely, or through going through slides on your own. Lock in on practice exams and do good on the homework and you will pass.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2510986", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 4 } ] ``` ### total 48 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ----------- | | course\_1dae8ec78980ea57dc44f5c9 | COMPSCI 320 | | course\_e0f984e8747ee9ccaba16d75 | COMPSCI 540 | | course\_de12e29109d0c90ee086fcec | COMPSCI 577 | ### matched true ## social Image false