Welcome to CSE 333!

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Weekly Calendar

Asking Questions & Getting Help

It is very important to us that you succeed in CSE 333! Outside of lectures and sections, there are several ways to ask questions or discuss course issues:

  1. Find a partner! This quarter many of the assignments and homeworks can be completed and submitted in partnerships, allowing you to discuss material, code, and debug together.
  2. Visit office hours! See the Weekly Calendar for current availability, noting that all office hours this quarter will either be in-person or virtual, but not hybrid.
  3. Make a public post about course content on the , where they benefit the whole class. This also allows other students to answer your question so can receive a faster response. This is the best way of asking questions about class-related topics.
  4. Make a private post to just the course staff on the with any issues you would prefer to discuss privately or questions that involve solutions or partial solutions for ongoing assignments.
  5. Request a 1-on-1 using . If you feel like you need extra time, can't make it to OH, or want to discuss something privately, please feel free to request a 1-on-1 from the staff!
  6. Send to the course staff. The instructor will try to address the issue and share it with others only as appropriate, but will not have a way to reply to you without addressing the whole class.

Course Staff

(Click our faces!)
Staff Mini-Bio: Chris Thachuk
WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS QUARTER?
- Instructing this fine course and making DNA molecules do interesting computation with my students and colleagues in MISL.

Chris Thachuk

(he/him)
thachuk@cs
Lecture A
Staff Mini-Bio: Ann Baturytski
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHAT WAS YOUR ACADEMIC PATH?
- I grew up in Kirkland, Washington and in Minsk, Belarus from ages 1-2. I'm currently a senior studying Computer Science and I did this program called UW Academy.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES, TALENTS, AND SKILLS?
- I enjoy skiing, reading, and playing video games. I'm currently playing red dead redemption 2.

HAVE YOU DONE OR EXPERIENCED ANYTHING REMARKABLE OR MEMORABLE?
- I went scubadiving once, I think...

WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS QUARTER?
- I'm a part time student so I will be stressing over 421 and trying to get a job

Ann Baturytski

(she/her)
abatur@cs
Section AB
Staff Mini-Bio: Noa
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHAT WAS YOUR ACADEMIC PATH?
- I was born in Jerusalem, and moved to Redmond, Washington when I was 7 years old. I've lived in Redmond ever since! I am currently a first year student of a masters degree in computer science.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES, TALENTS, AND SKILLS?
- I love kayaking in the spring and summer, and hibernating in the winter.

HAVE YOU DONE OR EXPERIENCED ANYTHING REMARKABLE OR MEMORABLE?
- I love the lakes in Washington.

WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS QUARTER?
- I am a full-time student this quarter and I am also TAing this course!

Noa Ferman

(she/her)
noaf7@cs
Section AA
Staff Mini-Bio: James
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHAT WAS YOUR ACADEMIC PATH?
I grew up on a farm in the outskirts of Redmond. I spent the first few years of my degree at Bellevue College because I wasn't a great student in High School 😅. I transfered to UW two years ago and I graduate this quater. New transfer students, feel free to ask me questions!

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES, TALENTS, AND SKILLS?
I grew up raising horses. I have been boxing since I was a little kid. I am a self-taught mechanic, machinist and woodworker.

HAVE YOU DONE OR EXPERIENCED ANYTHING REMARKABLE OR MEMORABLE?
I am luckly to have trained with USAF Pararescue as a civilian at the 351st Special Tactics Training Squadron in Kirtland AFB, NM. The best and worst two weeks of my life!

WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS QUARTER?
I am taking CSE 341 and 453.

James Froelich

(he/him)
jfroel@cs
Section AB
Staff Mini-Bio: Hannah Jiang
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHAT WAS YOUR ACADEMIC PATH?
- I was born in Seattle, moved to Dallas for around 10 years, and then moved back! Through middle/high school, I went to a lot of summer camps where we would learn a new coding language by working on a project all week. They used to be the highlight of my summers, and the main reason why I wanted to pursue Computer Science :)

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES, TALENTS, AND SKILLS?
- I really love fashion and am interested in designing + making my own clothing, so right now I'm into knitting and (attempting to) sew. I also love to swim!

HAVE YOU DONE OR EXPERIENCED ANYTHING REMARKABLE OR MEMORABLE?
- This question is making me realize I'm really boring because I can't think of an answer :P

WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS QUARTER?
- I'll mainly be focusing on my other classes (Distributed systems, AI, and a film class), as well as TAing 333!

Hannah Jiang

(she/her)
hjiang28@cs
Section AC
Staff Mini-Bio: Alan Li
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHAT WAS YOUR ACADEMIC PATH?
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I grew up in a city at the southern part of China and came to Seattle for college. I'm a first year BS/MS student.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES, TALENTS, AND SKILLS?
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Doing research in NLP. Playing games, piano, and just laying back and chill
HAVE YOU DONE OR EXPERIENCED ANYTHING REMARKABLE OR MEMORABLE?
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Just finished Legends of Zelda (GOAT!!)
WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS QUARTER?
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I'm applying for PhD programs and I'm also TAing this course!

Yegor Kuznetsov

(he/him)
yegork@cs
Section AB
Staff Mini-Bio: Humza
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHAT WAS YOUR ACADEMIC PATH?
- I grew up in Redmond, WA and have been living there my whole life. Currently, I am a senior majoring in computer science.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES, TALENTS, AND SKILLS?
- I love exploring the outdoors via hiking and kayaking - I can speak English, Hindi, Urdu, and Spanish and am currently learning Arabic - I also have an interest in photography and genealogy

HAVE YOU DONE OR EXPERIENCED ANYTHING REMARKABLE OR MEMORABLE?
- I have done 200+ hikes in various places around the world, exploring caves, mountains, forests, beaches, and more!

WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS QUARTER?
- TAing CSE 333 - Taking CSE 453, ARAB 101, ESRM 101

Humza Lala

(he/him)
humzal@cs
Section AE
Staff Mini-Bio: Alan Li
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHAT WAS YOUR ACADEMIC PATH?
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I grew up in a city at the southern part of China and came to Seattle for college. I'm a first year BS/MS student.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES, TALENTS, AND SKILLS?
-
Doing research in NLP. Playing games, piano, and just laying back and chill
HAVE YOU DONE OR EXPERIENCED ANYTHING REMARKABLE OR MEMORABLE?
-
Just finished Legends of Zelda (GOAT!!)
WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS QUARTER?
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I'm applying for PhD programs and I'm also TAing this course!

Alan Li

(he/him)
lihaoxin@cs
Section AA
Staff Mini-Bio: Alan Li
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHAT WAS YOUR ACADEMIC PATH?
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I grew up in a city at the southern part of China and came to Seattle for college. I'm a first year BS/MS student.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES, TALENTS, AND SKILLS?
-
Doing research in NLP. Playing games, piano, and just laying back and chill
HAVE YOU DONE OR EXPERIENCED ANYTHING REMARKABLE OR MEMORABLE?
-
Just finished Legends of Zelda (GOAT!!)
WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS QUARTER?
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I'm applying for PhD programs and I'm also TAing this course!

Leanna Mi Nguyen

(she/her)
leannami@cs
Section AE
Staff Mini-Bio: Alan Li
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHAT WAS YOUR ACADEMIC PATH?
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I grew up in a city at the southern part of China and came to Seattle for college. I'm a first year BS/MS student.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES, TALENTS, AND SKILLS?
-
Doing research in NLP. Playing games, piano, and just laying back and chill
HAVE YOU DONE OR EXPERIENCED ANYTHING REMARKABLE OR MEMORABLE?
-
Just finished Legends of Zelda (GOAT!!)
WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS QUARTER?
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I'm applying for PhD programs and I'm also TAing this course!

Chanh Truong

(he/him)
chanht1@cs
Section AC
Staff Mini-Bio: Jen Xu
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? WHAT WAS YOUR ACADEMIC PATH?
- I grew up in Mukilteo, WA. I'm currently a junior studying Computer Science and minoring in French!

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES, TALENTS, AND SKILLS?
- I really enjoy cooking and grocery shopping at Trader Joe's. The latter is strangely relaxing because I get to walk around and contemplate what to cook.

HAVE YOU DONE OR EXPERIENCED ANYTHING REMARKABLE OR MEMORABLE?
- I love going crabbing and clamming! Both are classic PNW activites :D

WHAT COMMITMENTS WILL BE CONSUMING YOUR CYCLES THIS QUARTER?
- I'm a full time student and I will be TAing this class!

Jen Xu

(she/her)
jennifrx@cs
Section AD

Acknowledgements

Many of the materials posted here were shared and refined by many staff members in previous offerings of CSE 333. This version of the course was significantly influenced by Steve Gribble, Hal Perkins, Hannah Tang, and Travis McGaha.

This website is derived from simple-courseweb-template, maintained by the CSE Lab and originally written by Xi Wang. The calendaring code was originally written by Adam Blank in 2017 for their common-course project and updated by Aaron Johnston in 19su.

Though we cannot list them all, we are also extremely grateful for the contributions of countless TAs and students who have given feedback and improved CSE 333 from quarter to quarter.