Professor
Bolei Zhou
Most Helpful Review
Winter 2024 - As the lead professor of a Computer Vision research lab in UCLA, Professor Zhou is extremely knowledgeable in the field. While lecture slides are dense with content, they provide a brilliant overview of Deep Learning and CV, including state-of-the-art models such as ResNet, Vision Transformers and Diffusion. Homework assignments are challenging but fun, where we had to make use of PyTorch to build above-mentioned models from scratch. Whenever I struggle to debug, my TA, Zhizheng, was really helpful on Piazza. There was also a final project where we had to read research papers and compare 3 different CV models, which was a great opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of CV models. The only downside was the tough final exam, but it turned out well eventually as he curved our overall grades. For anyone interested in Deep Learning and Computer Vision, I would highly recommend this class. Take note that while there are no enforced pre-requisites, this class does require you to have substantial prior knowledge in Machine Learning, Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra. Otherwise, this class could be quite challenging and fast-paced.
Winter 2024 - As the lead professor of a Computer Vision research lab in UCLA, Professor Zhou is extremely knowledgeable in the field. While lecture slides are dense with content, they provide a brilliant overview of Deep Learning and CV, including state-of-the-art models such as ResNet, Vision Transformers and Diffusion. Homework assignments are challenging but fun, where we had to make use of PyTorch to build above-mentioned models from scratch. Whenever I struggle to debug, my TA, Zhizheng, was really helpful on Piazza. There was also a final project where we had to read research papers and compare 3 different CV models, which was a great opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of CV models. The only downside was the tough final exam, but it turned out well eventually as he curved our overall grades. For anyone interested in Deep Learning and Computer Vision, I would highly recommend this class. Take note that while there are no enforced pre-requisites, this class does require you to have substantial prior knowledge in Machine Learning, Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra. Otherwise, this class could be quite challenging and fast-paced.
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Fall 2023 - Interesting material, but the lectures were pretty confusing to understand. The homeworks take a while to do just because of the training time, and I didn't they were particularly helpful for understanding the material. I thought the final exam was pretty fair. The last project is like a class-wide competition to see who can train the best model
Fall 2023 - Interesting material, but the lectures were pretty confusing to understand. The homeworks take a while to do just because of the training time, and I didn't they were particularly helpful for understanding the material. I thought the final exam was pretty fair. The last project is like a class-wide competition to see who can train the best model