Todd Kuffner

0 exposure and nothing to learn; after few weeks you will find out 80% students will not come to class since it's just a waste of time.

4/22/2023

I definitely liked Kuffner, but I also understand the negative reviews. His lectures are a bit dry, and he does just read off of on his slides. However, I still felt like the slides were well-prepared and organized. He moves quickly and covers a ton of content, but he's also good at answering questions or meeting outside of class to clarify things.

5/10/2022

So this course wasn't what I thought it would be. I'm a senior math major and just wanted to fill a requirement. Kuffner is serious but the guy really cares that you learn. At first I was annoyed but now I am so grateful that I actually understand Math 493/494 now. Grades aren't out yet, but the final was easy if you paid attention in lecture.

12/18/2016

Great course, and super nice guy, especially in office hours. He makes so many interesting comments during lecture that are not in the slides (which are awesome). It wasn't a typical class. He really expects you to understand instead of memorize. I feel like I finally understand statistics, much more deeply than before taking the course.

12/17/2016

He just reads blocks of words on his power points. These power points then go online so lecture attendance is not necessary. He does not take criticism lightly (I told him that one of his questions was misleading) and he said that since it was a 400 level course we should be able to interpret his badly written HW

11/21/2016

Pretty chill guy. Curves the tests which are relatively hard if you dont study.

8/17/2014

He's funny and his slides are really good.

8/4/2014

Great linear models course. I learned a ton. We covered a lot of material. Kuffner was great. He has a dry sense of humor, but he's really funny if you pay attention. I needed the course for research so I was glad he taught the mathematical theory in addition to R.

6/15/2014

Kinda boring course, but he's good.

5/14/2014

He was a visiting prof this year. He is really helpful in office hours. Exams are easy. Homework was pretty annoying if you haven't done any programming. Uses the board only when he has to, everything else is in the slides. I've heard the course is worse with other profs. It was pretty good with Kuffner.

5/14/2014

The best Math 3200 professor at WashU. Genuinely cares about the students. Material is a bit dry but he tries hard to make it entertaining. Slides are outstanding--better than the book.

5/14/2014

Kuffner is one of the worst math professors at WashU. He copies chunks of text from the textbook (which is filled with acronyms and symbols) into his PowerPoint slides and just reads off the slides. He never writes anything on the board nor does he explain any material in greater detail than the textbook-you'll have to learn everything on your own.

5/5/2014