Pedagogy

Teaching

Education has been a cornerstone of my career. There’s no replacement for the moment when a difficult idea finally clicks for a student — and getting to be the person who phrases the explanation that triggers it.

Stanford ICME

• Lecturer for 7+ years for CME 211 (Python) and CME 212 (C++). Awarded Best Lecturer three separate years by students and peer faculty.
• Teaching Fellow for CME 211, CME 305 (authored lecture notes), and CME 323 (authored the first thorough set of lecture notes).
• Teaching Assistant for CME 106 and CME 323.

Workshops

Led the ICME Fundamentals of Data Science Summer Workshops:

• Intro to R — ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19, ’20, ’21, ’22
• Intro to Python — ’21, ’22
• Intro to Statistics — ’17

Sample Materials

I enjoy distilling content into concise, dense notes. A few examples:

• Statistical inference course summary (STATS 200)
• Introduction to R Programming — one-day short course
• Distributed algorithms notes — CME 323 lecture