Teaching, Outreach, and Learning

Life is good for only two things, discovering mathematics and teaching mathematics.: Siméon Denis Poisson

Pedagogical Article

Meeting the Bar in Teaching for Tenure-Track Assistant Professors [PDF]
Vincent Y. F. Tan, Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (AJSoTL), 11(1). 64-72, May/Jun 2021

Courses taught at NUS

Term	Module Code	Module Title	Type	Score (out of 5)	Number of Students
Spring 2025	EE5137	Stochastic Processes	Lec	--	--
Fall 2024	MA4261	Information and Coding Theory	Lec/Tut	--	--
Spring 2024	EE2012	Analytical Methods in ECE	Lec/Tut	4.7/4.4	86/35
Fall 2023	DSA3102	Essential Data Analytics Tools: Convex Optimisation	Lec/Tut	4.2/4.2	189/27
Spring 2023	EE2211	Introduction to Machine Learning (Co-taught with Prof. Xinchao Wang)	Lec	4.2	710
Fall 2022	TG1401	Engineering Mathematics I	Tut	4.8	17
Spring 2022	EE2012A	Analytical Methods in ECE [Youtube]	Lec/Tut	4.5/4.5	45
Spring 2022	EE5137	Stochastic Processes	Lec	4.9	45
Fall 2021	MA4270	Data Modelling and Computation	Lec/Tut	4.6/4.6	74
Spring 2021	EE5137	Stochastic Processes [Youtube]	Lec	4.9	44
Spring 2021	EE2211	Introduction to Machine Learning	Tut	4.8	52
Fall 2020	EE2211	Introduction to Machine Learning [Notes]	Tut	4.8	83
Spring 2020	EE5137	Stochastic Processes	Lec	4.8	51
Fall 2019	MA3110	Mathematical Analysis II	Lec/Tut	4.9/4.9	25
Fall 2019	EE5139	Information Theory for Communication Systems	Lec	4.8	30
Spring 2019	MA6241	Bandit Algorithms	Lec	4.7	11
Fall 2018	EE5137	Stochastic Processes	Lec	4.8	48
Spring 2018	MA4270	Data Modelling and Computation	Lec/Tut	4.4/4.3	67
Fall 2017	EE5137	Stochastic Processes	Lec	4.8	40
Spring 2017	MA4270	Data Modelling and Computation	Lec/Tut	4.6/4.6	37
Fall 2016	EE5139R	Information Theory for Communication Systems	Lec	4.96	8
Spring 2016	MA4270	Data Modelling and Computation	Lec/Tut	4.86/4.88	21
Fall 2015	EE5139R	Information Theory for Communication Systems	Lec	4.68	7
Spring 2015	EE5138R	Optimization for Communication Systems	Lec	4.20	16
Spring 2015	EE2012	Analytical Methods in ECE	Tut	4.23	23
Fall 2014	EE5139R	Information Theory for Communication Systems	Lec	4.94	22
Fall 2013	EE5139R	Communication Systems (Co-taught with Prof. Mehul Motani)	Lec	4.61	39
Spring 2013	EE2012	Analytical Methods in ECE	Tut	4.46	40
Fall 2012	EE5139R	Communication Systems (Co-taught with Prof. Mehul Motani)	Lec	4.52	50
Fall 2006	EE2012	Analytical Methods in ECE	Tut	4.70	25

Here is a talk I gave on my experiences teaching MA4270 Data Modeling and Computation over 4 iterations.

Courses taught at University of Madison-Wisconsin and MIT

Fall 2011: Multi-terminal Information Theory at UW-Madison
Spring 2010: Teaching Assistant for 6.437 Inference and Information at MIT: Rating 6.4/7.0: Review Quotes
Fall 2008: Teaching Assistant for 6.241 Dynamic Systems and Control at MIT: Rating 6.5/7.0: Review Quotes
IAP 2008 – 2010: Co-Instructor for 6.097 Review of Signals and Systems at MIT: Average Rating 6.0/7.0: Review Quotes

Outreach

Here is a video I did for the NUS Faculty of Science's Open Day.

Giving a Talk

Here is a checklist for giving a decent talk in the area of systems, communication, control and signal processing.: Co-authored with Stark C. Draper