Qiran Hu

Research Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Teaching

Courses and Mentoring

CS 107 Data Science Discovery

Teaching Assistant, 2023.08 - 2026.05, Champaign, IL

  • Led weekly lab sections and office hours for in-person and online sessions, mentoring 1,200 students every semester and 7,200+ over six semesters for data science foundations in Python, statistical inference, data wrangling, and machine learning.
  • Authored DISCOVERY Guides on the course website to provide detailed explanations with applied Python and statistics walkthroughs, giving students a self-serve reference for every lab and homework.
  • Designed problem sets, exam questions, test suites, and autograder scripts to deliver instant, consistent feedback to 1,200 students every semester on Mastery Platform, cutting grading turnaround from days to minutes.

Links: Guides, Mastery

Full profile: https://edward-h26.github.io/