Course Staff

Bill Chapman

wlchapma@illinois.edu

I have a background in Math, CS and Atmospheric Sciences. This will be my fifth semester teaching CS 125. When I’m not working, I like to work on my golf game.

Barkey Bryant

bjbryan2@illinois.edu

My name is Barkey Bryant. I am in the last year of the doctoral program in Jazz Performance. When I'm not playing music, I love to spend time with my wife and 2-year-old daughter. As native of Tennessee, you might detect a little of my southern accent. I hope y'all don't mind.

Mihika Dave

mhdave2@illinois.edu

I am Mihika Dave, a first year MS in Computer Science student. My primary research interest is Machine Learning and have completed my bachelor's thesis in the same. I had an amazing experience TAing Microprocessors Programming and Interfacing earlier and am indeed excited about being a TA again!

Qian Cheng

qcheng4@illinois.edu

This is Qian Cheng, a “maybe” last year PhD student in CS. This is my first time working as a TA for CS125. I have taught CS374 for several semesters and CS427 as well. I believe an entry level CS course could bring us lots of fun. My primary research area is information retrieval and health informatics, working with Prof. Bruce Schatz.

Tarun Chhabra

tchhabr2@illinois.edu

I am Tarun Chhabra, a second year Master's student in Structural Engineering. I was TA of CS 125 last semester and I really enjoyed working with Bill.

Bingjie Jiang

bingjie3@illinois.edu

I am Bingjie Jiang, a first year master's student in computer science dept. This is my very first time being a TA. Really looking forward to working with you in the near future.

Bhavesh Shrimali

bshrima2@illinois.edu

I'm Bhavesh Shrimali, a second year master's student in the Structural Engineering. I completed my B.Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT Guwahati in 2015. My favorite passtime is playing soccer and pursuing photography. This is my second time as a TA for CS 125 so I'm really excited and looking forward to it.

Bofan Sun

bsun6@illinois.edu

Hello, I am Bofan Sun. I will be the first year master student in CS department. This will be my first time TAing CS125. I am really excited to teach students and work with the team.

Qi Zhu

qiz3@illinois.edu

This is Qi. I'm a new master student in computer science this Fall. And it's my first time being a TA and excited to be a member of this team. I kind of have wide interest in travel, sports and etc.

Dong Hun Lee

donghun2@illinois.edu

My name is Dong Hun Lee. I am a first year Master's student in Computer Science, and I did my undergraduate at UC San Diego. This will be my first time working as a TA, and I am looking forward to it.

Chaitra Niddodi

chaitra@illinois.edu

I'm Chaitra Prasad Niddodi. I'm a 1st year MS Computer Science student. I completed my undergrad in Computer Science in May 2016 from PES University, India. I had been to UIUC last summer for internship in Real Time Systems Security. This would be my first experience as TA.