Teaching Experiences
I have been teaching Discrete Mathematics and Cryptology (12 credit hours per semester) at Boise State University since Fall 2023.
Current students: Please see Boise State Canvas Page for any current course info!
Below is a list of past courses that I have served as instructor of record or teaching assistant. Click each course title for more details, my teaching evaluations, and teaching materials.
This course introduces classical cryptosystem, DES, AES, public key cryptography and security, digital signatures, and lab experiments with SageMath.
As Instructor of Records:
Fall 2024 Evaluation
Textbook: None, based on course materials by Liljana Babinkostova, my lecture notes which based on the references below, and course materials by Nikolay Kaleyski.
Understanding Cryptography by Christof Paar and Jan Pelzl, Springer Berlin, 2009
An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography, by Jeffrey Hoffstein, Jill Pipher, Joseph H. Silverman, Springer New York, 2nd edition, 2014
This course introduces elliptic curve cryptography, digital signatures, cryptanalysis, and lab experiments with SageMath.
As Instructor of Records:
Spring 2025
Spring 2024 Evaluation
Textbook: None, based on course materials by Liljana Babinkostova, my lecture notes which based on the references below, and course materials by Nikolay Kaleyski.
Understanding Cryptography by Christof Paar and Jan Pelzl, Springer Berlin, 2009
An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography, by Jeffrey Hoffstein, Jill Pipher, Joseph H. Silverman, Springer New York, 2nd edition, 2014
Elliptic Curves : Number Theory and Cryptography, by Lawrence C Washington, 2nd edition, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2008
This is an introductory course for mathematics, computer sciences, and related majors. It covers basic logic, set theory, number theory, counting, graph theory, and prepares students for introductory mathematical proof courses.
As Instructor of Records:
Spring 2025 (2 sections)
Textbook: zyBook: Discrete Mathematics, by S. Irani
Fall 2024 (2 sections) Evaluation 1 Evaluation 2
Textbook: zyBook: Discrete Mathematics, by S. Irani
Spring 2024 (2 sections) Evaluation 1 Evaluation 2
Textbook: Applied Discrete Structures, by A. Doerr & K. Levasseur, and Boise State Math 189 website by Jaimos Skriletz. Collaborated with Zach Teitler to develop WeBWorK problems.
Fall 2023 (3 sections) Evaluation 1 Evaluation 2 Evaluation 3
Textbook: zyBook: Discrete Mathematics, by S. Irani
This is an introductory course for mathematics, computer sciences, and related majors. It covers basic logic, set theory, number theory, counting, graph theory, and prepares students for introductory mathematical proof courses.
As Instructor of Records:
Spring 2022 Evaluation
Fall 2021 Evaluation
Here is a collection of my Lecture worksheets (pdf file, upto October 2021). Many ideas thanks to materials created by Novi Bong and Diego Penta.
As Teaching Assistant:
Spring 2021 Evaluation (online synchronous)
Instructor: Jamie Sutherland (TA for two sections), Diego Penta (TA for one section)
Textbook for all sections: Discrete Mathematics with Graph Theory by E. G. Goodaire and M. M.Parmente, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005.
This is a second semester calculus (out of three) for STEM majors, covers single variable integrations, sequences and series, and parametric equations. In addition, I conducted weekly computer lab session which introduces Mathematica from basic coding knowledge to application in verifying and visualizing the contents covered in the lectures and the textbook.
As Teaching Assistant: I taught the Discussion classes that meet twice per week.
Fall 2020 Discussion and Lab evaluation (online synchronous)
Instructor: Novi Bong (TA for two of each D/L section)
Spring 2020 Discussion evaluation, Lab evaluation (moved to online after the first midterm)
Instructor: Nelson Brittingham (TA for two of each D/L section)
Spring 2018 Lab evaluation
Instructor: Novi Bong (TA for four Lab sections)
Textbook for all sections: Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart, 8th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2015.
Lab material: Wolfram Mathematica with worksheets made by the math department.
Here are supplementary materials I made for the Mathematica lab (updated to Fall 2020).
Lab 0: Installing Mathematica
Lab 0 slides
Lab 1: Introduction to Calculus in Mathematica
Lab 1 slides, Lab 1 examples and hints
Lab 2: Newton's Method in Mathematica
Lab 2 slides, Lab 2 examples & hints & supplementary plots (pdf file) (nb file)
Lab 3: Areas and Volumes of Revolution
Lab 3 slides, Lab 3 examples and hints, Lab 3 supplementary plots (pdf file) (nb file)
Lab 4: Numerical Integration
Lab 4 slides, Lab 4 examples and hints, Lab 4 handwritten notes, Lab 4 supplementary plots (pdf file) (nb file)
Lab 5: More on Numerical Integration
Lab 5 slides, Lab 5 examples and hints, Lab 5 handwritten notes (annotated slides)
Lab 6: Integration by Partial Fractions
Lab 6 slides, Lab 6 examples and hints
Lab 7: Sequences
Lab 7 slides, Lab 7 examples and hints
Lab 8: Series
Lab 8 slides, Lab 8 examples and hints, Lab 8 handwritten notes
Lab 9: Power Series
Lab 9 slides, Lab 9 examples and hints, Lab 9 handwritten notes
Lab 10: Taylor Polynomials and Series
Lab 10 slides, Lab 10 examples and hints
Lab 11: Parametric Curves
Lab 11 slides, Lab 11 examples and hints
Lab 12: Polar Coordinates
Lab 12 slides, Lab 12 examples and hints
This is a first semester calculus (out of three) for STEM majors. It covers single variable limits, derivatives and basic integrations.
As Teaching Assistant: I taught the Discussion classes that meet twice per week.
Fall 2019 Evaluation
Instructor: Eirini Kilikian (TA for two sections)
My worksheets: Differentiation rules review, Midterm review
Fall 2018 Evaluation
Instructor: Dariusz Panek (TA for two sections)
Fall 2016 (Evaluation disappeared and never seen in the UD system, sadly)
Instructor: Dariusz Panek (TA for two sections)
Textbook for all sections: Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart, 8th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2015.
This is a second semester calculus (out of two). My section was taught in English and was mandatory for freshmen in the EECS Undergraduate Honors Program in NCTU, which has been one of the top ranked programs in Taiwan.
As Teaching Assistant:
Spring 2014
Instructor: Michael Fuchs (TA for one section)
Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart, 7th Edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2011.
Here are my weekly assignment solutions.
This is an introductory course for first-year mathematics majors, covers set theory, basic logic, mathematical proof, functions, etc..
As Teaching Assistant:
Fall 2013
Instructor: Chih-Wen Weng (TA for one section)
Textbook: Introduction to Advanced Mathematics by William Barnier and Norman Feldman, second edition, Pearson, 1999.