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Wenliang Du has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5.0 based on 182 total reviews analyzed.
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Dr. Wenliang Du is known to be the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence who has been teaching at Syracuse University for years. Currently, he is a full-time professor who has been teaching computer security for almost 20 years now. He mainly focuses on promoting experiential learning in cybersecurity education. He has developed over 40 labs also known as SEED labs that offer students with hands-on experiences and are funded by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation. He has been doing this for over 20 years now and all these labs are being used by 1000 universities, colleges, and high schools in 65 countries.

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TakeThisCourse Analysis Results for Wenliang Du’s Courses :

To help online learners with real user experience, our experts did a comprehensive analysis of instructor’s courses using text mining techniques that generates following results:

TTC analyzed a total of 182 reviews for 04 online courses of Wenliang Du.
The analysis indicates that around 86% reviews were positive while around 14% of reviews had negative sentiment.

TTC Course Effectiveness Score:

We have further analyzed user opinions related to 4 effectiveness factors including Content, Engagement, Quality Practice and Career Benefit.

84%

Content

4.2 / 5.0
81 Reviews

88%

Engagement

4.4 / 5.0
123 Reviews

83%

Practice

4.1 / 5.0
29 Reviews

76%

Career Benefit

3.8 / 5.0
17 Reviews

Based on the number of students’ reviews, we believe;

The instructor offers very engaging courses that contain great lectures.
His courses always contain an in-depth explanation that is easy to comprehend.
His hands-on lectures are always very informative and offer clear explanations of the concepts that are backed up by demonstrations.

Therefore, we can say professor Du’s courses are excellent, meticulous, and worth one’s time and money.

Below Stack Barchart further shows the positive, neutral and negative reviews we found during our detailed course analysis.

More about Instructor:

Qualification:

Wenliang Du has done Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the University of Science and Technology of China. (Year 1989-1993)
He has done MS in Computer Science from Florida International University. (Year 1994-1996)
He also has a PhD in Computer Science from Purdue University. (Year 1996- 2001)

Achievements:

He wrote a popular textbook on cybersecurity and that book has been adopted by over 247 schools worldwide. Professor Du’s SEED project was also highlighted by the National Science Foundation in a report sent to Congress. Due to this, he received the “2017 Academic Leadership” award from the 21st Colloquium for Information System Security Education.
Similarly, in 2019 Syracuse University awarded him with the Meredith Professorship and it is considered to be the University’s most prestigious honor for teaching excellence.
He has instructed many online courses that are available on Udemy and can be taken by any learner.

Areas of expertise:

Wenliang Du has skills relevant to;

Computer Science
Network Security
Algorithms
Internet Security
Distributed Systems
Cryptography
C
C++
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Computer Security
Software Engineering
Perl
LaTeX

What Learners are saying about Stephen’s Courses:

Based on the below reviews from different courses by Stephen T Parente, you will get a clear idea of how competitive this instructor is and how engaging his courses are.

I took this course by Professor Du and it was an excellent one. The course had thorough explanations and dives deep into the inner working of networks/the internet. The way he explained all the vulnerabilities in any network was amazing. (Matt M, ★★★★★)
I am into IT for 10 years now and needed a course that could help me refresh my skills. Glad to say that this course by Professor Du was everything I needed to refresh my basics of the internet. This was an in-depth course that had a lot of useful content in it. (Peter, ★★★★★)
I have been taking many online courses for years now and can say they did teach me well. But then I found this course by Professor Du and it was something else. In my opinion, this is the best course that I completed so far. I believe all of Wenliang’s Udemy courses have a perfect mix of theory and practice and you wouldn’t feel less interested while learning from his course. (AI O, ★★★★★).
Taking one of the courses by Professor Du was a great and fulfilling experience for me. I wanted to develop a good understanding of cyberattacks and Du’s course was just what I needed. This course also taught me all about the OSI network model in a virtual hands-on environment. Similarly, I also learned Linux through his course. I really appreciate Professor Du’s responsiveness to questions. (Roni Z, ★★★★★)
A very informative course by Professor Du as he was able to explain all the concepts using engaging examples. The way he dives deep with live-drawings helped me a lot in clearing all of my concepts. If you want to develop a good understanding of cryptography then this course is for you. (Tobias Oliver, ★★★★★)
I have been studying modern cryptography for over a year now and somehow taking this course was a very good decision that I made. It helped me a lot in filling the majority of the gaps I had. If you have been studying modern cryptography on your own just like me then this course is for you. It will 100% help you consolidate your understanding. (Martin B, ★★★★★)
Professor Du is great and the course that I took was awesome. I really appreciate his passion for teaching. The way he explained RSA and DH was admirable. (Rajni K, ★★★★★)
This course by Wenliang Du has very valuable information to share about cybersecurity. The instructor has tried to share as many advanced topics as he can and he is very polite. Whenever I had a question I mind I always asked him and he gave complete answers in a short time. I would say his answers were very clear and helpful. (Fawzan M, ★★★★★)
I would like to thank Professor Du for all his efforts. Personally, I believe his courses have genuine content in it and can help learners develop a good understanding of cryptography and network security. (Dalchandra S, ★★★★★)
Professor Du is a real cybersecurity hero who has all the knowledge of this area. I bet you won’t find any professor as good as him. His courses are of the best quality and contain updated content and that too at such a cheap price. I really like this instructor and appreciate all his efforts. (Zee, ★★★★★)
This course by Professor Du was a well-structured and highly informative one and I can recommend it to all my fellows who are into computer security just like me. This course has helped me develop a clear understanding on many things regarding computer security. (Chris P, ★★★★★)

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