• I liked the proposal very much. It was unusually good. You are a very good writer.
  — The late Prof. Joseph A. Goguen (formerly with University of Oxford and University of California, San Diego)

• It was a good proposal and certainly deserved funding.
  — Prof. Peter Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology

• Very innovative. I have learned a lot myself.
  — Prof. C.V. Ramamoorthy, University of California, Berkeley

• I have found in your work a very interesting and useful balance between long range scientific concerns and shorter range concern for affinity to current ongoing engineering trends.
  — Prof. Dines Bjorner, Technical University of Denmark

• Your software engineering group is quite impressive.
  — Prof. Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University

• You have a strong group.
  — Prof. Ken Turner, University of Stirling

• I'm very impressed by the work of the Software Engineering Group for the speciality and depth in software testing.

• It looks very good. You did an excellent job.
  — Prof. T.Y. Chen, Swinburne University of Technology

• Great job done!
  — Prof. Michael Lyu, Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Salute to all the trust that Prof. Tse exudes: confidence, creativity, faith, compassion, and pride.
  — Dr Ray Paul, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, USA

• Your research records are very impressive.
  — Dr. Katherine Liqin Shen, Executive, IBM China Software Development Laboratory

• Not going to you will be a mistake! Highly respected! Salute!

• You did a very good job.
  — Mabel Chau, Rehabus

• Succinctly well-done.
  — Edith Mok, Consultant for Rehabus

• You must be a very good teacher.
  — Prof. Benjamin Wah, Provost of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

• I really enjoyed your presentations.
  — Prof. J. Barrie Thompson, University of Sunderland

• We have a lot to learn from you but your talent in organizing complicated facts and conveying them in a lively and interesting way can never be learned.
  — SAHK

• Great! Excellent Talk! One of the best talks I ever listened to. — SAHK

• One of very few significant materials written on object-oriented testing.
  — Alla Crowder, Denniston and Denniston, Inc.

• Once a while an outstanding reviewer turns in such a detailed, thorough, insightful review that it cannot go unnoticed. This is the case with T.H. Tse who recently exceeded even Computer's standard of excellence.
  — IEEE Computer

• Open the door for further research.
  — Reviewer for International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)

• The authors have done ... excellent scientific work, and I could not find particular issues for improvement.
  — Reviewer for International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)

• The presentation slides are very good.

• As a practicing software engineer who uses both formal and structured (as well as informal) approaches, I agree completely!

• Excellent track record.

• The results of this project ... are published in one of the best journals in the domain. The project ... is a remarkable piece of work.

• The investigators have made a timely and significant contribution.

• The journal publications ... are high quality papers.

• Very impressive.

• I am impressed.

• 不愧為資訊科技界翹楚, 敬佩, 敬佩。

• 目光如炬, 在下拜服!

• 無論他的觀察力、處事能力、社交能力、見識與說服力我都親身見識過。

• You've certainly set new standards for PCs!
  — Alistair P. Barros, The University of Queensland, Australia

• You DID a good job, indeed.
  — Maarten Boasson, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Thank you for all of your hard work in organizing the reviews and staying on top of the situation.
  — Marion G. Ceruti, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, USA

• You are by far the most diligent PC Chair that I have ever worked with. My pleasure and my congratulations!
  — Carl K. Chang, University of Auburn and The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

• Your significant leadership was obvious in the superb technical program that was offered.
  — Stephen Chen, Motorola Global Software Group, USA

• You have done a great job.
  — William C. Chu, TungHai University, Taiwan

• Let me take this chance to congratulate you on an excellent conference. You have been a great chair, and I think you way of communicating with people was fantastic.
  — Elsabe Cloete, University of South Africa, South Africa

• I join in the praise for the excellent job you have done.
  — Hans-Dieter Ehrich, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany

• Thanks for your help and efforts to make COMPSAC 2001 a successful conference.
  — Arif Ghafoor, Purdue University, USA

• This conference wouldn't happen w/o your efforts!
  — Joseph Hummel, Lake Forest College, USA

• I really appreciate the excellent work for the conference. It looks so organized and perfect. Thank you for what you have done for us.
  — Hewijin Christine Jiau, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

• You are a very good program chair.
  — T.Y. Lin, San Jose State University, USA

• You are doing an excellent job with the program.
  — Dick B. Simmons, Texas A&M University, USA

• Thanks very much for the excellent job you have done.
  — Jeffrey Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

• You have worked hard and done a good job. Thank you very much.
  — Wei-Tek Tsai, Arizona State University, USA

• Excellent job.
  — Luay H. Tahat, Lucent Technologies, USA

• You did a very good job of coordinating the pc activities. Thanks for your fine efforts.
  — K. Vairavan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

• You did an excellent job.
  — Franck Xia, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA

• You are doing an excellent job. I enjoyed the conference.
  — Hongji Yang, De Montfort University, UK

• Congratulations on a very successful conference.
  — Yiyu Yao, University of Regina, Canada

• You have done a good job.
  — Hong Zhu, Oxford Brookes University, UK

• COMPSAC 2001's success is certainly largely due to your hard work, especially the continuous update of the web page, the frequent communication with the program participants, and the energy for getting the program in good shape. A job well done.
  — Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA

• What a super paper! ... I would have to say that this is exactly what I would aim at — real practical examples of real problems, the solution of which must be based on a real understanding of the subject and its underlying principles. An entirely appropriate paper ... I really enjoyed reading this one!

• I enjoyed this paper ... a nice, tidy paper.

• As always, Prof. Tse's graded exams are fun to read.

• Prof. Tse has made great contributions to the department in all fronts. His performance is consistent and exemplary. I am proud of having such a distinguished colleague in the department.
  — Prof. Wenping Wang

• Prof. Tse is an excellent and selfless leader in the department who contributes much to the department in many areas. He is also one of the best teachers in the department. His teaching is highly regarded by students. Prof. Tse is a prolific researcher. He has an impression publication record despite the fact that publication venues in Software Engineering, such as TSE, are highly competitive.
  — Prof. Ben Kao

• My congratulation to you and your team on this great achievement.
  — Prof. David Cheung

• It looked very solid. I am sure it will be treated as a important piece of work in the field. Congratulations!
  — Prof. Francis Lau

• Prof. Tse made very good presentation in his lecture. His presentation skill is excellent. Prof. Tse raised questions on the subject in class so as to make students think and to rouse students' interest of learning.
  — Prof. Francis Chin

• A valuable asset of the department.
  — Prof. Francis Chin

• I congratulate you for your good teaching evaluation and great success in RGC grant applications.
  — Prof. Francis Chin

• Well done.
  — Prof. Francis Chin

• Overall, your contribution to the department and university is appreciated. Keep up the good work.
  — Prof. Francis Chin

• This project is of great practical importance.
  — Prof. C. Chan

• Your contribution to the Faculty and HKU is highly appreciated and well recognised.
  — Prof. Christopher Chao

• You have done a great job.
  — Prof. Paul Y.S. Cheung

• Congratulations! It is quite an achievement. ... Keep it up.
  — Prof. Paul Y.S. Cheung

Recent Teaching Evaluations     Year     Course   Teacher Effectiveness     2022/23     COMP7201   94.4   2021/22     COMP7201   93.2   2020/21     COMP7201   96.3   2019/20     COMP7201   83.3   2018/19     COMP7201   89.6   2017/18     COMP7201   86.0   2016/17     COMP7201   89.2   2015/16     COMP7201   95.2   2014/15     COMP7201   95.0

“   Prof. Tse has given me some very good directions, which affects my career directly. ”

“   I have discussed with a lot of classmates (a mini unofficial poll). Nobody denied that your lectures are tough, your assignments are challenging, no hints available, no discussion about the probable solutions and no slippage of deadline (unlike most software projects). However, all agreed that your lectures are one of the "must-attend" lectures among our entire MSc programme. That's why we never skipped your lectures. The Open Forum was also a great facility that let us asking some "seem to be stupid" questions that we won't ask in the lectures because of the question itself or our terrible English speaking skill. Most of our classmates wondered how you could reply the Newsgroup in such a prompt manner. It looks like you always sit in front of the computer watching for any arrival of questions. We also appreciated your encouragement to your students; I can still remember your reply to a desperate student of his frustration with Formal Methods. Although we are mature students, sometimes we still need certain kind of consultation and encouragement in order to survive in tough situations and you did offer that support to us. Thank you very much! ”

“   Looking back, I would say you have really prepared me a solid foundation that is necessary for my work. The system design project that you assigned in the class did not only give us hands-on experiences to analyze a client's problem and design a solution to help the client, but also gave us valuable chances to work together to produce something useful. The examination papers in your course are also among the most interesting papers that I have taken, as they are closely related to our daily lives. In that regard, the papers not only tested our knowledge about the subject, but by studying the past papers, we can also learn something when the questions on the papers themselves can demonstrate how system analysis and design are mingled with our daily lives. I just want to send you this email to say "thank you", as you really did help me to acquire the necessary skills for my work that I am doing now. Professor Tse, I am grateful to have you as a teacher. ”

“   When I was having the lectures, I heard from some of my classmates that your class is not practical, and they thought only about the grades at that time. I think the reason is that they couldn't see the importance or how the materials are related to real life work, which is a point they can't see if they're without any working experience designing some system for others to use. I now see that students are saying that your course is useful on their Facebook feeds after they started having their internship. I didn't get a decent grade in your course, but I still think that your course is the one of the best course I had among the other courses. The wordings in this message may seem a bit exaggerated, but all of them are my truthful feelings. I hope that more can benefit from having your course. Thank you once again for delivering this awesome course to us. ”

• The most useful course in the curriculum.

• This is the best course (really).

• It is a really meaningful course!

• Rich and stimulate thinking.

• I really enjoy the course. Thank you very much!

• Really intriguing.

• I found your course challenging and enjoyable.

• I enjoyed this course very much indeed.

• Very good in every aspect.

• I think he is the best teacher in the programme.

• You are one of my most respectful teachers who taught me a lot of things that I always feel grateful about.

• It was a pleasure learning from you this semester. Thank you for the amazing lectures! ... I feel they had been my best class in my last 2 years here.

• I was impressed by your expertise and experience among this domain.

• Your lectures are the most interesting ones (in my opinion) in CS. And you are the first one who makes me feel software engineering is fun. Thanks for your teaching.

• I have just enrolled in your undergraduate course this semester, and have already learned so much from you that I regret not having met you earlier ... Thank you!

• Have insight! Clear concept! Good teacher!

• Great explanations. Thanks.

• Explanations are clear with good examples.

• He uses common knowledge to explain professional problems. It made us very easy to understand the key point of this course.

• You are such a great professor.

• You are really a very responsible and professional professor.

• He is so good.

• Your lessons are great and I appreciate them.

• Prof. Tse answers questions from students in an impressive and responsible manner, which is of a great help in gaining full understanding of material.

• You are really a great teacher. You are the first teacher I've ever encountered throughout my undergraduate and postgraduate studies who would personally reply to every student's enquiry with patient and detail answers. Thank you very much.

• You can point out the root of our problems by using a few comments and that is really cool.

• Very willing to answer students' questions.

• Willing to ensure students understand all details.

• A kind teacher who is very patient to students who may not have the background.

• Prof. Tse is a very committed teacher. He takes and answers questions from student in an impressive and responsible manner, which is of a great help in gaining full understanding of the material.

• You are a nice teacher, I like you, and I admire you.

• Up to now, the materials covered in the course are exactly those I am encountering, or the knowledge I need in my job, and I am sure you, no matter what jobs you are planning, will find useful in the future. Do pay some effort to this course.

• My own opinion coincided with the evaluation result and I strongly feel that the course was taught in a completely different manner as compared with those that I attended in my undergrad years.

• I am greatly impressed by your email instructions. ... Not just the technology but the care, the concern and the effort to keep the student in tune and in progress.

• You are really a good teacher. I am really moved by your hard work and admire you.

• I am proud of being your student.

• I really appreciate your teaching method. It is totally different.

• Your course is very good, you give an penetrating analysis and you make it easy to understand.

• Everyone who has ever taken your courses knows of your commitment to excellence in teaching.

• Your slides are well-presented, concise and good.

• Thank you for the quality of the lectures, as well as for the energy you put to teach the course and the effort you make to ensure the slides are easy to understand.

• Excellent presentation and course materials.

• They told me several times that my presentation was very impressive — and this is because I learned a lot of presentation skills from you!

• Encourage students for questions.

• I really appreciate your teaching.

• The assignment series of this course is really great that it provides a complete example of applying the unified process, from analysis to design.

• Our gratitude and respect for your effort in helping us to be a full-fledged and creative individual.

• Indeed what you have taught me is very solid (not only research, but also about personality).

• Very interesting.

• Very useful for daily jobs.

• Very good.

• Good. Good. Good.

• Definitely very very very helpful.

• Excellent!

• Excellent professor.

• Vivid.

• Cool!

• Cool jokes.

• Very humorous and very helpful!

• Full of passion.

• Keep up the good work.

• Always don't know what you are talking about.

• I don't believe people use UML diagrams in real life.

• Please focus on assignments and exam and the final grade.

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