The CFL module went very well this year. There was an unanticipated
increase in student numbers from 33 last year to 93 students this
year. This complicated matters with individual feedback for coursework
and homework. I will look into this problem for the next year.
But overall the students were satisfied with the module quality and
the lecturer: an astounding 100% of the received responses either
strongly agreed or agreed with being satisfied with the quality
of the module; 96.9% found the module intellectually stimulating and
87.5% found the pace of the lectures about right. Of course I will
work hard to maintain, and possibly even improve upon, such a
favourable view.

Students generally liked the material with a good mix of theory and
practice. Also students appreciated very much the setup of coursework
and homework, where the module content could be practiced. Furthermore
students found the provided study material very useful.

The only difficulty that arose this year concerns the speed of the
feedback for courseworks. I will look into this issue for next year
and try to implement a solution assuming the numbers will be as
high next year as they have been this year.



The complete feedback about positive aspects and recommended improvements:


- Best module in terms of teaching quality. The best of the best.

- Christian is great, he really cares about the students and our learning

- DR. urban's CFL is so interesting, I have never experienced such
  class experience, I have some students who have learned compiler
  principles in other schools, but they are just boring study and
  exams, in urban's CFL, we can learn and make our own compiler with
  our own hands. Overall, best course I took.

- Dr Urban has been the most informative lecturer I have ever had. His
  feedback for courseworks is highly personalised which is refreshing
  and motivating. His lectures are always articulate, informative, and
  interesting. The occasional jokes keep them from feeling too
  roboticised, but he still manages to deliver the extremely difficult
  content in a way which makes sense and somehow doesn't take him 4
  hours.

  I am very happy with the quality of this module and I don't think
  there is anything which needs improving / changing.

- I can absolutely say that the CFL module has been one of the best
  semester 1 modules I've taken in university. Despite the challenges of
  studying remotely, Christian's teaching and prepared material have
  been fantastic, especially when real-world relevance is discussed.
  Marking coursework manually is much better than automated marking
  since Christian provides detailed feedback and insights that automated
  systems often fail to provide. Even though feedback can understandably
  be delayed by the sheer number of submissions, it is well worth the
  wait.

  No complaints, just keep doing more of the same!

- I have nothing but amazing things to say about this module and the
  lecturer. The quality of content is by far one of the best that I have
  ever received. Not only are the lectures intellectually stimulating,
  but the lecturer makes it so it is extremely engaging and fun. I
  especially loved the perfect balance of theory and practical code.
  The lecturer also gives a ton of feedback in the HWs, CWs and is
  always available in office hours. Thank you Dr. Urban for an awesome
  module experience!

- I like the detailed handouts and the humour of the lecturer. I also
  like the more advanced resources that the lecturer recommends.

- I think the pre-recorded lectures are well split and formatted. I
  like having the handouts alongside the lectures. My favourite module
  so far.

- In my opinion, CFL has been the been the most rewarding, challenging
  and best-taught module during my academic years. Dr. Urban is
  passionate and well prepared ; the course material (videos and
  handouts) is clear and helpful. Moreover, Dr. Urban is offering help
  during both LGTs and his office hour; additional help is always
  offered via email.

  This module has given me a great understanding of the theory and
  practice of compiler design and it has improved my programming skills.

  I strongly recommend choosing the Compilers module.

- One of the best lecturers in King's College London!

- The crystal clear structure, assessment information and overall
  format sets you up to prepare, organize yourself and learn
  efficiently. However, there could be value in having more TAs/extra
  person to help with feedback on CWs and homeworks to just speed up
  the process.

- The friendly and insightful course content combined with challenging
  and interesting coursework has given me a very comprehensive
  knowledge of compilers and formal languages.

- The module has been excellent, my one comment that isn't solely
  positive is the time at which feedback is recieved. I fully
  understand that this is due to Dr. Urban's efforts to make each
  piece of work individually and really appriciate the detail he goes
  into on that. Up until the last coursework the delays to deadlines
  have made this matter significantly less if not at all. My CW3 is
  still not marked however and I am supposed to submit my CW4 today
  which worries me.

- The pairing of practical implementation in the courseworks with
  theory was incredibly helpful with getting a fuller understanding of
  the content, given it can be very theory-heavy.

- The teacher always checks the homework by himself and gives feedback
  which is the best point for me. Generally speaking, I personally
  feel that this course is perfect, with a wealth of off-class reading
  materials (ho), and a lot of practical work (cw), and the teacher's
  feedback is also very fast.