Rate My Professor Willem Bester

Stellenbosch University

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5.09/24/2026

What a goat

3.07/30/2026

Prof is very passionate about computer science. However, he goes off on tangents and cannot focus on a single topic. This makes him a wonderful story teller but a terrible teacher. I reccomend he pursues a career in acting or drama instead of computer science.

4.04/28/2026

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5.012/2/2025

Always clear, concise, and insightful.

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About Willem

Willem Hendrik Karel Bester serves as a Junior Lecturer in the Computer Science Division within the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Stellenbosch University, a position he has held since 2014, succeeding his appointment as Technical Officer in 2009. Before entering academia, Bester accumulated eight years of professional experience as a software programmer and analyst in the media industry, where he engaged in system programming, web strategy development, and full-text data archiving and retrieval systems. His academic journey at Stellenbosch University commenced in 2003 with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Mathematics, followed by an Honours degree and an MSc in Computer Science awarded cum laude, under the supervision of Willem Visser and Cornelia Inggs. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD supervised by Brink van der Merwe, with a focus on automata theory, particularly regular expression matching.