Reviews for CMSC818Q

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Zaoxing Liu
CMSC818Q

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/12/2025
Professor is super chill and supportive, generally very responsive to student's questions and requests. The course itself is not easy but very interesting, have kind of intense level of knowledge for one semester, but I did learn a lot from it. As long as you do a good work and finish what you planned with your team, you could get a grade (members in my team all have generous grades). I kinda enjoyed the experience to pick among many different topics and be able to interact with indutry mentors in this class.
Zaoxing Liu
CMSC818Q

Expecting an A
TestAccount
11/12/2025
Useful course on hot topics in cloud computing and ML systems, with a light workload, one paper reading presentation, plus one course project.
Zaoxing Liu
CMSC818Q

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
11/12/2025
Dr. Liu's course really catches up the state-of-the-art research and provides hands-on experience with systems.
Zaoxing Liu
CMSC818Q

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/12/2025
I took Professor Alan’s 818Q course in the Fall 2025 semester. His lectures were excellent — clear, insightful, and easy to follow. The coursework was quite simple. For the course project, I worked with one of his PhD students, who served as my mentor. He was very patient and provided us with a detailed project README, guiding us through the project step by step every week. Professor Alan told me that I would definitely get an A in this course.