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Alejandra Mercado DATA603 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/28/2024	I absolutely enjoyed each and every lecture of Mercado for DATA603. The way she explains everything is truly amazing. Whatever she teaches, you will for sure understand if you're attending all her lectures. It's true that we need to note down everything and that she does not give out any lecture notes or slides, but that was not a problem for me. Her notes were good enough for me and helped me understand things in depth. Her quizzes were also pretty simple. The midterm too wasn't very tough, if you went through the notes thoroughly. The final exam too was pretty simple and covered everything she taught in class. All in all, I would take Prof Mercado for each and every subject if I could.
Babak Azimi-Sadjadi DATA603 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/17/2024	Taking DATA603 made me realize some things about computer science. Our researchers are uninterested in bettering society, playing up the various technologies that harm millions. There is something deeply disturbing about the lack of skepticism within the "Machine Learning" fields of CS research. Babak Azimi-Sadjadi taught me how to take advantage of the vulnerable; people who are affected by the technologies he promotes as "useful" or "revolutionary," for one, and the people he is choosing to misinform on a daily basis. Whether or not he realizes what he is doing is irrelevant. Collecting mass data and violating people's privacy? Supporting autonomous vehicles, as they ravage American cities and kill innocent pedestrians with no consequences? This man has no sociological imagination. If you, like me, think that "Intelligent Automation" is not the way of the future, but a way of corporate control, then I encourage you to not take DATA603, especially not with Babak. If you're a student who thinks what I am saying is complete BS, that's fine. We are not taught to think critically about the various ethical, economical, and political quandaries the technologies we learn about bring. In the end, the people who will benefit from this technologies is not you, or me, or even Babak, but the people at the upper echelon of society who have more wealth than the human mind can comprehend, and get away with offshoring their assets in crypto wallets and overseas banks. Computer Science can be used for tremendous good, and its sad to see our school give courses like these the most love and attention.
Babak Azimi-Sadjadi DATA603 Anonymous 12/17/2024	barged in on another final exam and tried to kick out all the students before the exam period was up so that he could set up his own exam. called the professor a perjorative
Kemal Davaslioglu DATA603 Expecting an A- Anonymous 12/10/2024	Great Instructor. His power points are extremely long and his explanations are much better than the slides themselves as they can be overwhelming. Lectures and homework are extremely relevant to the exams. He really cares about his students' experience and answers all questions with "that's a great question, ______" to encourage everyone. I recommend him for 603.
Kemal Davaslioglu DATA603 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/03/2023	Great
Maria Cameron DATA603 Expecting a C Anonymous 05/27/2021	This class was extremely difficult. I really really really wish she used more examples. I think maybe about 3 examples out of the whole semester, she focused a lot on theories and proofs.
Maria Cameron DATA603 Anonymous 04/13/2021	Prof Cameron is an excellent professor. She puts lot of efforts in designing the course, quick to respond, is very approachable and helpful in office hours. She is a subject-matter expert. I never found her accent hard to follow.

Alejandra Mercado
DATA603

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/28/2024

I absolutely enjoyed each and every lecture of Mercado for DATA603. The way she explains everything is truly amazing. Whatever she teaches, you will for sure understand if you're attending all her lectures. It's true that we need to note down everything and that she does not give out any lecture notes or slides, but that was not a problem for me. Her notes were good enough for me and helped me understand things in depth. Her quizzes were also pretty simple. The midterm too wasn't very tough, if you went through the notes thoroughly. The final exam too was pretty simple and covered everything she taught in class. All in all, I would take Prof Mercado for each and every subject if I could.

Babak Azimi-Sadjadi
DATA603

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/17/2024

Taking DATA603 made me realize some things about computer science. Our researchers are uninterested in bettering society, playing up the various technologies that harm millions. There is something deeply disturbing about the lack of skepticism within the "Machine Learning" fields of CS research. Babak Azimi-Sadjadi taught me how to take advantage of the vulnerable; people who are affected by the technologies he promotes as "useful" or "revolutionary," for one, and the people he is choosing to misinform on a daily basis. Whether or not he realizes what he is doing is irrelevant. Collecting mass data and violating people's privacy? Supporting autonomous vehicles, as they ravage American cities and kill innocent pedestrians with no consequences? This man has no sociological imagination. If you, like me, think that "Intelligent Automation" is not the way of the future, but a way of corporate control, then I encourage you to not take DATA603, especially not with Babak. If you're a student who thinks what I am saying is complete BS, that's fine. We are not taught to think critically about the various ethical, economical, and political quandaries the technologies we learn about bring. In the end, the people who will benefit from this technologies is not you, or me, or even Babak, but the people at the upper echelon of society who have more wealth than the human mind can comprehend, and get away with offshoring their assets in crypto wallets and overseas banks. Computer Science can be used for tremendous good, and its sad to see our school give courses like these the most love and attention.

Babak Azimi-Sadjadi
DATA603

Anonymous
12/17/2024

barged in on another final exam and tried to kick out all the students before the exam period was up so that he could set up his own exam. called the professor a perjorative

Kemal Davaslioglu
DATA603

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
12/10/2024

Great Instructor. His power points are extremely long and his explanations are much better than the slides themselves as they can be overwhelming. Lectures and homework are extremely relevant to the exams. He really cares about his students' experience and answers all questions with "that's a great question, ______" to encourage everyone. I recommend him for 603.

Kemal Davaslioglu
DATA603

Expecting an A
Anonymous
02/03/2023

Great

Maria Cameron
DATA603

Expecting a C
Anonymous
05/27/2021

This class was extremely difficult. I really really really wish she used more examples. I think maybe about 3 examples out of the whole semester, she focused a lot on theories and proofs.

Maria Cameron
DATA603

Anonymous
04/13/2021

Prof Cameron is an excellent professor. She puts lot of efforts in designing the course, quick to respond, is very approachable and helpful in office hours. She is a subject-matter expert. I never found her accent hard to follow.

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