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Joseph JaJa ENEE436 Anonymous 03/13/2024	Haven't finished the course, about to take the first exam. I thought I had the worst of it already, nope. This is by far the worst professor and teacher I have had at this University. Hopefully you guys are fortunate enough to disagree but his lectures for this class are horrendous. You can't understand him, nor can you read his writing. On top of that, his lectures are lackluster, he mainly goes over equations and NEVER discusses application. Most of the formulas are mathematical representations of algorithms as well, meaning you need some practice using them to understand but that's typically glossed over. Exams are closed note closed book, no cheat sheet, no calculator. He has no sample exams because he does not believe in them and no practice problems. His homework takes days to finish if you use only the textbook to help (with essentially entire coding projects on each). Avoid this course at all costs if it's with Joseph Jaja, I was so excited to take machine learning but this has surely disappointed me.
Behtash Babadi ENEE436 Anonymous 05/22/2023	He's a wonderful teacher - the lectures are carefully prepared and really interesting, you can tell he's passionate and knowledgeable about the field. He's very nice and always open to questions. Workload and deadlines for the course were always reasonable, and projects are simple and graded leniently. Take him if you get the chance.
Joseph JaJa ENEE436 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/14/2021	Jaja is one of the worst professors I have had. You don't learn anything from him and he doesn't put any effort in explaining the concepts. You are expected to solve complicated homework problems and you have to teach yourself everything.
Joseph JaJa ENEE436 Anonymous 11/22/2021	I came into class excited about machine learning but Dr. Jaja made it painfully boring. He lectures in a monotone, and rather than explaining concepts he just uses math equations. I know machine learning involves math but would it kill him to actually explain concepts like what is a support vector etc His notes are terrible as he writes them beforehand and he expects you to memorize complicated equations for exams. You can't even use the book as he goes beyond the textbook. Overall horrible class. Do yourself a favor and DON'T TAKE HIM!!!