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Joseph JaJa ENEE436 Anonymous 05/14/2024	Professor Jaja has been the worst professor I've ever encountered. His lectures are monotonous and challenging to follow, as he introduces equations without context, assuming prior knowledge from students. The decline in lecture attendance over the semester is a strong reflection of the poor quality of his classes. Attempting to self-study for this course is equally arduous due to the inadequately annotated and illegible notes provided. Furthermore, the absence of a cheat sheet during exams is unreasonable given the vast number of equations we are expected to memorize. Additionally, the professor's refusal to distribute sample exams undermines student preparation. Despite his assertion that his notes are suffice, they are sorely lacking for the reasons stated. I am profoundly dissatisfied with the course and strongly advise others to avoid it if taught by Professor Jaja.
Sanghamitra Dutta ENEE436 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/08/2024	Absolutely fantastic professor. Take her courses at any cost. Insanely knowledgable.
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!!!

Joseph JaJa
ENEE436

Anonymous
05/14/2024

Professor Jaja has been the worst professor I've ever encountered. His lectures are monotonous and challenging to follow, as he introduces equations without context, assuming prior knowledge from students. The decline in lecture attendance over the semester is a strong reflection of the poor quality of his classes. Attempting to self-study for this course is equally arduous due to the inadequately annotated and illegible notes provided. Furthermore, the absence of a cheat sheet during exams is unreasonable given the vast number of equations we are expected to memorize. Additionally, the professor's refusal to distribute sample exams undermines student preparation. Despite his assertion that his notes are suffice, they are sorely lacking for the reasons stated. I am profoundly dissatisfied with the course and strongly advise others to avoid it if taught by Professor Jaja.

Sanghamitra Dutta
ENEE436

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/08/2024

Absolutely fantastic professor. Take her courses at any cost. Insanely knowledgable.

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!!!

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