Fall 2026

Foundations of Mobile Systems and Applications

COMPSCI 407 teaches the design and implementation of mobile applications and systems, addressing platform-specific constraints and features.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Mouna Kacem2.8/5

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Lab projects require guessing autograder implementations for Android development, which is described as impossible without documentation.

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COMP SCI 400 or graduate/professional standing

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Raw average: 2.57/5 from 60 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 1.0/5 raw quality · 3.0/5 difficulty · 1 reviews

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Mouna Kacem receives criticism for providing autograders without documentation, forcing students to guess implementation details in Android development. Additionally, exams are reported to include unexpected physics content, contributing to a low quality rating.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.81 GPA, 91.1% A/AB (n=271 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.76 GPA, 93.4% A/AB (n=317 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.59 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=264 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Suman Banerjee: Suman Banerjee’s course emphasizes a final app project that constitutes the majority of the grade, often requiring significant self-directed learning. Reviewers frequently describe the lectures as disorganized or disconnected from the practical project work, though the professor is noted as caring and generous with grading for those who complete the project.

MOUNA AYARI BEN HADJ KACEM is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SUMAN BANERJEE is recorded teaching in Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction256 / 2800
DIS 311Classroom Instruction256 / 2800

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Mouna Kacem's COMPSCI 407 course is poorly supported, featuring undocumented autograders and exams with unexpected physics content.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.81 GPA, 91.1% A/AB (n=271 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.76 GPA, 93.4% A/AB (n=317 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.59 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=264 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Lab projects require guessing autograder implementations for Android development, which is described as impossible without documentation.

Students face frustration due to lack of documentation for autograders and exams containing irrelevant physics material.

Topics

  • Mobile hardware interfaces and sensors
  • Mobile resource constraints

Skills

  • Mobile application and system design
  • Optimization for mobile constraints

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COMPSCI 407 · Fall 2026

Foundations of Mobile Systems and Applications

Recorded 2026-09-07
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