Fall 2026

Senior Honors Thesis

COMPSCI 682 is an individual study course for seniors completing honors theses in Computer Sciences, arranged with a faculty member.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Shivaram Venkataraman4.5/5Fred Sala4.3/5Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau3.8/5 +18 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).

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Professors

Fall 2026

Shivaram Venkataraman

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Raw average: 4.91/5 from 45 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.

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Fred Sala

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Raw average: 4.72/5 from 32 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.

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Raw average: 3.81/5 from 83 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.

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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 8 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.

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 1 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.

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Raw average: 3.69/5 from 13 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.

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Raw average: 3.67/5 from 3 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.

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Vikas Singh

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Raw average: 3.58/5 from 12 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.

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Eftychios Sifakis

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Raw average: 3.59/5 from 27 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.

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Jerry Zhu

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Raw average: 3.07/5 from 27 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.

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Raw average: 2.95/5 from 20 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.

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Raw average: 1.89/5 from 9 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.

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Michael Ferris

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Raw average: 1.78/5 from 23 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.

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Yin Li

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ADITHYA MURALI is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

BILGE MUTLU is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2023, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

EFTYCHIOS SIFAKIS is recorded teaching in Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FRED SALA is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JELENA DIAKONIKOLAS is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOSIAH HANNA is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MICHAEL FERRIS is recorded teaching in Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RAMYA KORLAKAI VINAYAK is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

REMZI ARPACI-DUSSEAU is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SHIVARAM VENKATARAMAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SUMAN BANERJEE is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2014, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

VIKAS SINGH is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YIN LI is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YONG JAE LEE is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YUDONG CHEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

YUHANG ZHAO is recorded teaching in Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
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IND 203Classroom Instruction1 / 00
IND 207Classroom Instruction1 / 00
IND 154Classroom Instruction1 / 00

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Computer Sciences

Skills

  • Completing an honors thesis

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2022— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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COMPSCI 682 · Fall 2026

Senior Honors Thesis

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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    "title": "Senior Honors Thesis",
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    "typically_offered": "Fall, Spring, Summer"
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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