Topics in Computing
COMPSCI 838 covers advanced, instructor-selected topics in various areas of Computer Science for graduate students.
Summary
Historical reviews of Shuchi Chawla: Shuchi Chawla’s course is challenging, requiring high performance, but she provides resources and a grading curve.
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Prerequisites
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- Graduate/professional standing
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- Graduate/professional standing
Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Shuchi Chawla: Shuchi Chawla is described as putting immense effort into lectures and being kind, though one review notes her forthright nature. Students report the course requires Olympic-level performance and involves significant difficulty, with one reviewer feeling trust was broken. Another review highlights that while material is challenging, resources and grading curves help manage the workload.
PARIS KOUTRIS is recorded teaching in Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Paris Koutris: Paris Koutris teaches Database Theory concepts clearly with readable notes, though it requires background knowledge.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=80 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Shuchi Chawla: Shuchi Chawla’s course is challenging, requiring high performance, but she provides resources and a grading curve.
Historical reviews of Paris Koutris, Shuchi Chawla: Koutris offers excellent examples and readable notes, while Chawla is described as kind and sympathetic.
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
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Through Spring 2025
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Model & dataset provenance
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