Design Automation of Digital Systems
ECE 556 teaches the use of digital computers to simulate, partition, place, and interconnect digital electronic systems.
Summary
Historical reviews of Azadeh Davoodi: Reviewers note that quizzes and exams are fair, but significant effort is required to do well on the project.
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapE C E/COMP SCI 352 and COMP SCI 300, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
- COMPSCI/ECE 352
- COMPSCI 300
- graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
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Prerequisite text tree
- Any of
- COMPSCI/ECE 352
- COMPSCI 300
- graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Azadeh Davoodi: Azadeh Davoodi is reported to know the material thoroughly and explain it clearly, with fair grading that benefits students. Reviewers highlight her clarity on grading criteria and exam content, recommending her highly for the course.
AZADEH DAVOODI is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2026. 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
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews for Azadeh Davoodi describe her as a great professor who knows the material well and is highly recommended.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.31 GPA, 61.9% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.53 GPA, 73.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Azadeh Davoodi: Reviewers note that quizzes and exams are fair, but significant effort is required to do well on the project.
Historical reviews of Azadeh Davoodi: Students appreciate that grading criteria and test content are clearly communicated.
Topics
Skills
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
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Where this course fits relative to
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About this comparison
1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
Sources & history
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Student reviews
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Explore recorded gradesModel outputs & technical records
LLM outputs across runs
Full model traces
Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.
Model & dataset provenance
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"task_version": "14",
"output_id": "7b50e0469d655bb1509cc5e7257fadb2863e7ac6bade06d61cc13427bc3167b6",
"requirements_status": "valid",
"dataset_revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
"observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
}