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Ahmed Mahmood

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Raw average: 2.00/5 from 2 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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What students say

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COMPSCI 564
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Closed-book exams are harder than sample examples (open book/cheatsheet), making the course unnecessarily harder and unfairer than all other semesters, though this will be curved (not know). Disorganized lectures with many skip points on slides, bad accent. Copied all things from AnHai but increased exam difficulty. Good person, bad teacher.
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COMPSCI 564
Quality 3/5Difficulty 5/5
The exams are very tough and very lengthy for the time. The professor is nice and helpful. The projects were fine too
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Classes with Ahmed Mahmood

COMPSCI 564

Database Management Systems: Design and Implementation

4 credits

COMPSCI 564 covers database management system design and implementation, including data models, query processing, and concurrency control.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Ahmed Mahmood is described as a nice and helpful person, though one reviewer labels him a bad teacher. Students report that his exams are very tough, lengthy, and harder than sample examples, with disorganized lectures and a difficult accent noted by one student.

Ahmed MahmoodParis Koutris

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026

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Fall 2026COMPSCI 564Database Management Systems: Design and Implementation

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