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ANDREA ARPACI-DUSSEAU

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Raw average: 3.92/5 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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COMPSCI 537
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
She really knows her material, and can teach it very effectively. It is a hard class and you have to spend a lot of time to learn, but she is always there to support your learning. Solid choice 100%, can't go wrong with her.
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COMPSCI 537
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
She really knows her material, and can teach it very effectively. It is a hard class and you have to spend a lot of time to learn, but she is always there to support your learning. Solid choice, can't go wrong with her.
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COMPSCI 537
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Andrea organizes her lecture really well. She knows exactly what concepts and difficult for students to understand and focuses on them multiple times in her lectures. Her lecture videos are amazing, a great help before the exam. Assignments are difficult and time consuming but they help you learn a lot.
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COMPSCI 537
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
The lecture wasn't very riveting, but they were helpful and the content necessary to learn was conveyed well. She also puts lectures online and the book is the BEST textbook I've ever had. HIGHLY recommend reading it. Projects weren't too bad, definitely get a project partner. This is a class I felt I learned something useful and interesting.
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COMPSCI 537
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Andrea is a really nice lady who seems to care about students and is passionate about systems programming but the content is dry and power lectures can be hard to sit through. Luckily she uploads the lectures and the slides are grade. Her exams are fair but the projects are pretty time consuming but she curves for them
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COMPSCI 537
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Nice lady but dry lectures. Often giggles and mumbles when speaking, uploads lec videos, which makes you less motivated to go to her lectures. Overall, a better than average professor.
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Classes with ANDREA ARPACI-DUSSEAU

COMPSCI 739

Distributed Systems

Credits unavailable

COMPSCI 739 explores designing and implementing distributed systems, covering fault tolerance, scalability, replication, distributed storage, consensus, reliability, performance, and correctness.

No offering record · Spring 2026

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Andrea Arpaci-dusseauJunxuan Liao

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Spring 2022–Spring 2026
COMPSCI 790

Master's Thesis

1–9 credits

COMPSCI 790 is a Master's Thesis course for graduate students, focusing on independent research and thesis completion.

No offering record · Spring 2026

Dan NegrutManolis Vlatakis+8 more

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026COMPSCI 739Distributed Systems
Spring 2026COMPSCI 790Master's Thesis
Spring 2026COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2026COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2026COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2025COMPSCI 790Master's Thesis
Fall 2025COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2025COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2025COMPSCI 900Advanced Seminar in Computer Science
Fall 2025COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2025COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2025COMPSCI 702Graduate Cooperative Education
Spring 2025COMPSCI 739Distributed Systems
Spring 2025COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2025COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2025COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2024COMPSCI 736Advanced Operating Systems
Fall 2024COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2024COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2024COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2024COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2024COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2024COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2023COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Fall 2023COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2023COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2023COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2023COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Spring 2023COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2023COMPSCI 739Distributed Systems
Spring 2023COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2023COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2023COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2022COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Fall 2022COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2022COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2022COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2022COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Spring 2022COMPSCI 739Distributed Systems
Spring 2022COMPSCI 790Master's Thesis
Spring 2022COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2022COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2022COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2021COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Fall 2021COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2021COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2021COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2020COMPSCI 736Advanced Operating Systems
Fall 2020COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2020COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2020COMPSCI 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2020COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2020COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2020COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2019COMPSCI 537Introduction to Operating Systems
Fall 2019COMPSCI 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2019COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2019COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2019COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2019COMPSCI 736Advanced Operating Systems
Spring 2019COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2019COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2019COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2018COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Fall 2018COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2018COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2018COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2018COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2018COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Spring 2018COMPSCI 736Advanced Operating Systems
Spring 2018COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2018COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2017COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Fall 2017COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2017COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2017COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2017COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Spring 2017COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2017COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2017COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2016COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Fall 2016COMPSCI 537Introduction to Operating Systems
Fall 2016COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2016COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2016COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Spring 2016COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2016COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2016COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2015COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Fall 2015COMPSCI 537Introduction to Operating Systems
Fall 2015COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2015COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2015COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2014COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2014COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2014COMPSCI 402Introducing Computer Science to K-12 Students
Spring 2014COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2014COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2014COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2014COMPSCI 990Dissertation

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