Current instructor

Aws Albarghouthi

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Raw average: 3.67/5 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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What students say

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COMPSCI 5362022-05-20

Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5

Great at breaking concepts down in an understandable way. He's got a good dry sense of humor as well.

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COMPSCI 5362022-05-17

Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5

Not a good professor to take compiler course.

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COMPSCI 5362022-01-09

Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5

You wont just learn how a compiler works, youll build one from start to finish! This is no small task, which is why its split into 6 projects (20 hours/project) that build on each other. Can still be quite nerve-racking. Aws is a friendly fellow. TL;DR Not easy but highly instructive

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COMPSCI 5362021-12-22

Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5

Lots of info in one semester, but definitely manageable. Lectures were engaging, projects were good, but some used tools older than the students with bad documentation, which was frustrating at times. Midterm & exam weren't too bad, but definitely required some studying. I'd take a course w/ him again for sure.

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COMPSCI 5362019-12-20

Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5

Aws is pretty fantastic. I'll be honest, I am not particularly interested in Compilers, but he found a way to make it interesting. I feel like a learned a lot of useful knowledge in a class where I didn't really have that expectation. He does a great job in lecture and has clear and fair assignments and tests.

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COMPSCI 5362018-12-27

Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5

Excellent professor with engaging lectures. Cannot recommend him higher. Reasonable workloads, values quality of work over quantity, very available for questions and concerns, course was strong in theory but his lectures were in plain English and he did a great job of making it easy to grok the abstract.

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Classes with Aws Albarghouthi

COMPSCI 682

Senior Honors Thesis

3 credits

Individual study for seniors completing theses for honors in the Computer Sciences major, continuing COMP SCI 681.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Fred Sala Dan Negrut+32 more

No recorded grade history

COMPSCI 699

Directed Study

1–6 credits

Directed study projects for Computer Science juniors and seniors, arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).

Fred Sala Dan Negrut+49 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

COMPSCI 790

Master's Thesis

1–9 credits

Grad st; Master's candidates only

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Fred Sala Anhai Doan+47 more

No recorded grade history

COMPSCI 799

Master's Research

1–9 credits

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Fred Sala Anhai Doan+64 more

No recorded grade history

COMPSCI 839

Core Topics in Computing

3 credits

This graduate course covers topics selected from advanced areas of computing.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Yuhang Zhao Aws Albarghouthi+3 more

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

COMPSCI 899

Pre-dissertator Research

1–9 credits

Pre-dissertator independent research supervised by a faculty member for students who have completed a master's degree but have not reached dissertator status.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Fred Sala Song Gao+63 more

No recorded grade history

COMPSCI 990

Dissertation

1–6 credits

Advanced level mentored reading and research for students with dissertator status.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Fred Sala Anhai Doan+52 more

No recorded grade history

Recorded teaching history

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Term	Course	Title
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 682	Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 699	Directed Study
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 790	Master's Thesis
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 799	Master's Research
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 839	Core Topics in Computing
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 899	Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2027	COMPSCI 990	Dissertation
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 536	Introduction to Programming Languages and Compilers
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 681	Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 699	Directed Study
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 702	Graduate Cooperative Education
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 799	Master's Research
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 899	Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2026	COMPSCI 990	Dissertation

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