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Mark Craven

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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 3 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/ECE 760
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Prof Craven's course offering is like CMU's 10-601, which is accommodating of students who lack a strong math background, but can pick up stuff along the way. The course is mostly theoretical, although programming assignments cover around 60% of the grade. The course content is excellent. The course slides make tough concepts easy to understand.
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Classes with Mark Craven

BMI 699

Independent Study

1–8 credits

Independent Study is a directed course to pursue knowledge beyond the curriculum. Students apply coursework to real biomedical applications and create literature reviews and publications.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Richard ChappellMark Craven+21 more

No recorded grade history

BMI 899

Pre-dissertator Research

1–12 credits

Pre-dissertator research course for graduate/professional standing students focused on developing critical, analytical, and independent thinking for independent research.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Richard ChappellMark Craven+28 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sample
BMI 990

Dissertator Research

1–3 credits

Graduate research course for dissertators focused on developing skills to design, implement, and apply computational and statistical frameworks to address diverse biomedical questions.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Richard ChappellMark Craven+16 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

Fred SalaDan Negrut+49 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample
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 SalaSong Gao+63 more

No recorded grade history

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027BMI 699Independent Study
Spring 2027BMI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2027BMI 990Dissertator Research
Spring 2027COMPSCI 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2027COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2027COMPSCI 790Master's Thesis
Spring 2027COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2027COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2027COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2026BIOCHEM/BME/BMI/CBE/COMPSCI/GENETICS 915Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine
Fall 2026BMI 699Independent Study
Fall 2026BMI 800Becoming a Biomedical Data Scientist
Fall 2026BMI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2026BMI 990Dissertator Research
Fall 2026COMPSCI 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2026COMPSCI 790Master's Thesis
Fall 2026COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2026COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2026COMPSCI 990Dissertation

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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