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Paris Koutris

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About this rating

Raw average: 3.04/5 from 26 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 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Lectures towards the back-half of the semester became super vague and unclear with very limited examples of difficult topics. This made the final exam very hard (class avg about 65%). On the other hand, the coding projects are easy and there are not many, so overall workload for this class is fairly light. Take LIS464 if you just want to learn SQL
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COMPSCI 564
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
This guy kind of reminds me of Marc Renault without as much of a hatred for students. Chill enough guy and the class was super interesting.
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COMPSCI 564
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
He's definitely better than his current rating suggests. You can tell he really cares about his students understanding the material. In his lectures, he's always asking questions(to the students) or encouraging students to ask their own. It's clear he knows the topic very well, which only helps the lecture more.
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COMPSCI 564
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Paris lectures are very boring, but filled with information so if you pay attention you will do well in the class. He also records lectures which I really appreciated. Projects and exams make up the grade. Grading was quite generous and transparent. Final project B+ tree and final exam was a nightmare but everything else until then was easy
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Classes with Paris Koutris

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

Paris Koutris is described as courteous and caring, though his teaching style varies from dry lectures to clear explanations. Early reviews criticized his first semester for harsh grading and disorganized projects, but later feedback notes significant improvement in fairness and student support. Some students find the material difficult, particularly B+ trees and vague late-semester lectures, while others appreciate the manageable coding projects.

Ahmed MahmoodParis Koutris

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
COMPSCI 699

Directed Study

1–6 credits

COMPSCI 699 offers directed study projects for junior and senior students arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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

Shivaram VenkataramanFred Sala+59 more

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Spring 2022–Spring 2026

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026COMPSCI 564Database Management Systems: Design and Implementation
Fall 2026COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2026COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2026COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2026COMPSCI 990Dissertation

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