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He cares about your learning a lot and is really passionate about you not taking shortcuts, so sometimes you'll get a subpar grade. If you talk to him after lectures and discussion, he's very helpful and nice if he sees your giving it your all. He was forgiving and accepted late work once even though the syllabus said I'd get no credit. Would recRate My Professors ↗
Parmesh is a really kind professor. If you go to class and have conversations with him, you can get to know how how much he cares about you. Though most of the actual new content is through online lectures, I learned the most from the activities that we did in class. Parmesh and the other TAs will explain doubts really well, you just have to ask.Rate My Professors ↗
Very caring ngl. Tell him your problems and he'll listen. Man of few words, but a man of big heart.Rate My Professors ↗
He genuinely cares about his students success. If you don't attend class or contribute consistently throughout the semester, he may be less inclined to help. Otherwise he will go out of his way to support you. I really appreciated Parmesh most negative experiences come from students who didn't attend class or engage with him during the semester.Rate My Professors ↗
Don't take this course with him! Despite attending almost all classes, I would say they're totally unhelpful because he provided little guidance on the code or even wrong suggestions. He can't tell what is expected from your work and had no clear grading rubric on any details. His feedback is always late and useless for preparing project and exams.Rate My Professors ↗
AVOID HIM! I don't know how the positive comment came from unless he discriminates against certain students. He offered ZERO help with the final project. He couldn't even bothered to clearly explain his expectations, not even posting a grading rubric. By the way dude you are so rude to assume anyone feeling unfair didn't devote enough effort.Rate My Professors ↗
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COMPSCI 699 offers directed study projects for junior and senior students arranged with a faculty member.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026COMPSCI 790 is a Master's Thesis course for graduate students, focusing on independent research and thesis completion.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
COMPSCI 899 is a pre-dissertator research course for master's graduates preparing for doctoral dissertation work under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
COMPSCI 990 is an advanced mentored reading and research course for students with dissertator status.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
ECE 399 is an independent study course where students engage in directed projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026ECE 699 is an advanced independent study course where students engage in directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Fall 2023 · limited sampleECE 790 is a course for independent master's research work under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
ECE 890 is an independent doctoral research course for PhD students in Electrical Engineering.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
ECE 990 is a doctoral research course for independent dissertation work under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
ECE 999 is an advanced independent study course where students engage in directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | COMPSCI 699 | Directed Study |
| Fall 2026 | COMPSCI 790 | Master's Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | COMPSCI 799 | Master's Research |
| Fall 2026 | COMPSCI 899 | Pre-dissertator Research |
| Fall 2026 | COMPSCI 990 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 399 | Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 699 | Advanced Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 790 | Master's Research |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 890 | Pre-dissertator's Research |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 990 | Dissertator's Research |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 999 | Advanced Independent Study |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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