Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
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Paul Barford
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Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Nice person, but lectures are a bit old fashioned(talk a lot about historical stuff and physical layer) and not recorded. Must read textbook in great detail and take notes carefully. This isn't a surprise if you look at his research focus, so decide yourself if you want a more modern style & content (take with Ming Liu) or Barford.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Fairly big class, but Prof. Barford makes it feel like a discussion and the focus is on understanding the material. Really interesting, and Barford is so willing to go into in depth explanations during lecture. Extremely nontechnical course, tests are easy if you just listen/engage in lecture (do not skip class), plus 3 month-long Python projects.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Gas professor. Definitely the best CS professor I've had.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Amazing professor! Teaching a class as difficult as this and making it easy to understand is his specialty. There are a lot of big projects you work on and they are pretty difficult but he delivers lectures like Steve Jobs and his very passionate about his job. Would 100% recommend.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
He's a great lecturer but in every other aspect the class was kinda meh. The projects are fine. The quizzes are not super hard. This class is great for undergrad students who want to learn stuff from scratch but probably not as helpful for grad students who know a lot of this stuff and are really trying to get into the details.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Paul Barford
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