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ROBERT NOWAK

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Raw average: 2.90/5 from 21 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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ECE 203
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
This guy honestly cannot teach they need to find a competent professor for this course. Rob is nice and whatever but his TA's teach better than him. Also his canvas page is nonexistent and he started grading our work from SEPTEMBER A WEEK BEFORE FINALS. So yeah, virtually no feedback because stuff is graded on participation as well
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ECE 203
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Robert honesty did not do very much, the TA for the class did most of the background work for the class, i.e. posting things on piazza and canvas. Also most of the announcements for the class were on piazza which was not very convenient. Robert seemed like a nice guy, but the lectures were honestly kinda useless.
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ECE 203
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
Nice guy but his lectures were useless for me to be honest. It doesn't really help your students much if you ask them to read the textbook and then essentially just restate it bar for bar in class. Also, half of the class time was spent on labs which you could just do at home which really meant less time for getting actual instruction.
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COMPSCI/ECE/ME 532
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Good class. The contents were interesting. HW/Assignments were a bit challenging but were graded on completion. Exams were not hard but might trip you some time. Professor also always answer student's question. Nice class.
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Classes with ROBERT NOWAK

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Spring 2026COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2026COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2026COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2026COMPSCI/ECE/ME 532Matrix Methods in Machine Learning
Spring 2026ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2026ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Fall 2025COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2025COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2025ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2025ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Spring 2025COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2025COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2025COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2025ECE 699Advanced Independent Study
Spring 2025ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Spring 2025ECE/MATH/STAT 888Topics in Mathematical Data Science
Fall 2024COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2024COMPSCI 702Graduate Cooperative Education
Fall 2024COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2024COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2024COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2024COMPSCI/ECE 561Probability and Information Theory in Machine Learning
Fall 2024ECE 203Signals, Information, and Computation
Fall 2024ECE 699Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2024ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Spring 2024COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2024COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2024COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2024COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2024ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2024ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Fall 2023COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2023COMPSCI 702Graduate Cooperative Education
Fall 2023COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2023COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2023ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2023COMPSCI 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2023COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2023COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2023COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2023COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2023COMPSCI/ECE 761Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning
Spring 2023ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2023ECE 901Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fall 2022COMPSCI 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2022COMPSCI 702Graduate Cooperative Education
Fall 2022COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2022COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2022COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2022COMPSCI/ECE/ME 532Matrix Methods in Machine Learning
Fall 2022ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2022COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2022COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2022COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2022COMPSCI/ECE 761Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning
Spring 2022ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2022ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Fall 2021COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2021COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2021COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2021COMPSCI/ECE/ME 532Matrix Methods in Machine Learning
Fall 2021ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2021ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Fall 2020COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2020COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2020COMPSCI/ECE/ME 532Matrix Methods in Machine Learning
Fall 2020ECE 790Master's Research
Fall 2020ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2020ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Spring 2020COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2020COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2020COMPSCI/ECE 761Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning
Spring 2020ECE 790Master's Research
Spring 2020ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Fall 2019COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2019COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2019ECE 790Master's Research
Fall 2019ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2019ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Spring 2019COMPSCI 298Directed Study in Computer Science
Spring 2019COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2019ECE 790Master's Research
Spring 2019ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2019ECE 901Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Spring 2019ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Fall 2018COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2018COMPSCI/ECE 761Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning
Fall 2018ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2018ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Spring 2018COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2018ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2018ECE 901Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Spring 2018ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Fall 2017COMPSCI/ECE 761Mathematical Foundations of Machine Learning
Fall 2017ECE 790Master's Research
Fall 2017ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2017ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Spring 2017ECE 790Master's Research
Spring 2017ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2017ECE 990Dissertator's Research

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