Professor
Izhak Rubin
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Most Helpful Review
Fall 2020 - After reading all those "great" reviews for this class, I thought its a good choice to take ECE 132B as one of my ECE elective class, but I can't describe how awful this class was. Imagine someone just reads you the powerpoint in slow motion and jumping around talking about unnecessary topics, then having a hw at the end of a week which is totally irrelevant to what it was thought in lectures. Btw there is no drop hw in this class, so if you f*ckup one or miss one, you lose hell lot of points in overall grade. Finally exams are the worst and impossible to pass. My advise: even though 'telecommunication' sounds interesting, this class is far away from being interesting and useful, so don't waste your time on taking ECE 132B and try whole quarter to pass the class, just take something you truly like or an easy A to boost up your GPA.
Fall 2020 - After reading all those "great" reviews for this class, I thought its a good choice to take ECE 132B as one of my ECE elective class, but I can't describe how awful this class was. Imagine someone just reads you the powerpoint in slow motion and jumping around talking about unnecessary topics, then having a hw at the end of a week which is totally irrelevant to what it was thought in lectures. Btw there is no drop hw in this class, so if you f*ckup one or miss one, you lose hell lot of points in overall grade. Finally exams are the worst and impossible to pass. My advise: even though 'telecommunication' sounds interesting, this class is far away from being interesting and useful, so don't waste your time on taking ECE 132B and try whole quarter to pass the class, just take something you truly like or an easy A to boost up your GPA.
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Winter 2023 - Prof Rubin is a very nice professor both as a lecturer and individual. The material is hard, and the lectures (which are slides based and supplemented with research papers) are very dense. However, the professor is always willing to give feedback and more insight on topics. He's a very responsive professor via emails and office hours as well. The hardest part would be the increasing difficulties of the homework. The class' grade is based on homework assignments only (we had 6), and the first one or two are pretty easy and straightforward. However, they do get denser as the material gets rolling. Allocate your time carefully because the homework can be time consuming!
Winter 2023 - Prof Rubin is a very nice professor both as a lecturer and individual. The material is hard, and the lectures (which are slides based and supplemented with research papers) are very dense. However, the professor is always willing to give feedback and more insight on topics. He's a very responsive professor via emails and office hours as well. The hardest part would be the increasing difficulties of the homework. The class' grade is based on homework assignments only (we had 6), and the first one or two are pretty easy and straightforward. However, they do get denser as the material gets rolling. Allocate your time carefully because the homework can be time consuming!
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