Taking m51A with Professor Abari was a great experience! His lectures were very clear, and he made every concept feel simple and intuitive. The midterm was very easy and straightforward, and almost everyone received an A. However the final was a lot harder than the midterm, which threw a lot of people off. Most of the final was straightforward, but the last few questions were pretty in-depth and tricky, so be prepared to study and do practice problems for the final. Overall, the homework was fair and not too time-consuming and the lectures were very helpful. The tests were fair and I found the class to be engaging and enjoyable.

The lectures are clear, and for my quarter frequently was shorter than 2 hours. Abari does not post annotated lecture notes to BruinLearn to incentivize class attendance. The lecture before exams are a review session (and does not get annotated slides posted). I did not feel that the discussions were that helpful. Assignments are assigned every other week, with roughly a week to complete the assignment. Each assignment has 10 problems, and are fairly lengthy. There are some things you need to memorize for exams, which are on shorter than some of the other exams I've taken. You cannot bring a cheat sheet to exams, so there are some things you need to memorize (i.e. flip-flop and transistor excitation tables, how to do K-Maps, boolean algebra, gates).

One of the most enjoyable CS classes I've taken. Abari goes through the class at an accommodating pace, and is a pretty fun lecturer. The material is not super difficult, but the difficulty increases as the class goes on. The class consisted of 4 homework assignments, a midterm, and a final. The homework was adequately difficult enough to prepare you for the exams and you have around a week to finish it.

Professor Abari was one of the nicest teachers I've had in my life. He was always very upbeat and enjoyable to listen to, and as a bonus, told a lot of funny jokes. During breaks in the lectures, he would show us various videos of research applications in the field of CS, many of which were very interesting and somewhat related to the class topics. The class material was pretty interesting, it definitely builds upon itself which was kinda cool to see how by the end we were designing and analyzing entire systems, when in the beginning we were learning simple gates. I would highly recommend taking this class with Abari if at all possible. My TA was Sicheng Jia, who was also an incredible teacher. His section essentially went through all of the information needed to complete the homework. The grading scheme was just 10 HWs, each of which were roughly 10% of your grade. Not very hard, but I definitely learned a lot and had a very good time.

Abari is a great professor. He is very caring about his students. He clarifies and breaks things down so they are easy to understand. The homework composed the whole grade and was very closely tied to lecture. Some of the homework assignments were a little long, but it was manageable and significantly less than other classes in this field.

The discussions were 2 hours long, which I felt was unnecessary. They could have been half the time. I had dozed off a few more times than I would like to admit during the discussion. Still, they had helped with the homework. I have heard that this class can be much more stressful with other professors (especially if you take ECE M16), so I am counting my blessings.

I highly recommend taking this class with this professor.

Abari is was such a great professor!!! His lectures were very simple and straight to the point while still being engaging (ofc I did listen in 2x speed, though). My favorite part of every class was when he would share youtube videos of research projects; they were always so interesting and motivating. The homework was not too long and very doable. I would recommend looking at discussion slides every week because usually they go over a little thing he didn't say in class that is applicable for the homework. With that said, I didn't find discussion super necessary.

Great class :) No exams, only 10 hw which is assigned every week. The TAs were very helpful in explaining the concepts and giving hints. The professor is very understanding of the current situation we're all in and still be able to teach us some cool concepts.

This class was insanely straight-forward. Pay attention to lecture, do the homework, that's it. The homework is worth 100% of your grade and there are 10 of them. They vary in weight from 7%-12% of your grade depending on length. They were not tricky, but they were a challenge.

Abari is a really nice professor, though this was one of his first classes so he was still finding his groove. He is very compassionate towards students and was very helpful and patient when answering questions.

Taken during covid quarter. Ten homework assignments over the quarter, each about 10% of the total grade.

The professor was a really nice guy and he explains the material clearly. I highly recommend taking this class with him. I had no issues with him or my ta.

It’s a hard class but Prof. Omid Abari makes it easy with his genius charm. He is always smiling when teaching this stuff which says a lot about his passion and knowledge of the topics. This is the only class I looked forward to attending lectures over Zoom. Prof’s smile is contagious, it gets you to smile and design gates in a happy environment. He teaches at a wonderful pace and asks at least several times if there are any questions before moving on. There are smart professors and there are great professors. Prof. Abari is both. He is smart and knows how to properly pass on his knowledge in a very friendly manner, making you smart as well. 10/10 would recommend, Prof Abari is a rare creature in a sea of monotone professors.