Professor
Songwu Lu
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Spring 2018 - Lu is clearly really smart. He knows his stuff, but he really misses the learning process in some steps. He's poorly organized, teaches straight from the book's lecture slides, and is COMPLETELY incapable of answering questions. Additionally, he doesn't know what we do or don't know – all great teachers should know what their students know and don't know. We had our first midterm on chapters 1-3 in the middle of week 7. We had learned chapters 1-3 WEEKS 1-3. The projects weren't bad at all, but I liked my partner and we started early on stuff. The material is SO fascinating, but the infrastructure and follow through was just NOT here for this class. Lu definitely knows his stuff, but he's a poor teacher at best.
Spring 2018 - Lu is clearly really smart. He knows his stuff, but he really misses the learning process in some steps. He's poorly organized, teaches straight from the book's lecture slides, and is COMPLETELY incapable of answering questions. Additionally, he doesn't know what we do or don't know – all great teachers should know what their students know and don't know. We had our first midterm on chapters 1-3 in the middle of week 7. We had learned chapters 1-3 WEEKS 1-3. The projects weren't bad at all, but I liked my partner and we started early on stuff. The material is SO fascinating, but the infrastructure and follow through was just NOT here for this class. Lu definitely knows his stuff, but he's a poor teacher at best.
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Had him for a graduate level course in wireless networking and mobile protocols, CS211. Sure learned a lot here. For the most part, this course was run the same way as CS118, just a bunch of lifted powerpoint slides, and readings from Professor Lu's technical papers. The TA appeared to be running the entire class, while professor was missing in action the entire time.
Had him for a graduate level course in wireless networking and mobile protocols, CS211. Sure learned a lot here. For the most part, this course was run the same way as CS118, just a bunch of lifted powerpoint slides, and readings from Professor Lu's technical papers. The TA appeared to be running the entire class, while professor was missing in action the entire time.
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Spring 2024 - Worst professor I've ever had and worst class I've ever taken. His lectures are super hard to follow, there is no TA, and there is no help and support (except for the final project). The final project is lame and unrelated to the class. He did not even tell us how he was going to grade the paper presentation. Stupidest class I have ever taken.
Spring 2024 - Worst professor I've ever had and worst class I've ever taken. His lectures are super hard to follow, there is no TA, and there is no help and support (except for the final project). The final project is lame and unrelated to the class. He did not even tell us how he was going to grade the paper presentation. Stupidest class I have ever taken.
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