Salem made the class really easy, and gave extra credit opportunities on the final. lowest midterm dropped too

Very generous, often pushed back deadlines. Amazing lecture slides, his lectures are just him going over the slides so if you wanted to you could skip them. Homework was harder than midterms, and lowest midterm was dropped.

This class seemed almost too easy to be true. Decent lecturer(slow paced but very clear and detailed), has good notes. VERY forgiving grading. Dropped lowest midterm and gave extra credit on the final. Homework was pretty nice and helped to learn the material.

As the quarter progressed, less and less people attended his lectures, myself included. The class is basically a free A as long as you do the homeworks and final project (no final exam or midterm). His lectures, in my opinion, were uninteresting and unnecessary to attend. You can find all the content in his notes anyways

He is a genius. He not only provide you with new research ideas, but also builds a circuit that you can start from and guide you step-by-step on designing a microchip prototype. I was not thinking I would survive PhD - I am not very innovative and cannot bring new ideas for research. But with Salem I already have 2 papers + journal in my 2nd year.

His knowledge is very limited. He google your questions and if there is nothing in google about your question, he cannot answer your question.