Global and local optimization, constrained and unconstrained optimization, convex versus nonconvex optimization, Projection Theorem, linear search methods, gradient methods, Newton and Quasi-Newton methods, trust region methods.
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CollegeExtremely kind professor who goes out of his way and time to help people succeed. Class material was very fun too.
he admits himself that he's not an expert on this class and isn't really good at explaining but makes up for it by giving out free homework scores. you only need a 60% on hw to get full credit, but can sometimes be a hassle. exams are pretty computation heavy. dont expect the exams to be a copy past of the practice, theyre not. anythings fair game
He could work on explaining the algorithms we learn in this class to make them easier to work with, but he's very aware of this & you can tell he tries really hard to be as clear as he can. Funny guy, very lenient grader here since this class was mainly algorithms. As long as he saw you were using them right, you'd get most credit. 10/10 very fair.
He overall really cares and tries to make it easy especially grading, nothing posted online through so I recommend always attending lectures plus weekly quizzes that were pretty easy. He graded easily too which I appreciated. Not great at lecturing but makes it clear what you should know. Overall, would take again.
overall really cares about his students! was an okay lecturer and nothing is posted online so you have to rely on your notes. the first two midterms were very fair and no curveballs. stressful sections were sent straight from hell, there is always a quiz. homework only worth 5% of your grade, so very test heavy class. slight curve at the end.
I retook the course with this professor after getting a D+ in my first attempt of math3B with a different professor and I wish I had him for math3b the first time. exams were fair in terms of difficulty and the professor was great at explaining most concepts and would show us multiple examples which i found helpful.