Love him! The class had great content, and unfortunately the comm department grades us against each other, so it puts him in a negative light. I'm planning on taking him again next quarter for social networks because I love his teaching style so much. Very direct, and answers everything clearly. Class is lecture based, so the book is optional.

Matni is the best!!! His lecture is very clear, and easy to understand. I wish he teaches more pre-comm classes

Good teacher. Comes across as nice but can be mean. Just dont show up late. I am a beginner and nothing made sense to me. I just suck at it, it was awful. Most people seemed to do well though. Just put in effort & make friends who can help. 1hw/1lab due once a week. Two projects. Easy midterm, hard final. Knew absolutely nothing but got a B+

Professor Matni is good at making his lectures funny and easy to understand. His labs are a little hard but students can learn a lot from each labs. For this quarter, this class has NO homework, meaning the load of this course is relatively light! Exams are little challenging, but detailedly reviewing his slices is extremely useful!!!

This class was great. He seemed to enjoy the material and liked to help students do well. He is very generous but also tough at the same time. If you do the work. Go to class. And study you will do fine. Great guy and great professor.

He is very helpful when students need clarification. You should definitely read the book or at least skim it. Test questions are tricky. Gives a good amount of extra credit. The end grade is curved up so your percentage grade is the worst you are going to get in the class. Usually curves by 2-4 percentage points.

Organized lecture slides with encouraged class participation. Weekly section exercises due at section, 1 research paper due towards the end of the quarter. Midterm and final sample questions released a week before the exam. Some review is done in class. Typical comm grade scale which is based on improvement. Extra credit opportunities available.

Go to lab and do the homework (easy 100% for both). In lecture, he has some good examples, but not quite necessary as long as you look over the lecture slides posted and actually do the homework. Lectures can get pretty boring. Pretty easy grader and he allows a sheet of notes for the tests.

The best professor I've had in my CS classes so far. Very clear lecturer and is always organized and prepared. Tests and assignments are fair and you will do well as long as you attend class and do the work. Very accessible outside of the classroom for additional help. Only negative is that lectures sometimes have typos, which can cause confusion.

Matni is one of the few CS profs that seems to actually care about his students. His grading is tough and he knows it, but if you are having trouble in his class he will do everything he can to make sure you understand the material, and for that -- he's awesome. His lectures are also mildly entertaining and outside of class he's a chill guy.