He's a blast

Al is way cool

so much rambling .. so funny too :)

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helpful prof but very cynical

Can be a jerk - but good prof

Not a boring class at all.

Al's THE man!

down to earth, actually speaks english!

similar to j anderson but not as energetic.

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Worth the admission price. U of M best Comp Sci prof by far.

Favourite prof

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Best prof I have ever had. Funny and informative.

classy guy, love the jokes :)

M lectures rule

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Knows how to teach. Still remeber all materials in his class even after 4 years.

The most entertaining prof in compsci. Probably the most fair as well.

Cool prof, hard to sleep in class.

manages to start each class with 5 min monologue and STILL teach the material.

most of his humour gets dry pretty quickly, but he's a good enthusiastic teacher

all around good guy. Very good at explaining things. Don't try to BS him :

Best prof ever! Hilarious!

great morning class, really wakes you up

AWESOME. very clear, adds humour, helpful, worth going to his class

GREAT prof, amusing, very fun class to go to

his english is very very good. I enjoyed his classed so much.

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Great teacher, and knows how to keep a class's attention.

The Best JAVA Prof you can get

Makes the class worth waking up for... dont ask for help if your behind

Very clear, totally helpful, expert teacher & lecturer. Best compSci prof.

TANGENT CITY!!!!!

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Has a passion, and knows what he is talking about. But sandals and socks? Al, what are you thinking?

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Excellent professor, good explanations. Outlines assignments very well. Funny guy. Very animated when he wants to be. Lectures are so enjoyable that I sometimes sit in on them even when I'm not in the course, just to kill time.

Al is my personal deity. Keep up the good work!

Al's a great teacher and a great guy. He's got a whole other non-geeky him that he brings to class and it makes him very refreshing. Certainly, he's the most diverse and interesting person in the department. Take Ethics with Al!

Good prof but can be a hard marker. If given option, take another section (for easier marking) and go to Marshall's class.

Good show! Al makes class enjoyable to attend, and yet you learn. Probably his background in education instead of obfustication.

Good teacher, has excellent outlines and assignment hints. However brash and arrogant when dealing with one on one situations. Avoid confrontations if possible.

Fun lectures. Good teacher, but has a tendency to get off topic. For the core courses, I would take a tougher prof. Al gets off topic too much so you may not learn as much as in, say, a course with Bate or Cameron. But class won't be dull :)

HILARIOUS. Every class he has the class in the uproar. I had it at 8:30am in the morning and i couldnt wait to get there. I felt like a grade 1 student who loves school. He's so funny, him and zapp always exchanging jokes against each other. HAHA.

Really good teacher. Great sense of humour and very helpful. He really seems to care about each student and that's always nice.

Makes the class really interesting with lots of humour.

I had Mr. Marshall years ago. Great prof, learned alot without feeling like I did and had fun. Other profs could learn quite a bit from his teaching style and student interactions.

Arrogant, self centered, and wildly entertaining! Great teacher and calls a spade a spade. Take his course!

Very entertaining course, a must take for anyone in CS, especially if Al is teaching it.

Awsome Prof

Amazing professor, my favourite class so far!

After your first 3 classes you will see why "Professional Practices in Computer Science" has been Dubbed "Ethics with Al". His seminar class is thought provoking and interesting. He'd simply start off with a 'semi' predeterminded topic and let the dicussion go, adding points to keep the topic on track. PS He looks actally like doctor on ST:Voyager!

Great prof. The class makes you think. A lot of writing, but def. brings you out of your computer science shell.

Great prof.

Al's great, I genuinly liked him as a person and he's very open. best class i've taken in all my 4 yrs here.

We are sitting in class right now, and Al is discussing the previous post ("Jackass Alert"). Al is pretty hilarious. Good class, Great prof.

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Every once in a while, you come across a person who tells you "what & why", rather than just "what", and you realize what "living up to the definition of a teacher", really is. Teaching is a passion, not a profession, and its a code of ethics in itself. Thanks Al, for keeping that passion alive! Awesome Prof.!

Awesome prof, the best teacher I have ever had. Really enjoy his class which is the one I never absent

By far one of the best profs Ive had this year. Very approachable, will clarify any questions about assignments, and I love his rants about Engineers. All in all a really good prof, who keeps the class entertained and educated.

After Spring Break our 101 class switched prof's and I really enjoyed his class. We would get off topic alot, and end not covering very much some times, but his class was very fun and entertaining. Long live Java Jeopardy!

One of my favorite profs. Does a good job of not getting to boring. Helped me stay awake in those early morning classes

I'm still in this guy's class but he really seems to know his stuff. If I hadn't taken computer science in high school, I'd be a bit wary though. I think his class would be harder if I knew nothing.

One of the best profs

Great prof. funny

Great prof, very energetic and well spoken. Teaches with passion, always up for an argument. I learned about a lot of things I never expected to. I highly recommend this class as well.

Super entertaining, keeps class lively and is a sharp guy. Handle with care in 1 on 1 situations though, he tends to be pretty judgmental.

AWESOME guy! Explains concepts first, then language. Good at explaining. Fair grading. I never went for help after class but friends said he's a bit of a jerk, but I like his humour. He remembered my name years later, too.

Awesome guy! He really was personable and kept things interesting. Went and seen him in his office and got caught up just chatting for a hour about computers and websites. Best Prof Iv Ever Had.

The best prof so far. His lectures were really interesting. He was clear, interesting and entertaining. Very helpful in office hours. In my words PERFECT. I am glad I took his class.

One of the best profs I have ever had. Classes are not boring at all. I would love to attend this class even if I wasn't enrolled in it. Just fantastic!

simply the best

he is the best

You either love him or hate him. If you go in with an open mind then you're much more likely to enjoy Comp4620. Pros: Very good and fascinating lectures (time flies), very easy to talk to outside of class, super helpful during office hours (go see him). Cons: Very hard marker (make good arguments and know what he wants!). You get what you put in.

I was hoping for a little more consistency and presence online when trying to reach the Professor, but the best way to approach him is still office hours. Nevertheless, the topics and the project were comprehensible and easy to apply.

He taught communication skills and you could tell that he used everything he knew in all his lectures. I expected a course on technical communication to be dry and boring but it was exactly the opposite. The prof is energetic and a fantastic speaker. Without a doubt the best professor for the course.

Essay driven course. Basically an arts class (idk why it's not a W course). Really interesting lectures; I'd come to class just for his lectures. He seems genuinely interested in teaching he could care less about the grades and I appreciated that. I came from an arts background and flew through this course. He really liked my writing style.

probably the best teacher at the uofM's department of CS

He is a very good professor

He is loud and clear in class. His slides aren't word to word, understanding the slides are more important, being in class helps to understand material rather than attendance. Would recommend him if you are willing to listen through his life stories in class as examples to the topic.

Talented lecturer ! nothing more to say !

This course feels like a victory lap after a difficult academic journey. Very easy to listen to, legitimately funny, and with a wide breadth of topics to talk about.

Topics that were learned in this class was very interesting and useful because it talked about how computers were developed in history and how today computer functions. Assignments were pretty easy and straight forward. However, the quizzes were hard because he would ask questions about what did the person say or details from a long video.