this guy should tape himself and sell the tape to people who can't sleep. He'll make a fortune!!!!!!

this guy sucks! misses stuff that the course is suppose to offer, and his attitude stinks!

weekly quiz very hard. weekly coding and report even harder. only one word, HARD. Avoid at all cost

DO WHATEVER CAN TO AVOID THIS ONE!!!! This course opens every term,if you do not need to graduate soon as me, don't take it. Why? Stupid every week coding homework, hard and ambiguous. Need to spend 5 hours at least on it every week, and there are computing questions and weekly quiz. If you really want to ruin your life, you can try.

This prof is a real disaster. I agree with prev. posts. I have spoken with my friends, who took this course before: it should be one of the most interesting courses. But unfortunately it is not. Avoid this "Prof" is possible.

Even if you have to take a semester off to avoid this course, take it but don't even consider taking a class with this prof. Lectures are not at all relevant to subject he will test you on. his grading scheme remains a myth and weekly quiz and coding assignments are BRUTAL.

this prof don't know how to teach mac 316, the lecture is not helpful at all, also , you need to do weekly matlab assignments, which is not relevant to this course, you are not allowed to bring the cheating sheet , so image that you have to remember a lot of complicated formulas. avoid him!!! no zuo no die if you want try!!

worst prof in SFU! Never take MACM316 with this prof. For non-CMPT students, NEVER take this course if you have no coding background!!!

In math, you're supposed to learn through solving examples. This guy just gives us a bunch of formulas and derivations without any explanation as to how to use them in solving problems. Then he EXPECTS you to be able to solve the problems in the homework. By the way, the homework is ambiguous and takes HOURS to do and the quizzes are way too long.

AVOID THIS PROFESSOR AT ALL COST, HE WILL MAKE YOU LIFE HELL. Not only are his lectures and weekly Matlab assignments that takes 10+ hours to do, but his quizzes and exams will also destroy your anus. With minimal time and a ton of questions (did I mention no cheat sheet?), most students won't finish his exams.

AVOID! Worst professor. His notes are worst than reading the text book and his class example consist of matlab code which is irrelevant. Don't waste your money and time and wait for another prof. He isn't helpful when approached and only wants to make this class hell for all students even as a MATH major this class is ridiculously useless with him

If possible avoid this professor, especially for MACM 316. Every week, we need to complete a Matlab assignment worth almost nothing, but a requirement to pass. He focusses on teaching mainly how to use Matlab and briefly covers the proof. ZERO examples of applying these methods as it is up to the student to figure it out. AVOID. AVOID. AVOID.

I wasn't going to write a review until I read the previous review. I agree that this professor does indeed know the material inside out, but he is obviously incapable of teaching. To the degenerate student criticizing other students for not working hard enough, it's not that we don't work hard, it's because we have a life outside of math.

This professor needs to re-evaluate how he teaches. He is horrible at explaining things and believe everyone in the class is following. No one is! That is why no asks questions in class. Talks about theories but never backs them up with mathematical examples. His lectures are useless and boring with theory after theory. Please avoid him!

This is the most difficult class I've taken at SFU. The assignments are hard (takes 10+ hours to finish), the quizzes are hard, and the exams are unbelievably hard. Most of the time I'm trying to figure out what the prof is writing. It's written in black text and he fills in the blanks with black text. Lectures are useless, tutorials are useful.

This course is meant to present problems commonly arising in numerical analysis and scientific computing and the BASIC methods for their solutions. This dude made the course topics unnecessarily complicated and convoluted. He seemed to have forgotten that he wasn't teaching math graduates and made us rely on his TA's to learn the material.

Weekly coding assignments are painful, quizzes are difficult, midterms are not designed to be finished.

You basically need a phD in order to understand the course material. If you are a CMPT major, I HIGHLY recommend avoiding him. Course is composed of WEEKLY MANDATORY MATLAB assignments that MUST be completed in order to be able to write the final exam. Assignments are absolutely brutal. He makes a 3 credit course feel like 5+. Avoid if you can.

Let me put things into perspective for you: - Weekly required MATLAB assignments (worth 1% each), must obtain a passing grade on them to be eligible to write the final. Each take upwards of 10 hours given you have a natural aptitude for maths - Ridiculously long midterm and an incredibly hard final - Major restrictions on cheat sheet

There is not justification to the workload he demands from his students. MATLAB assignments are literally a slap in the face considering how little they are worth and how long they take to complete. Avoid at all costs if possible. I can attest to each and every negative review posted thus far. Extremely difficult exams. Key word: extreme

Excellent professor! MUST TAKE MACM 316 with him! Garunteed A+, free assignments, midterm marks. A lot of help from TA AND HIM. I am just kidding.

He does not teach you how to solve problems! Hes lecture is useless, if u want to pass the course, u need to read the text for whole semester! avoid at all cost.

Tests are tough. They are not designed to be finished as he states. We also have to write papers and coding assignments that are essential to passing to course, where each assignment is worth less than 1%. They take 10+ hours. He compares us with previous sems about the fairness of exams. We get 20 eqs, prev sems - full cheat sheets. Worst prof.

I'm satisfied with my grade, still wasn't a good experience. Workload much higher compared to prev offerings with other profs. Assignments are long, tedious, and somewhat ambiguous (even for top students I've talked to). Lectures just sit+listen, might as well been online. True it's scaled, you'll likely turn out ok, but it's unnecessary stress.

Awful lectures. Extremely hard exams. Averages on the midterms were like 30% on the first and then 50% for the second. Would not recommend. I know quite a few people who dropped this class specifically becuase of this prof. I wish I could have done the same. There are better within the department. Calc 3 is hard enough already. you dont need this.

When take his course. Remind urself:do u wanna lower ur GPA, if yes then take it. He thinks his lecture was funny, um..... not really. His lecture doesn't help u know how to do questions on midterms and final. Usually his test r really trick. Get familiar with homework r not enough. Any teacher is better than him, for ur GPA trust me.

He posts solution videos that explain and walk through solutions, and he lectures well... but wait, there is more. His assignments are hard to understand. He only gives high-level help during office hours, and will leave you making mistakes. He gets frustrated easily if you do not "get it" quickly. Not the worst, but there are better.

Majoring in Honours Pure Mathematics. Muraki has no understanding of the material, evident in lectures, notes, discussions in office hours, and homework assignments. Disrespectful, confrontational, egotistical, most likely a result of his inferiority complex as being applied "mathematician". Do SFU a favour and quit. You are a disgrace to Math.

Extremely disrespectful and egotistical. He acts more or less like a condescending highschool teacher. Questions during office hours degrades into discussing his "philosophy". Lectures have no theoretical foundations and are disjoint from the homework, which is ambiguous and mathatically dubious at best. His incompetence is painfully apparent.

He lectures ok and appears to care about students. However during office hours he is disrespectful and will criticize your abilities instead of helping you with your question. He will not correct you when you make mistakes. The exams are tough and ambiguous and he will scale a lot. Avoid if you can.

Awful, and very rude. Tried to make lectures relatable and funny but its not. His lectures are un-informative and exams are unreasonably hard.

Exams are extremely difficult. Notes are hard to read. No filled note after class.

Exams are extremely hard and he uses ambiguous words. Assignments are tedious and he doesnt scale a lot. The average for the class is C. Lowest avg ever! for my other math classes they are all B-.

His teach skills are not too bad. But he is absolutely a terrible person. He never replies your email. The suggestion he gives to you is something like "you should drop the class". He forces students to go his lectures in some ways. Not a respectable prof.

WORST prof I have EVER met in my LIFE!!! Quiz and exams are so hard and time consuming that you won't be able to finish it. Assignments are marked extremely strict. The exams and assignments are WAAAAAAAY harder than other profs. If you are not a genius in MATH, then avoid him at ALL COST! Save your money and spend it on more meaningful things.

AVOID!AVOID!AVOID!

Useless lecture, difficult assignments. DO NOT take him.

this guy doesn't post lecture notes or solutions to his sample problems and the homework is mandatory and you dont learn much from it. This class should be taught in a different way. like at very least upload solutions to your sample midterms like holy crap man

I emailed him 6 times throughout the term and only got 1 reply. Even when I asked about setting up a meeting I never got a response. He didn't even show up for online office hours. Lectures consist of few examples and largely him just rambling. The midterms were way too long and no time to finish, but the final was fair. He does not care about you

Never choose his course. His homework is disgusting. And his lecture cannot provide enough information to do his homework. He trys to make some bad jokes, but no one cares. The words he use art ambiguous.