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cool!!!!!

fun and entertaining

Great Prof... although somewhat moody

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Great teacher and great guy, but talks down to you if you ask a stupid question.

Striking resemblance to the Caribbean Workout guy!

assignments were not easy

Super cool guy. Lectures are loud and clear, but makes assignments pretty tough.

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Assignments are tough, but his exams are not bad

good lecturer, tuff assignments, easy midterm, killer exam :P

I got a D but I still think thus guy is awesome!

Excellent lecturer and a good guy, but long wordy assignments only worth only 3% killed the course for me.

Great guy, but he's tough. Long, detailed assignments, fair midterm, and I'm sure the exam is going to be a killer. He's always excited about what he teaches and he's very available for help. Try taking AI with him for the full effect!

I was actually pleasently surprised on his exam! His assignments are tough, though

Good course. Showed up even if registered in the other section.

The man is a walking ball of energy. Lots of enthusiasm, loves the subject. Great assignments too ;) The material isn't exactly hard, there's just a lot of it.

WOW, this guy must be a robot! I mean, I see him at the gym, but with the amount of notes he normaly gives I have NO CLUE where he finds the time!!! Must stay up till 4 am everynight doing power point. Tough exams, but fair. Good proff overall.

Gave clear instruction and was always enthusiastic about the material. He always gave opportunities for students to ask questions. After his reply, he would often ask if his answer was adequate. Unfortunately I'm kinda dumb and did poorly :p

Great prfo for the material, but assignments are way too long. I understood the material and concepts, but with 5 courses, there's not enough time to do the assignments. Exams were fair.

Excellent teacher. Heavy assignment load, but they do help you understand the course better. John is full of energy, walks back and forth in the front of the classroom with his coffee in hand. :) Love his webiste...

best compsci prof at u of m, by far

One of the best Prof's, if not THE BEST, in Computer Science. His courses are always a challenge. He really cares about what he is teaching and about his students performance. He is also very knowledgable about the subjects he teaches. He is inspiring.

Goes into great details about the course material and also slips in A LOT of jokes during his lectures. It makes for a really interesting class!

My new fave teacher in CS. All notes in PP(love that, i'm a big boy now... just give me the notes and i can read them myself). Great guy, funny so lectures interesting, 215 assigns are fairly long, but not too hard. I got all, near full marks. Id:11

Great prof, HUGE assignments, but if you understand the course material (which he's very good at explaining), you'll do fine.

Long assignments but easy if you pay attention. I would take every class he offers.

Awesome prof. Near impossible not to be interested by his lecture style. Very clear, very helpful.

cutie

Teaching Style A+. Very interesting... he couldteach the most boring topic and it would seem great. Hard final i thought... but maybe not.

Great professor! Good teaching style .He is very nice and helpful!

This guy is a great prof. He makes class fun and has a great teaching style that anyone will enjoy. One of my favourite comp sci prof's. Take a class by him if you can becuase you will enjoy is alot! WONDERFUL PROF! and super easy to talk to!

Great professor, Excellent teaching method. And his makes the class very interesting!

Very clear and animated speaking style. He will keep you awake and paying attention throughout class.

Great prof, makes staying awake through early morning classes (after late nights of partying) easy - I haven't missed a class yet!

No prof can truly teach better than this guy. He teaches through ranting - easy to absorb and fun to participate in. Also tells interesting stories - let's just say I'm surprised his right lung still works.

the final exam is very tricky, and if you compare his notes and other professorer's notes (the same topic searched from google), you will see he really doesn't explain very well.

Course notes were posted on the website which was good but the explanation of a topic is spread over 10 slides with a bunch of jokes and useless information added which makes studying for the final difficult. The midterm was very easy, the final exam worth more than half of the final mark was alot more difficult.

Very articulate, very enthusiastic and a nice guy (gets you excited about what he's teaching). VERY hard marker, he is extremely maticulate when it comes to wording... I liked his lecturing and hated his grading, if you're smart, DEFINITELY take his classes.

nice guy, but teaching poorly

He's a great guy who really knows his stuff. When i took the class the assignments were accumlative so don't fall behind.

I don't know what some of the other people were talking about him being rude or his notes hard to follow. His notes are easy to understand, but broad enough to actually learn and he IS happy to help, I know from experience. He is not rude, but he is a very funny guy and makes class fun! Definitely one of my best prof's ever!

The friendliest professor I have ever met. Door is always open if you need help (unless its 30 mins before class and he is prepping, come on, he cant be available 24/7) Make sure you have a valid question, not just something you were too lazy to look up in the notes. He sets the bar pretty high, so be prepared to work hard, but you'll learn a lot.

Long assignments, clear explanations. Really wants to see his students do well.

Very good prof. Energetic, dynamic, and full of witty anecdotes. Sense of humour may not be to everyone's liking, but he knows his material inside-and-out and explains it very clearly.

This was a fun class - learn't alot of new things. The project wasn't bad either - you can approach him and he will guide you with what to book/papers to refer etc, very useful! Fair marking. Definately, one of the most fun class I have taken at UofM.

Very excellent professor when it comes to demonstration and teaching. Has very very long assignments so work very hard. His final was way too long. He wants his students to do well.

He's a good guy. Talks forever if you see him outside of class lol. His assignments are insanely LONG(tho all 2150 assignments are). I couldn't get used to his style of teaching w/ power pt slides since there are like a million of them. He is willing to help anyone, and is very ez going, but the class was pretty damn hard.

Fantastic knowledgeable prof that will teach you loads about the material. His assignments for this course are long because they have to be to teach you the material. That said, his exams are ridiculously long for the time period, our midterm started 5 minutes left and ended 5 minutes early (and I lost a ton of marks for no real reason.)

I had him for AI too. He's great, go to his lectures, talk to him... he's very passionate and hyper about CS and all things related. Way too many PP slides. If you put in the effort you will walk away with a high knowledge of the subject and a great mark.

It's a challenging course and Anderson is a challenging prof but a good mark is gettable. The assignments are long but effective in drilling concepts in your head. The final was ridiculously long, not hard though if you did the assignments and studied the notes, just incredibly long.

ALTHOUGH HIS WORK LOAD IS REALLY INTENSE, HE IS A GREAT PROFESSOR TO LISTEN TO. HE MAKES THE CLASS FUN, HE IS A GOOD SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

He is very energetic in class. He makes the lectures entertaining but they seem soo much longer. the Assignments are very vague and you will loose a lot of marks for things you never knew of. Sometimes if you go to see him he is helpful and sometimes not, it really depends on his mood. He can be very blunt when you are "clearly" wrong though.

7/10, Knows what he's taking about and is passionate about what he does. Projects and homework assignments werent super clear, but he allowed for freedom which is often lacking in university work. Would recommend if you're serious about the subject

Solid prof.

Great professor. Can tell he's very passionate about CS / AI and genuinely loves teaching. This was (I think) the first time COMP 3190 has been taught online. I think he did very well. Everything was recorded and he explained concepts very clearly. Research paper was also extremely fun to do.

Lectures were well explained, but I can imagine that the quality of his teaching is better in person. Assessments weren't graded too harshly, but the first assignment certainly was. This course covers alot of material in a broad sense, I'd suggest some memorization may help you with test material. Less understanding, more memorization course.

The assignments were very vague but just by trying to put in a good amount of effort I got 80%

John is funny and does a good job explaining the concepts, but you gain very little utility or knowledge regarding implementation. He basically structured the course as a precursor for COMP 4360. Assignments and the research paper are rather ambiguous / open ended, but marking is very fair if you put in effort, and the exams aren't too hard.

Wasn't a huge fan of COMP3190 in general, but John is a very entertaining lecturer, and you can tell he's really passionate about his work.

He's pretty good in lectures, but he does get sidetracked easily (it is interesting to listen to most of the time). Feedback on assignments and project seemed very minimal.