Great Professor! He genuinely cares about the students. I would definitely take him again if I have the chance.

If I have to be completely honest here the class did not start out in a great way. But trust me after you take that the final and receive your final grade you will know the greatness of Mehrdad. Not only did I receive the greatest grade one can achieve I learned what it means to be good at something. UBC should give this guy tenure for hes the best

Truly a great professor at UBC. I took him for the summer term, and learned a lot. He honestly cares for his students and wants to see them succeed, in the course and in their degrees. I liked his teaching styles and he always had time to answer questions at the end of class. He deserves to be a permanent professor at UBC.

Really solid lecturer with a good sense of humour. Stayed after class to answer student questions as long as students had them. Exams were very fair and based on the learning goals outlined in class.

Very caring of his students. Genuinely wants to see us succeed. Very active on Piazza and answers questions well. This was a COVID-19 term which was fully online. He used prerecorded videos and uploaded the slides. The videos were very good (although audio was not the best quality) and its easy to follow along with what he says during the videos.

Mehrdad explains concepts well, however his lecture style was not the best imo. He used the very detailed written solutions of the in-class worksheets as teaching material, withannotations on TOP of those very detailed solutions, which makes lectures really hard to follow and overwhelming. But, he's a very kind professor!

Mehrdad is a very organized and engaging lecturer. He really cares about the students' understanding of the material and puts in a lot of effort to meet that end.

Mehrdad is super kind, compassionate, and approachable. Really grateful for everything he did for the course!

He is a really kind and considerate professor. Would def recommend taking his courses.

Wonderful professor! Managed to do 2 classes during a summer term, 3 hrs in the am and pm. I had him during the pm and he always assured his lectures were wonderful even though he already taught the 3 hrs of material earlier each day. Always explained things so that the material was clear and everyone is capable to understand.

Professor Oveisi is an exceptional instructor with deep expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning. His lectures are clear and insightful, making complex concepts in these fields accessible. He genuinely cares about his students and provides excellent support. I highly recommend him for anyone interested in AI and machine learning.

Apparently not the teaching style for everyone, but I found his lectures easy to follow and interesting. He likes making new exam questions which makes them erroneous, but he never purposely tricks students. Homework and exams are manageable if going to lectures. Very accessible after class and online. Overall a great prof for me.

Friendly, enthusiastic, and caring. Lectures are engaging given that the course material can sometimes be boring. Midterms were very fair imo

The professor had very lenient grading for midterms and course grading. For example, even if you chose the wrong option, he would still give you half of the mark if your explanation was clear and thought out. Also, during my semester, he also added options to drop your lowest midterm, assignment, or clickers.

Mehrdad is awesome, clear and nice. Material of 322 is fairly easy

Overall the class was fair and the grading was clear. There was a lot of leniency during my term, like dropping your lowest assignment or midterm, and giving part marks for questions. However, I would have preferred if the midterms were a bit longer so it can test more of our knowledge. Currently, he handpicks 2-3 concepts out of many to test.

Great prof, really recommended!

Mehrdad is a great professor. Doesn't take himself too seriously, very good at keeping classes light. I didn't do any reading outside of class, most of what I learned came from lectures. The assignments were really great practice for what we learned, but they didn't take forever which was nice. Overall would definitely recommend.

Really good Prof!

LOVE THIS PROF! He's one of the sweetest profs I've ever encountered at UBC. He does his very best to make funny jokes + make his lectures more interesting. Some ppl find his delivery methods a little confusing, but if you compare his lecture slides to the slides of previous yrs you'll realize just how organized and intuitive he makes his content.

Explains clearly

Mehrdad was an amazing professor and made lectures engaging and emphasized conceptual knowledge. Assessments are fair and overall was a good experience.

One of the best professors at UBC and really enjoyed taking his class. All the materials well explained in lecture and give reasonable homework and exams that is not beyond course materials.

I really enjoy his lectures!

Had him for both 210 and 322 and he was great both times. Tests were always fair, and he was always genuinely happy whenever the class did well, even taking measures that benefited the class just to keep us motivated! Really caring, very clear, and very helpful.

Mehrdad made 322 one of the few CPSC courses I enjoyed taking. His teaching style makes lectures fairly entertaining, and although he teaches a bit slow, he goes over everything very clearly. Assignments and tests were tough but reasonable.

Amazing professor! He's definitely one of the best professors at UBC, and he really cares about his students!

I love this guy, tests were relatively easy compared to the lecture material. Also feel like I learned a lot in this class tbh.

Professor Mehrdad is VERY CARING and tried his best to make sure everyone is learning the material. Arguably he takes this too far and keeps reviewing the material which makes the lectures too SLOW. I really wish there was a system that let him see that most people are following the concepts so we could move faster. If the lectures were 2x faster..

Very nice professor. Course materials are well organized.

Surprisingly, a wonderful experience with him. He was always willing to listen to students and take feedback to ensure everything was fair to us. Furthermore, he explains lectures very well and it's clear he knows what he is talking about and can convey it to us in a way that enables us to learn best!

Really kind guy, doesn't rush things and are happy to answer questions

Good and fair

Great prof. He cares a lot about student's learning. Course had light workload

He taught the class very well and I found his lectures very interesting

The knowledge taught in class is just really abstract. They are taught in a way that's difficult to understand. It was hard for me to do well on the exam because there we're very few practice exams for me to learn from. But the prof is nice though!

All lectures and post-lecture 'mini Office Hours' really help with content tips assisting Java learning. However, the course has room for improvement, with how practical midterms are handled and graded: having too much weightage on an autograder in a limited time constraint and bizarre deductions in manual grading due to unclear instructions.

Prof Oveisi is knowledgeable and he presents the information in a very simplified manner. He starts with a simple example and then shows the more complicated abstraction for it. Overall, I loved attending his lectures. Would highly recommend attending his class.

Enjoyed the class, good prof. Had him for both 330 and 322. Solid guy

He is very kind and thoughtful. I was struggling with a course and asked him for help. He was very willing to help me and gave me good advice. He helped me pass this course. He is the best professor I've ever seen!

He is very kind and thoughtful. I was struggling with a course and asked him for help. He was very willing to help me and gave me good advice. He helped me pass this course. He is the best professor I've ever seen!

good good ok

Pacing could be better, (but FYI I had it in summer with 3.5 hr lecture). More discussion about alternatives and theory in lecture labs might help, rather than waiting. Students: Please watch videos beforehand!! Practical midterms are hard w/ out prior xp in Java, so practice. Pace urself on project. The material is easy-ish but requires practice!

Really liked his classes and his dad jokes.

Great lecturer. Just wish I could turn on 2x speed during the lectures but overall no issues. Easy class and great explanation.

Good at information presentaion

This was the most comfortable class to ask questions in, the prof is super patient. Made me more invested in the topic than I would have thought. Sometimes though the lectures did feel like they were repeating the same point for too long, but that was so everyone understood what was happening.

The best professor I had ever had for CPSC course. The course content (CPSC 322: Introduction to AI) is not easy, but not extremely hard that you can't handle. Although some lectures are challenging, professors provide time after class for questions, office hours and practice questions and assignment on PrairieLearn.

The professor is really friendly and gives very clear, easy-to-follow lectures.

Very nice person, funny. Teaches the content very well.

Merhdad is such a funny character and genuinely made classes bearable with his humour. The lectures are not recorded and are insanely content heavy every class so attendance is pretty mandatory if you want to understand what's going on in the course at all. Pretty dry stuff most of the time but the midterms were fair, and he is fair grader.

Lots of exmaples to help ypu to understand the concepts, and class activity prevent you from sleeping and actually engage to class and learn.

Dr. Oveisi is patient and clear in explaining concepts, and supportive for his students. He makes jokes to up the engagement during lectures! Midterms got tough but compensated by lenient grading.

The prof is very respectful and caring of his students. The lecture content is not too heavy.

Engaging professor, 10/10 lectures

If you attend all the lectures do all the HWs, you will be fine.

Professor is funny and explains stuff in a clear and succinct manner, however this mod gets quite dense and covers q a few topics

nice and kind

Funny professor, easy lectures for 322.

Very great prof! Always enthusiastic to teach and very easy to follow lectures. The Iclickers in this class were amazing to help with learning and this was reflected in 95% of students getting every iclicker correct! Assignments are a little tricky but they require you to apply ur learning in a good way and helped lots with learning.

Mehrdad explains concepts well but lectures can be dry and not engaging at times. AI is an exciting concept but I did not feel very excited taking this class. Attending lectures is absolutely necessary. Exam questions were often difficult and not straightforward, lots of curveballs.

Dense lectures but that results in plenty of material and examples to go and revise with. In class activities and a lack of recorded lectures reward students who show up consistently and are willing to work alongside him when walking through examples. Very fair with midterms leaning towards above average in difficulty.

professor is good with creating examples of complex content, but lecture content and test content do not translate well. The prof tried his best to make the lecture interesting but it does get very boring at times especially pre-midterms. He is a good prof and is often lenient

Mehrdad is one of the best profs I have had at UBC. He genuinely cares for his students and his enthusiasm in class is contagious. Makes me want to learn. Exams for CPSC 322 were very enjoyable to solve too.

Dr.Oveisi is a kind and knowledgeable prof who made 322 my favourite course this term. There are weekly assignments but they did not feel like busy work because I found they really helped to cement the lecture material. His exams are fair and you can do well by studying.

Professor is very good. Lecture content is taught in an engaging way, with in-class activities to ensure that everyone is learning the content well. Assignments also connect well with class content.

The professor was really patient in going slowly over difficult materials and wanted us to have a solid grasp. Also very eager to help understand missing knowledge gaps after class/ office hours.

Great prof makes a lot of funny noises.

Amazing prof, took 322 with him and he was really good not just at teaching the material but also just having a really light atmosphere in class. He also has a lot of policies in his courses to reward students if they improve , usually a motivational boost every term for 322 where the final replaces your lowest scoring midterm and iclicker. 10/10