Good teacher. He really knows his stuff and is young and energetic. Be sure to ask questions when things are unclear he has a bad habit of not finishing his sentences.

Awesome.

Very engaging lecturer. He clearly cares a lot about the subject and it shows. Its also fairly obvious that he has a graphics background as he managed to focus some of the assignments on it. The assignments were time consuming but fair and were usually solved for you in the textbook. Highly recommend.

Learnt a lot about graphics and practiced a lot. Prof. always answers questions on discussion board which is very nice and helpful Super smart and good at his field. Awesome sample code. Not easy to understand his lecture(maybe cuz I'm not a native speaker?) But the course is definitely worth taking. You will really learn something.

People are harsh here because this is a hard class. You really have to work for your grade in this class, and that's not all about the prof, its cause it's not easy content. Prof. Kry is clear and very helpful if you ask, he always posts on the discussion boards and answers questions quickly. Make sure you pay attention in class and you'll do fine.

Prof Kry is always genuinely passionate in class. This semester a lot of people decided to skip so they might not have done as well since he does great examples on the board. In general the course material does take time to understand, but the assignments were fair and interesting and the final was similarly very fair. He also is very helpful. 5/5!

I don't know what the fuss was with the other reviews. My friends and I found this course kind of dense, but the prof was super clear and the exam was pretty alright too.

The assignments are pretty great/interesting but take way too long in my opinion. I probably would have done better in this class if I went more often. Also I would have went more if he did more example questions in class cause that's what I really needed tbh. Overall, not that bad. He posts a lot on the discussion boards which is nice.

Boring class. Just used the textbook

Course material was boring but that's not his fault

He's kinda like if Bob Ross taught you Comp Sci. He has an afro too. This course if pretty hard and can get boring, but that's not his fault. He's not THAT good at explaining things but he's alright, and friendly enough to help.

This class with Kry is my favourite comp sci course within the program. The assignments were interesting but not hard and he made them worth half the overall grade, so when it came to finals, there was literally no stress. I barely went to class, but I didn't need to cuz all the information I needed, I could extract from the slides.

I took this class and literally don't understand the amount of shade he's getting. I never went to class cuz the lectures were recorded, and using just those I was able to get an A- overall. He uses a different approach in lectures, trying to engage the class by interactively working through questions, some use it as an excuse to say he's confusing

I thought Prof. Kry did a good job. He really knows the material and the assignments work well to integrate the course material with what he's passionate about. Exams and assignments are marked quite fairly. He does a good job engaging the class during lectures when the material could be a bit dry.

Paul Kry isn't the easiest Prof at McGill, but if you're going into computer science you should probably have expected that. He really cares about his students, and he's pretty funny in lectures, enough to keep the class involved. Paul offers the kind of insight you can't just find on Stack Overflow, take his class and you'll be happy for it.

Prof. Kry is great! Really nice, works hard to make sure you understand the material. Assignments were fair, and shorter than many others I've done in CS at McGill. Definitely agree with the guy who said he's the Bob Ross of CS.

He's great! Assignments are a little tough, but when you are done you realize they were very fair. Very fun lecturer and will slow down to the pace of the class and wants everyone to understand! Great professor and great class, would take him again!

He made the class very enjoyable and interesting. Assignments, midterm and final were very fair content and time-wise. Very accessible and always tries his best to answer questions. He really cares and made this class the best one I've had this semester. No other prof I'd rather take this class with!

Great teacher, but you need to read on your own to fully understand what he explains in class.

A great experience all around. Readily available to answer questions and course material presented clearly with strong reinforcement from relevant assignments. Tests and assignments presented fairly and graded in a timely fashion.

Don't expect the class to be easy - COMP273 is complicated and if you don't do well it's not because of the Professor; Prof. Kry makes you work pretty hard and creates all the conditions for you to succeed but you need to really understand all the important stuff the computers are built from.

Very entertaining prof, does lots of examples in class, brings interesting facts and stories in class (that were usually related to the material). Very helpful when answering questions. Knows the material very well. Definitely the most epic last lecture I've seen in four years at McGill.

He is really nice .. the assignments are kind of time-consuming but they are interesting

Truly cares about students' concerns and promptly answers questions on the discussion section of myCourses. Lectures may be a bit confusing for those who haven't learned some jargon, but he goes through many examples in class. And also remember: "what did we do last class?"

Very fun prof who knows his stuff and teaches well. Would recommend 100%. Might be hard for non comp sci majors?

Long assignments but very fair grading scheme

Has a good sense of humor, goes over the material step by step at a steady pace. Lectures are not recorded and age in the afternoon but the slides and suggested readings of textbook are posted on mycourses.

Not so difficult, just normal. The assignment are interesting, and the difficult is suitable. If having course recording would be better. By the way, the professor is very patient to answer the questions.

Assignments could be time consuming and a pain in the brain, but at least there are only four assignments

4 Assignments can be hard, but it's only a matter of time. Truly brilliant professor, although he proceeds quite fast in class that a lot of us might not catch up. It's still easy to read his well prepared ppt to get to know everything u might need in exams. Exams are not challenging as long as you behave actively in class.

The homework was really easy to finish but hard to achieve the first place. Sometimes the first place of an assignment is awarded, so probably you wish to work hard to win the prize. But if you just want an easy A you can skip many classes just like me. And it takes not too long to get bonus points so I consider the prof really merciful.

Really good professor. His lecture makes sense and his slides are clear. He is a humour guy. 4 assignments are hard but interesting, and they are not very helpful to exam. But doing assignment is a good way to understand the circuit and mips. Midterm is fair and average is about 82%. If you review all the slides, A won't be difficult.

He is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawesome omg! He really knows what he's teaching. (which is pretty rare in McGill Compsci Department unlike e.g. Brigitte Pientka) Paul is passionate. Would take anything again with him!

great prof, very funny, captivating lectures

Kry's a good professor. I enjoyed going to class at first because of his charisma and enthusiasm toward the material. However, as the semester went on I found his lectures to be increasingly unstructured; reading the textbook was better for learning. Assignments were hard but doable, really helped me understand assembly language & logic more deeply

Nice professor. He is funny. Assignments are hard but they are really helpful for us to understand the course content.

Brilliant professor that help so much in office hour.

His explanations are very clear. Before taking his class, I thought the way a computer was built was the most boring subject I'll have to learn about in my program, but now it actually became what I love the most and look forward to learning about in the next years. Truly an awesome professor, would take again :) (assignments are kind of hard tho)

Is he an amazing professor? Meh maybe. Is he a good professor? Absolutely. He is mentally present when lecturing and not going through the motions of reading slides. He believes you learn by doing and i have to agree with him. I learnt the most by writing assembly code on my own. I would suggest taking him if you have a passion for the subject.

The structure of the course is very well organized. He comes well prepared and you can tell how much work he puts into his slides. If you want to take a course that teaches you PLENTY, and is lead by someone with a good sense structure take Paul Kry. He did a great job at teaching the course. Assignments are hard, but you will learn a lot.

Great Prof, its understandable that the course material is hard. Def want to take a course with him in the future.

Prof Kry is great guy! I am not a fan of the course content, however Paul still makes his lectures interesting. 5.0 quality no doubt!.

One of the best, if not the best, prof in CS. Lectures with genuine enthusiasm and enjoys making references to 80s sci-fi movies. Clear slides, and he really seems to care about his students doing well. (assignments are challenging but reasonable)

One of my favorite professors yet! You can see that he is passionate about CS and he cares. Really enjoyed 273 with him and hope to take one of his higher-level classes.

No other prof I'd take this course with.

One of the best professors at McGill. Very understanding.

Best Prof ever. Def want to take a course with him again. <3

The easiest course of my semester--just keep up with slides, going to the TB if you have to, and show up to the exam. Assignments were really well-written; they were challenging but fun! Would definitely want to take an upper-year course with him. Amazing lecturer/public speaker and actually keeps you engaged during class. All around cool guy!

Probably the best/clearest comp sci prof I have taken here at Mcgill. Paul Kry does a great job at demystifying computers. He is a great lecturer and explained everything in a fun and simple way. The assignments are pretty heavy though, really not the type of assignments you can do last minute. I would definitely take another class with him again!

Very nice professor.

Great guy and fun lectures

Very inspirational prof and amazing lecture content (recommended for all mathematically oriented computer scientists but not only). Paul was very helpful throughout the course, with assignments but also with extra-curricular issues

Fantastic lectures; concepts were explained pretty well. Assignments were tough but at the same time interesting to do. Midterm and final were fair; with proper amount of studying you will ace both of them.

Awesome prof and interesting material in my opinion! He made class fun by sometimes playing short film clips or sounds from movies to introduce the next topic. When it came time to study for the final, it was genuinely fun to study since most of the topics were well explained and still clear in my head.

I still don't understand cache at all or anything that was covered in lectures after that yet I still got an A. I might have no deserved it but I think it's awesome generosity! 5 stars just for that

Nice fella.

Paul is really a great guy. His classes are really fun. He's always enthusiastic about teaching, very responsive in MyCourses and really cares about his students and he makes sure that the students understand the material and helps them in their assignments He usually gives 4 assignments which are time-consuming but fun and easy to overcome.

Had a wonderful experience.

The best computer science professor at McGill no doubt, at the very minimum one of them for sure. Very very very smart and passionate guy with strong sense of professional integrity, you're be lucky if you happen to be really into graphics because that means you'd apply to do research with him. And I am not even exaggerating lol he's amazing

Very clear grading criteria, final assignment has "choose your own adventure" and each assignment has some opportunity to get a bonus grade. Great lectures, and loved the events he tried to bring student to attend. Compared to other 500 level classes, more than enough time to complete the assignments. HE IS THE BEST!

He's just a great prof. You'll actually learn quite a lot in this class. If you're interested in graphics, he's the guy.

He puts a smile on your face, idk why, such a great guy!!!

Such a gem. Frankly I think he shouldve gotten a 6 out of 5 rating.

He is a great professor. He really wants his students to learn. He caring, fun and a great teacher. He uses everyday objects to explain the concepts. I had to work hard, but it was worth it. Learnt a lot of great stuff. If you don't like maths then you have to work harder. But the prof is great so in the end, you will have no problem.

Personally, I thought prof. Kry was great. The assignments he gives are good for applying what we learn throughout the semester and the final assignment is very fun to do. Sometimes it's hard to follow during class as math is hard to take in at first, it's worth taking the to practice on your own. Taking 559 with him in the winter too, no regret

Paul is a really great prof who cares alot about making sure his students understand the material. I took the class online due to COVID. He was really great at making the online lectures interactive. He really sparked my interest in a class that wasn't really necessary for my future prospects. I enjoyed going to his lectures.

Great prof, very understanding!

One of the best teacher I've had at McGill! Very chill, engaging and clear lectures, cool research. Would recommend!

He's not the best at teaching, but he is the most understanding prof I've ever met. Cool guy as well, he'd be a great voice actor lol

Paul Kry is one of the best computer science professors at McGill. His lectures are interesting and his voice is so calming, it's kinda like ASMR. I would totally recommend him for any class, and I hope to have him again in the near future.

Prof Kry was really funny and nerdy (in a good way). He seemed very passionate about the subject and was very well spoken. One of the least boring lecturers I've had this semester. Also his exam was really fair. Some harder ones, but most were definitely explained in the notes. Overall, good prof and would love to have him again.

Has the voice of a voice actor. Passionate about the topics, I enjoyed his inverted classrooms and the coding practices. Assignments are reasonable, tests are multiple choices and fairly easy (compared to other classes).

Compared with COMP557, 559 is slightly bit more disorganized (although some may call this inspiring) However, learned a ton in the class and really enjoyed the projects too.

His voice is SO SOOTHING!!! I absolute hate comp273, more than anything. But the only thing that I took from it is that Paul Kry is an awesome professor and I wish I was more interested in the material to really appreciate him. Lovely lovely prof who always want to help you succeed

This professor's classes are incredibly easy to understand, and the professor is very accessible outside of class (I posted a question on Ed on a Sunday and he replied within the hour).

The course material was pretty difficult but he explained well and often stopped the lecture to provide examples which I found to be helpful. You absolutely do not need to go to class, I pretty much watched the recordings for the entire semester. The assignments were cool and not too hard and if you do well then you can do well easily.

Lectures pretty fast paced, assignments long and time-consuming, but grading is alright. comp273 is suck, but his lectures make it less boring

Prof Kry's projects in 557 were the toughest I did at McGill. But his TAs are very approachable and if you're will to bother him, he offers thorough answers to questions. Would recommend going to lectures to skim material and learn through textbooks. This experience is specific to 557 as I have not heard of better experiences in 559.

Super cool guy and good professor. The lectures start heavy, without much preamble or context, so I often ended up reading the textbook during the lecture to understand what is going on. Midterm was next to impossible, will see how difficult the final is. Gives really interesting and engaging assignments.

Incredibly interesting teacher, very very interested in what he teaches. Goes on slight tangents but always interesting. Assignments can be tough, BUT are incredibly good to help with understanding the theory behind it. Very fun, engaging, and not a tough grader.

Despite his request students come to class, I did not attend one lecture in person (I'm sorry professor!), but have done well regardless. Decided to minor in CS when I first heard about this class - having taken it now in my final semester of university, can say the entire minor was well worth it, and Prof. Kry is wonderful!

Paul Kry is the funniest professor I have had at Mcgill. I think the key to fully benefiting from his classes is reading the textbook or the slide deck beforehand. He does implicitly assume a knowledge of the jargon in his lectures. Overall, if you prepare yourself beforehand, the lectures are very good. Exams are good, assignments are fun.

Professor Kry is a nice guy but his assignments will make you cry. But after the tearing, you'll grow much more cheery, You'll sprout some MIPS wings and fly.

The lectures are a bit harder to follow, but honestly you can just read the slide deck on your own and you'd be fine for the material. The assignments are pretty long and take some time to understand everything that's going on, but you got a lot of time to do them. Overall nice prof and easy final.

His assignments make me want to cry. Good prof otherwise.

i have a love hate relationship with this class. I really enjoyed the assignments and acc gained practical skills from it (rare for cs classes). But i suck at maths and have very poor spatial orientation skills, so it's prob the hardest class i ever took. Tho 50% assignments, so difficult to fail imo. Be sure to understand linear algebra

The TAs in that class are so cool and very helpful! Great class to nerd about graphics and how images work. At the beginning of each class, prof shows very cool research that has been done in the field. The techniques shown in class are very relevant to what's actually being used (bezier, ray tracing, shading, texture mapping, colors).