Boris Aronov - NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY

Professor: Boris Aronov

Department: Computer Science

College: NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CS6043
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Really hard to understand

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CS6043
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Worst professor ever. DO NOT TAKE HIS COURSES.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CSGY6033
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very knowledgeable professor, but does not provide notes or solutions to the assignments. Assignments will be very tough, definitely read the book before even attempting them. Do not search for any answers in Google, because you will be wasting time, you wont find answers! Work real hard to pass, but you will definitely learn in his class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CS6703
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Boris missed the calling of being a comedian, but then again his humor is better suited to CS students than to the general public. Sadly, he gets stuck with students who have to take CompGeo to fulfill their Theory req and thus don't care! Result: sad class, sad Boris. Lots of HW (that he writes himself!), project, easy A if you put in decent work.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: 6033
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is a tricky course but Professor Boris is reasonably clear with his explanations. The problems on his assignments will make you think a lot (google won't help) - but he's always willing to make sure you understand things provided you ask!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CSGY6033
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Great guy, knows a lot. Course is really tough, but you learn a lot.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CS6033
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Great Professor for Algorithms. Solving his assignments takes time. Tests questions are quite similar to the assignment questions but a bit tricky. Lenient in marking if you are clear in your explanation.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CS6033
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Best Professor for Algorithms. Solving his assignments takes time. Tests questions are quite similar to the assignment questions but a bit tricky. Lenient in marking if you are clear in your explanation.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CS6033
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Great professor. Amazing opportunity to learn under him. Best instructor you can get for algorithms.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CS6033
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good Professor.. If you really want to learn and not doing it for credits only then take his course. Its a important subject.. Unless you put your efforts, you will not get good grades.. His assignments are unique, he will make you learn better through his assignments. You must do them on your own to understand it clearly.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CS6703
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very open minded and helpful. His assignments are very good and challenging [You can not get direct answers from google]. Open book exams, toughness is mostly balanced. Very helpful with projects.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CS6033
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I never learned anything from his class, but the topics that he covered were good. I just used video lectures of other professors or youtube to understand the topics that he tought in the class. But in the end, what you learned matters, not how.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CS6033
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is the best prof I ever had. His thinking is wonderful, he teaches how to go about looking for a solution in an awesome way and gives wonderful problems "he created" in assignments and exam

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: 6033
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

His class is not easy, and you need work hard. If you don't understand his lecture, try to do some research. His grading is fair, curves a lot. But still, you need do your work and he uses online discussion board. That is useful as well.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CS3413
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I think this guy is the most underrated in the entire school. First the material he teaches is very abstract and not many people have the imagination to comprehend that level of abstraction. And for this dry material he was managing cracking jokes. That was pretty fascinating and for me personally is a sign of his deep understanding of the material

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CS3413
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good course, good material. Goes on funny tangents during lecture -- it's not for everyone but it certainly keeps the lecture interesting and gives a little more insight into the material. Followed the book fairly closely. Exams are a bit long but not hard. But apparently they are because median tends to be less than 50%. Passes everyone though.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CS3413
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The course material is boring and hard. However, Prof. Aronov is hilarious and his antics will keep you awake in this class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CS1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

HOTTTT!!!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CS6033
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Interesting materials but the explanations in the lecture were very unclear. I had to use lectures from other professor to understand the materials.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CS6033
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very interesting lectures!