Todd Ebert - California State University Long Beach

Professor: Todd Ebert

Department: TBD

College: California State University Long Beach

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CECS228
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

honestly one of my favorite professors i have taken in the cs department at csulb. he is obviously very intelligent but i felt like most of the topics that he covered were not difficult or perhaps he made it less difficult then it should have been. some people were struggling but that usually is a personal problem >_<

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CECS528
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

It's just a myth that he makes difficult topics easier, I feel he does the reverse. If you want to understand the Algorithm to get some grade, you need to follow youtube channels. Abdul Bari from youtube was my actual professor during this course. If you learn something from outside, Professor Ebert won't grade you unless you follow his method.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CECS528
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: No
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I think i never had a professor before life Dr Ebert in my whole academic career. He is best in everything. He is genius and super intelligent, who knows what and when to teach. He doesn't cares about your exam grades, but see your overall improvement at the end and grade accordingly. He has a quality to make difficult and complex lectures easier.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CECS528
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Concentrates more on the Theory. I have taken Advance Analysis of Algorithms. If you are good enough to understand his concepts. You can crack most of the Algorithm based interviews.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CECS328
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Ebert is incredibly intelligent. That being said, be prepared for 328 on steroids. Heavy emphasis on math and theory. Takes off points like they're going out of style, and uses very difficult problems on exams. Assigns extremely time consuming homework and projects. If you want an honors class without the credit, take him. You've been warned.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CECS328
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He focuses way too much on theory. Does not give you points for homework. The programming assignments were extremely long and difficult. His programming assignments gave me a lot of stress. Goes kind of fast when lecturing on some topics but if you ask him to go over it again on the board he will do so. The exams are curved but study hard for them.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CECS328
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is a good man. He does his best to communicate difficult material. Homework was not required, but he pulls questions directly from the homework and puts them on quizzes. Make sure you read the lecture notes, the book, and do the homework in order to succeed on the exams. He curves pretty heavily for exams, so there shouldn't be much to fear.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CECS328
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

One of the greatest professors I have ever had. He is such a great lecturer and funny! His tests are quite difficult but you walk away at the end of the semester with so much retained knowledge.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CECS328
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

One of the most frustrating classes ive taken. Almost all content of exams is theoretical so the homework and quizzes wont help you at all, Coding projects take a very long time to finish and often dont relate well to the content being presented. Homework is optional but is basically necessary to learn. Tests are some of the hardest Ive seen.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CECS528
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is one of the great professor in cs department.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CECS528
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Ebert is very nice professor but be ready to put extra efforts .If you have really analytical mind this class is for you. The amount of work required would definitely effect other courses taken in semester until unless you are full time international student.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CECS551
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

This class was amazing. I would definitely take it again. You are given graded programming assignments on various subjects as well as homework. The only downside is that we focused a bit too much on one machine learning technique and there was A LOT of maths. If you do not like maths, do not take this class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CECS528
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The class is very good but tough. You'll have to work in order to get good grades. The professor is very kind, helpful and funny. However, there is a good amount of maths and proofs and if you're not comfortable with that, do not take the class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CECS528
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I like the way he teaches. Try to solve each single question from his assignment. Each question makes your algorithmic concepts stronger.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: 528
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Just be thorough with his assignments.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 528
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Hands down one of the best professors I have ever had. Notes are pretty clear and quizzes are based same notes. However, his midterms (or exams) will have some questions which will be new but if you pay attention to his lectures you will get them. If you have any difficulty in understanding any concepts he will help you in office hours.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 528
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

doesn't know how to teach, partial, meet him in office hours to pass with good grade. disappointed!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CECS528
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Knows exactly what is needed and a lot more. Gives his notes and everything on the quizzes is from the notes. Mid-terms and final exam however have a section where the problems are completely new but based on those in the notes. He expects students to develop their logic and solve them which is required for this subject. Very helpful professor.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CECS328
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Class/lab attendance is mandatory. The test and hw questions are difficult, but his grading is easy (you need to get about 2/3 correct for an A). The assignments are all useful and help with understanding the theory. Brush up on your calc for the first exam (especially derivatives). The book is rarely used, more of a reference. Eager to help.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CECS328
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

One word stay away, 100% theory. he make a big deal if you don't attend and not visit him over his office hours, make sure you visit him, he has not been checking assignments very well, just submit what he asks but don't expect real correction, wrong professor for the computer science, he should work for math department in my humble opinion.