IEOR E4706

weekly homework (hard, impossible to get all of the questions right without the helps from TA) hard midterm hard final

Moderate, but grading is random and answers seem to be who writes english which apppears to be most aligned with this thougts ( very subjective ). Just take the materials from someone else and skip this. Way better courses on offer.

The guy below is right. This guy's brain works a mile per second. He talks way too fast and it's like he's trying to jam as much material in you as he can. His style fits the following analogy: he feeds you a big burger, and before you swallow it, he feeds you another big slice of pizza. It's just not possible to take notes in his lecture because by the time you write down a sentence in your notes, he probably already moves on to the next topic. He used the lecture notes from another professor (Martin Haugh). Sure, I know he doesn't want to spend extra time to prepare for notes, but he should at least use the same notation as Haugh's note to avoid confusion. And he's kind of cocky too. Some guy was asking him a question in the lecture, and he blatantly replies "No, that would be dumb." What a nice way to embarass your student in front of the whole class. He finishes the material on the midterm two weeks before the midterm (Like I said, he talks really fast). So he spent the 1.5 lectures before the midterm going over stuff to be covered in the final (0.5 lecture was devoted to a mini, but not very helpful, review). That's not a very good way to help us prepare for the midterm by going over stuff that won't be on the midterm. Oh, and he specifically said in the lecture that we will not be responsible for certain topic (such as trinomial model) for the final exam. Guess what, it…

Worst professor ever. Let me list a few enlightening qualities of Mr. Martin 1. Doesn't know much about anything but acts as if he is like Prof. Derman ( Too much ego ) 2. Basically rehashes materials from all his courses 3. If all things are pretty obvious, I don't understand why we need you to tell that to us Martin 4. Least helpful guy who you would ever have the displeasure to meet 5. He said he had some fun stories to share about Peter Carr who he thinks is not that great ( Do people even that you exist Martin ? ) - Basically thinks he is better than the best. 6. Look at his linked in profile and tell me why is he is in anyway qualified to teach here ( where you get the cream of the crop ). I think the the only reason he is still not fired is that he sucks up a lot to the chair presumably. Now the only redeeming quality is that the course is good and seems to be well thought out. Just because the material is good doesn't mean you don't need to teach and get away with everything. In summary: A guy who is fun who you can grab a drink with, but stay away from his courses.