MTabakhi
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4-6 hrs/week
As someone with very little coding experience, this class was very difficult for me. The first few units were ok, but after the first test, it got increasingly more difficult, with the 3rd test being extremely hard. Assignments took forever to complete and I usually had no idea how to even start them. Lectures weren't super useful, and some concepts are rarely explained.
2/23/2025
I'm convinced she's either a low-level NPC or part of a social experiment.
9/26/2024
Went to 1st 2 lectures, found out a lot of what she said was blatantly wrong, and then never went again. She would sometimes walk around studio, but never actually offered to help anyone. The one time someone in my studio group asked her for help, she said she couldn't help because she herself didn't create the assignment. Was not good :(
6/10/2024
2-4 hrs/week
This entire class is just Berkley Intro to AI so you don't actually have to do any of the projects just find a GitHub Repo... Exams are okay
5/31/2024
Tabakhi seemed to know concepts well but didn't take the time to explain them. You will learn and understand most of the concepts in this class by doing homework as the lectures are pretty useless in explaining things. You are also not taught a single Python package or line of code in this class so good luck coding the projects all by yourself.
5/2/2024
I first took CSE247 with Tabakhi and strongly disliked her as a professor. However, I feel as though she does better teaching higher level material in 412. I've enjoyed her lectures more and feel like she knows the content better than in 247. Overall, pleasantly surprised with the course after a poor experience in 247 with her.
4/29/2024
Professor Tabakhi seemed to lack professional knowledge and was unable to answer student's questions accurately. In fact, she doesn't seem to understand student's struggle every time. The pace of the class is sometimes too slow and she still doesn't do a good job explaining the important concept. She heavily relies on her slide.
3/28/2024
I would just say don't go to her lectures. Even if you can't go to another professors lectures you're better off going to google than her. Her lectures often get needlessly complicated, she simply wrong a lot, and usually just reads off the slides.
2/22/2024
Exams are difficult but curved. Homework can be long but only 3 throughout the semester, and she is very flexible in giving extensions.
1/26/2024
I never left one of her lectures feeling less confused than when I had walked in. If you have her as a lecturer, I highly recommend either just going to another professor's lecture or relying on the textbook.
1/18/2024
Lectures are difficult to understand, kinda just steamrolls through the slides. How often you go to office hours and talk to the TAs in this class will likely be the deciding factor for your grade.
12/13/2023
Tabakhi is a terrible professor. Attendance dropped to probably 1/4-1/3 by the fourth lecture. I stopped going completely after that and did just fine in the class. Explanations are convoluted and difficult to understand. When asked to help with a problem on a test, she said that "she couldn\'t help with problems she didn\'t write" and got defensive.
12/10/2023
She ripped the whole class content from stanford but with much less depth yet she still is incapable of explaining any of the concepts well in class. She does pollevs worth like 5% of your whole grade to make you come to class but you wont see a single person paying attention because she cant teach.
12/7/2023
She is a little misunderstood. I came into the course very concerned she also has a reputation for making very difficult exams. However, throughout the course, my perspective seriously changed. She gave me extra points for my first exam. I would recommend to participate in class so she recognizes you and she will return the favor. Know math.
12/7/2023
Terrible. Lectures are really confusing, and she never hosted office hours. She missed 25% of the lectures of the semester due to various reasons. Jealous of those who enrolled in another section.
11/27/2023
Exam are 30% total of grade, but you can achieve 100% on everything else. If you attempt to study for the exams, you will probably have to use the textbook and online resources from UC Berkeley (the class is entirely copied from ucb cs 188). Her lectures will familiarize you with the content. 3 projects, 7 HWs, attendance only 4%. Not super helpful
11/17/2023
For 247, get Cole if you can. Tabakhi's lectures are really confusing and she's not very accessible outside of the class. She sometimes reads through the slides and does not explain the contents at all. However, if you get her like me, it's okay. The grading is pretty easy and I learned the most by reading Cole's slides!
10/16/2023
The fact that Professor Tabakhi has a PhD in CS is honestly astounding. There is no point in going to lectures because she cannot explain the material. I find it hard to believe she didn't sustain a serious head injury since being hired. I went to her for help just once, and she said she couldn't answer CS questions she didn't write. Disgraceful.
10/14/2023
She cares about the students learning the material well and tries to make the lectures engaging. The course is modeled after Berkeley's so there's plenty of online support. The projects are fun though the exams are hard. As long as you pay attention and do the work, you should have a good time. I really enjoyed the class!
5/2/2023
Athena is a really bad lecturer. She talks too quietly to hear in the back. Even if you can hear her, she still explains concepts so poorly. BUT, if you get her for 247, you are not screwed! Don't even bother going to her lectures -- Go to Sievers' lectures or watch his recorded lectures. Luckily, there are other ways to learn besides her content.
4/27/2023
She's okay. The class is literally a copy of berkeley's so I would recommend if you dont like her lectures to look up the berkeley ones and do the exercises. The exercises are pretty much practice exams for the midterm and final so def pay attention when she goes over those.
4/27/2023
even though she copies the materials from CS188 she can't teach.nShe can only use tough exam to proof her existence. What a shame!
3/2/2023
lecture is hard to follow and has little correlation with projects. You will have to learn python all by yourself in order to do the projects, which are super long.\nMidterm was pretty difficult, and there is like zero practice for the exam except few exercise she mentioned in class. And it count 20% of the grade.
3/2/2023
Absolutely terrible professor. Class content does not relate to projects. You are left learning/relearning much on your own. Would recommend taking the course with another professor.
2/25/2023
One of the worst professors I've ever had. Entire course content taken from Berkeley's AI course and it seemed even she was confused by it. She made multiple mistakes during class and was often corrected by students. Half of the course grade is also very hard exams. A class avg of 80 on midterm was deemed too high so no extra credit opportunities.
12/23/2022
247 is a huge class, so I don't blame Professor Tabakhi for seeming distant. That said, sometimes the lack of energy does detract from the quality of lectures. She sometimes blazes through important stuff and proceeds to linger on more trivial material. Also doesn't do much other than reiterate pre-lecture content. Not bad, just rather boring.
12/10/2022