Paul Salama - Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Professor: Paul Salama
Department: Engineering
College: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: ECE30200
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
He is the strictest professor you can possibly find in IUPUI. There is a saying of "take that class next semester if Salama is the only Professor" in IUPUI, which I did not listen to. He expects too much from his students. Tests consists of deriving conceptual formulas from scratch and him mentioning that the questions are easy.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: ECE600
  • Grade Received: A-
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Took professor Salama on ECE440, 538, 600 and image processing. Amazing teacher. Very articulate and knows his stuff. Test is tough and he has high standard. He doesn't mind failing people who doesn't deserve to pass (thumbs up). People who run away from him are probably not here to learn. They're here because they want to get an A.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: ECE301
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
What was taught in class didn't relate to homework. The test was over his lecture but had none of the homework type problems in it. Great at teaching, but didn't teach what the homework was about. So no outside practice for his test questions. I would love to take him if the homework matched what he taught in class.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: ECE301
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Good professor for harder graduate level classes. Stay away from him, if your only taking a undergrad class. He likes to make exams overly difficult compared to other professors. He is very good at the math behind everything, but fails at giving students a core understanding of what he course is about.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: ECE600
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Dr. Salama is an amazing professor. I should say that ECE 600 in IUPUI is the most helpful course among all graduate ECE courses. I took this course this semester and just finish the hard final today. Random Variable inspires me a lot when I am working on my thesis, I'm going to take his next semester's class Machine Learning. Nice course!
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: ECE600
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
He is the first professor I dealt with in US at IUPUI ECE , I am taking ECE 600. I am back to school after 10 Years, the subject is difficult, but he is really helpful.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: ECE602
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hard professor. Difficult to get good grades
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: ECEXXX
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
This proffesor is probably the best poffesor I had in college. Very smart, and will push you to your limits. Very hard exams, but if you do your homework and take notes during class, you will do fine.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: ECE301
  • 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:
I really enjoyed his class he's so smart and teaches perfecyly. His exams are hard anh he chenges them after each smester which I like so much because only knowledgable people can get good grades noy dumb people who gets their grades by studying previous exams!!! He never lets students cheat! . Soif you are want to learn something, hes the guy!
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: ECE440
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
IUPUI ECE department really needs someone who can teach to teach all signal courses. Salama is a smart guy, but the worst teacher I ever had.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: ECE637
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
He believes in intellectual honesty -- you need to do your own thinking and problem solving. If you're willing to work with the material, he'll work with you and you'll learn it. Would take any class from him.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: ECE440
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
the best instructor to teach the two hardest classes electrical engineering undergrads have to take. if you do your hw, labs, show up for class, & try - he'll work with you. you blow him off - get ready to retake the class or switch majors. try to make it to his office at least once in semester, down side is office hours 1:00-1:15pm.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: ECE440
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
stay away
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: ECE202
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hard ass------avoid him if u can (although we all meet him in 440)
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: ECE202
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Hardest prof in ece dept, very disorganized with regards to overall course organization, changed syllabus three times, refused review sessions or old exams, did not use MATLAB at all as course description required, and continually 15 - 30 mins late to lecture, hardly put anytime into prep for lecture material. Overall, mainly disorganized.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: ECE202
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Run away fast. He is a purest. Very clear lectureing skills but his tests are impossible! No calculators very very tuff questions. Terrible on the partial credit. RUN AWAY. AVOID AT ALL costs. LUDICRUS. A little paranoid about cheating
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: ECE311
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Dr. Salama is a very tough teacher. He is easy to understand unlike most of the foreign faculty. He does make you buy doughnuts if your cell phone rings. His test were very hard and there were only 2 of them and a final, only 4 questions each. Only reason I passed is because he made test 2 easy.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: ECE600
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
as a teacher of a core course, he gave us too many Cs and Ds. But if you read his notes very carefully, you can easily get A, as what I did.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: ECE440
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 5.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
By far the most difficult professor in the department. If your cell phone rings then you will have to buy the entire class donuts. Don't expect any help with the material. Tests will consist of hearing Dr. Salama say "That was easy". His exams are impossible. By all means try to avoid any class
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