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Source coding, SSY140, VT2009

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1. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

38 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		9		23%
Around 20 hours/week»		9		23%
Around 25 hours/week»		15		39%
Around 30 hours/week»		5		13%
At least 35 hours/week»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.42

- Variations between weeks, depending on deadlines.» (Around 20 hours/week)
- The project deadlines almost clashed with the deadline of the other course that most of the class was taking .. wireless communication. » (Around 25 hours/week)

2. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

38 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		3		7%
50%»		1		2%
75%»		18		47%
100%»		16		42%

Genomsnitt: 4.23

- It could be much much better» (100%)
- The examples were good, would have preferred them in the exercise class. Nevertheless, they did help in understanding the concepts :D In a lecture, I mostly look for the awe and wonder on how something happened. I like the lectures starting with some history. This really ignites the spark that some day to dream about being like shannon :D» (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		4		10%
The goals are difficult to understand»		1		2%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		20		52%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		13		34%

Genomsnitt: 3.1

- Course is easy but the way to taught is difficult means teacher have good cocept but they did not deliver due to first time teaching because he is always in tension in class and saw a clock at every instant when this class will finish.» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)

4. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

34 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		1		2%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		31		91%
No, the goals are set too high»		2		5%

Genomsnitt: 2.02

- I have not seen/read the goals» (?)
- Goals are clear but may be teacher don"t know.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)

5. Did the examination assess whether you have reached the goals?

No, not at all»		4		11%
To some extent»		9		25%
Yes, definitely»		12		34%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		10		28%

Genomsnitt: 2.8

- I would prefer to answer this question after the exam. But for some reason, I get reminder mails of this course evaluation. Thus, answering it now. I hope this changes going forward. I hope the exam is as much of fun as the subject :D» (?)
- the problems of the final exam are not good, really» (No, not at all)
- Surpsingly, The examination wasn"t about source coding, it was about Mathematics, some difficult integrals that we didn"t practice since our bachelor degree. The examination doesn"t reveal how much I got from the course, as we had really worked hard for that course, and we were surprised by how difficult the exam was, as if the lecturer was taking revenge of us for some reason!! Also the exam was so unbalanced, that approximately 50% of the exam was about the last 2 lectures that we didn"t understand, due to the inefficiency of the lecurer in explaining the topic, and the TA who didn"t solve any problem with us about this last topic !!! I really think the examination was so wierd, and that we had wasted our time in studing some course that we can"t be fairly evaluated at the end of it due to lack of experience of how to put a suitable exam !! sorry for being tough in my comments !!» (No, not at all)
- I must say the exam was way harder than previous years exams. On some of the questions you didnt even understand how to start with the problems. Problem 3 was too much calculations(took a long time to do). Overall the exam was too hard and didnt really show what we have learnt during the course, I hope it will be improved for coming exams.» (To some extent)
- There are some questions which has a more than 1.5 half hour mathematical operations in one question.if the aim of course is testing calculus knowledge of students it is ok but if it is not the aim why the lecturers ask this question. I think Aim should be different.Moreover other questions are very difficult ,if you are comparing lectures,Exercises class and old exams. » (To some extent)

Teaching and course administration

6. To what extent has the teaching been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		4		10%
Some extent»		16		42%
Large extent»		9		23%
Great extent»		9		23%

Genomsnitt: 2.6

- Lecturer is but not better. Teaching Assistant must be changed.» (Small extent)
- the lecturer wasn"t that good, nor organized in explaining the material, the lectures were hard to follow and understand, and I always had to return to the book to understand what the lecturer was talking about. About the TA, that was a comlplete another story, I mean the guy really doesn"t know how to teach at all, he doesn"t even have the ability to deliver any simple information of use. Imagine that a TA spends 2 hours in an exercise without talking about 100 words in this duration, he is just writing the answers on the board, and he can"t even explain them, I really faced some hard time in tring to understand what this guy is trying to say for the whole quarter.» (Small extent)
- I would say it was rather an overview to a wide area of communication, and i think every subject in itself requires deep knowledge and understanding but i belive it has been left for the PHd degree because a quarter time was just enough to get introduced like we just got to know whats going on.» (Some extent)
- the lecturers sometimes can not make evething clear» (Some extent)
- The historical background in the lecture really paved my interests. The exercise sessions confirmed my understanding for the subject.» (Large extent)
- Ali was good.» (Great extent)

7. To what extent has the course literature and other material been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		3		7%
Some extent»		11		28%
Large extent»		17		44%
Great extent»		7		18%

Genomsnitt: 2.73

- Since I"d prefer to study with a good book, current course text book was not my tea of taste. That is, I think that textbook spares pages to explain mathematical background of each method, motivate of the method, but not explain problem solving and design/implementation aspects. Therefore, the book doesn"t helpful for project and Exam. It was not fun.» (Small extent)
- Good book :D lectures and exercise problems were good too. Especially the exercise problems. But at times, I wondered if what we are solving for fun is really the answer. As the whole thing seemed so natural.» (Large extent)
- the book is good» (Large extent)
- Although the book is very good, there is not much about Markov model in the book... esp the mathematical point of view. So I think the teacher or the TA should go into little more depth about Markov model and its mathematics ... an example perhaps. I lost two point in the mid quarter exam because I did not know exactly how to use Markov model though I knew it theoretically. » (Great extent)
- The textbook was perfect. » (Great extent)
- The book was my only source of light in this course.» (Great extent)

8. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		2		5%
Rather well»		25		65%
Very well»		11		28%

Genomsnitt: 3.23

- Would have preferred the sections to be read on the course book be available along with the course memo.» (Rather well)
- They did not publish the solutions of the exercises. There were only the final answers. » (Rather well)
- good, but the solutions of exercises are not all uploaded yet.» (Rather well)
- Not that good, but not bad, the only thing that the answres to exercises are not available on time, and not all of them, and this is kond of wierd, as all the other courses have model answers and solutions for all the problems. But what makes that more important in that course, that we don"t have many options of getting right answers and solutions except from the pdfs available at the web page.» (Rather well)

Study climate

9. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very poor»		1		2%
Rather poor»		3		8%
Rather good»		15		41%
Very good»		12		33%
I did not seek help»		5		13%

Genomsnitt: 3.47

- Tutorial sessions were not suporting» (Rather good)
- the problem is not about opportunities to ask questions, the problem is about getting right and satisfactory answers !!!» (Rather good)
- Always be open to questions.» (Very good)
- Ali replied all my questions during and after lectures.» (Very good)
- Both lecturer and TA were excellent!» (Very good)

10. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

Very poorly»		1		2%
Rather poorly»		5		13%
Rather well»		12		32%
Very well»		19		51%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.32

- It was impossible to cooperate with my groupmates. To start with: they did not show up when we decided to meet... One person in our group left the group, she told us 30 minutes before the oral exam "I have to go, it is an emergency". I did not know what to think. But I don"t blame her, our group was the worst one possible. I wish I had the balls to do that myself...» (Rather poorly)
- I guess, if the projects were graded then there would have been more interest but would have definitely killed the fun part of data compression.» (Rather well)

11. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		2		5%
Adequate»		21		55%
High»		13		34%
Too high»		2		5%

Genomsnitt: 3.39

- Decent, maybe a little low but complemented well with the other courses.» (Adequate)
- Along with the other course from MPCOM, thats is wireless communication, work load was pretty much and the thing which bothered the most was the same deadline for submission of project i think the coordination should be done in order to take these project alternatively during the course period so that they can be managed well and i believe if there were some point for the projects many student would have participated more actively, including me.» (High)
- the project » (High)
- Because workload of project is too high, actually we need to focus on either MATLAB coding or reasonning. I"m not satisfied and a bit pity. I would suggest either to prepare nicer course book that covers mathematics and design implementation to have fun with MATLAB coding etc.., or to make MATLAB coding workload relax by giving us more detail information, and let us research on comparing methods and so on. » (Too high)

12. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		0		0%
Adequate»		22		57%
High»		8		21%
Too high»		8		21%

Genomsnitt: 3.63

- Adequate as other course was a little heavy and this went well.» (Adequate)
- Study period was confusing as projects had clashes.» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

13. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		3		7%
Fair»		4		10%
Adequate»		10		26%
Good»		17		44%
Excellent»		4		10%

Genomsnitt: 3.39

- Actually the autherity of this course may be dont care about the course as the Lecturer and TA provided for the course were short of knowledge (mostly the tutorial was meaningless).» (Poor)
- for the reasons stated above...» (Poor)
- I think the projects sould not be like pass and fail then students work better if they expecte to be evaluate by grades.» (Fair)
- not so good» (Fair)
- Both the instructor and the TA should have taken some teaching classes. If they can not deliver the lectures then they are not helpful to the students.» (Adequate)
- the project part seems not good» (Good)
- This is one of the few courses that was real fun especially the project.» (Good)

14. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

15. What should definitely be changed to next year?

16. Additional comments