Reviews of professor Nirman Kumar

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Kumar isn't as bad as the other reviews would make him seem. If you pay attention in lectures, the concepts aren't that bad. The class itself is just difficult, but I wouldn't blame him. I feel like I've learned pretty well from him. Homework takes a while, but there's only one assignment a week. Only other grades are the midterm and final.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Just do not even consider taking him. Will only leave you in a world of frustration.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Absolutely the worst professor I have ever taken. His lectures are incredibly technical and when you ask him to break it down, he insists that you should just know it already. His quizzes are normally 2 questions worth 50% each, so if you miss one you automatically fail the quiz. The book he uses is awful and confusing. Stay far away from this man.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
techinical in lectures, quizes on the topics you learned that day, probably makes it more complicated than it has to be.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Motivating, Extra Credit, Amazing Lectures, Admirable

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I have taken the COMP-7712 course, and although it was my first time studying algorithms, he helped me to overcome my barriers to understanding. I really liked the graph theory, breadth first search, depth first search, and how to calculate time complexities of different algorithms.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Kumar is not suitable for teaching. He gives lectures as if he is trying to prove to an experienced audience that knows what he is talking about instead of actually teaching to people who have never seen this material. He goes too fast during lectures and leaves me extremely confused. Must make time apart from class to teach yourself. AWFUL

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you actually pay attention in class and try, he's very very good.
He encourages participation in class.
He frequently checks if students are following the lectures.

He is my favorite lecturer so far.
People giving him bad ratings are not paying attention in class. They just want easy credits.
Skill issues.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures are very intense, hard to engage . He writes his notes during class and posts them online . However, you can barely read his cursive writing . Very passive aggressive when responding to students questions. Hes also kind of rude in general . Makes discrete math harder than what it already has to be .