Reviews of professor Ananda Gunawardena

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Nice man who thinks smiling and being friendly makes up for his horrendous organization. The lecture slides and notes are totally incoherent, even though I had experience with ML, I felt like I actually unlearned things by trying to piece together what anything meant for the exams. The labs were full of typos and unclear questions.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof Gunawardena isn't the most engaging lecturer but he does enough. Grading is pretty lenient but some problems on the problem sets can be a bit confusing. Luckily, many answers can be found in the textbook, cubits, or online. Practice exams are given but the solutions are often wrong and after the class is the only real time to ask questions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed the discrete 1 class along with his teaching style. great class

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
bro.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class with Guna was alright. If you pay attention and take the class seriously, you'll do well. The projects and material were actually very interesting. The problem is just that his lectures are boring and his projects are VERY disorganized, to the point where I stopped caring about the class. Take this class with friends and you'll be fine

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
thoroughly enjoyed lectures and discussions, finding them insightful and engaging. The diverse topics covered in lectures, from data visualization to machine learning, provided a comprehensive understanding of data science. great semester!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Guna at Rutgers is intelligent but disorganized. Always late and a slow grader. He doesn't attend his exams, leaving TAs in charge. Bittner's students also just pulled out their phones during the exam; meanwhile, Guna had a seating arrangement. Avoid his section; he's less accessible for questions compared to others like Bittner.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Students had to correct Guna in almost every lecture, multiple times, for contradicting himself. He rarely considers his students' feedback seriously and stands his ground when he's wrong or being inconsistent. In a standardized class like 205, it's crucial that concepts are communicated and tested with the same standards.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
thoroughly enjoyed intro to Computer Science and Discrete I classes. his teaching style was just really inspiring and engaging.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I learned so much from this course and he is an amazin professor. after taking the class it really feel like I am prepped well for a data science career.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I have previously studied under his guidance in Discrete Structures 1 and found his teaching style very approachable and effective. I appreciated how open and responsive he was to my questions, which greatly enhanced my learning experience. I plan to take another class with him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Gunawardena was great, just great. An extremely caring and talented professor that taught Discrete I in a very digestible way that was easy to understand.