Course:
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Course content is great. It introduces to most the state-of-the-art techniques used nowadays in the field of computer architecture.

Content was good, learning through experimentation in assignments, paper reviews

Course content was good.

Discussion and other activities oriented rather than exam.

Extra talks were awesome.

Paper Reivew, presentation, and research project encouraged learning outside classroom.

Interesting and useful. There was emphasis  research and this is good. I think that it should be part of CSE as compulsory. 

Awesome motivation from the course by the way it's organised.

CVP, Presentations

Course inculcates a habit of exploration and self learning. 

Gave a perspective of the industry level work. Gave me the confidence to read research papers and also a perspective of how research oriented things work. Made me learn Beamer. Taught me a lot of new things.

The course content was great, I really got to understand the working of a computer a whole lot better.

Course Policy and structure

The problems in assignment are too broad. I understand learning is better when the domain of thinking is unbounded. But considering that we are UG students and are just being introduced this available area is too broad in my opinion. 

Open ended-ness of assignments.

It was a bit hectic course.

Very few numericals were discussed in the class and the course was a bit heavier than other basket courses.

Grading in PA2.

Not sure.

Expected too much from the students, which they are not used to. Since me being bit notes oriented, therefore the lecture slides were not sufficient for me.
Wish more could have been covered.

Assignments were a bit open-ended. I would have liked something more specific.

We are used to the traditonal way of writing exams and getting good grades in UG courses. This is the first UG course which forced me to jump out of my comfort zone. No doubt, I liked the course and the instructor. However, the course was heavy for most of us. 

Instructor:
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Promotes learning through doing (referring to assignments and paper readings) with less emphasis on exams

Pointing out small details, which would in general be missed if reading through book. Giving chance to think during lecture. Always ready to help.

Instructor is too motivated and work really hard.

Believes in learning rather than marks and grades. He don't care about marks, and keeps giving bonuses.

Apart from architecture, he also taught how to make reports, reviews and present your views and ideas.

Exams are not bookish or memory based but mostly case-study and critical thinking based.

Instead of telling you some idea, he will make you come up with that idea, this helps broaden the thinking.

Gives proper credits to your hard work.

Energetic, interactive and knows all the students.

Motivating at it's peak. 

Stress given on basics.
1) Encourages discussions (in the class, on piazza).
2) Breadth of topics covered. This gives us an idea of what all possibilities exist, and we can go and read up on our own if interested.
3) Guest lectures were a really good idea. All the three guest lectures were very well conducted and focused.
4) Very open to feedback, and addresses the issues presented.

Motivated a lot, sets the best course policy, a modern day prof, who understands how to the real world works and what is needed to be done. Best thing is Biswa you are not exam driven, the continuous evaluation done by you is the best thing. 

Nice, enjoyable interactive classes

Full efforts were made in order to help us understand the course

I have complaints about evaluation of PA2 only :P (I know we have complained enough about it). Other than that , it was nice learning from you :)

Strict about deadlines.

Slides content is not sufficient for revision purposes.

Addressing the instructor by name is a good thing and is a culture followed in the west, but it still feels a bit awkward here.

High expectations from the students but at the end of the day it makes us do better.
One suggestion- The dept template asks for at least 4 DEs. So for some students this might be just another DE. Or they could have other heavier courses, thesis, or just different priorities. So your expectation that every student should participate in every activity (piazza, class discussions, feedback etc.) is somewhat unfeasible. Anyone who is interested will participate on their own with some encouragement.

Too many open-ended questions/assignments -- was very confusing

Mentally exhausting lectures. 

This one was not funny, but memorable:- Varun's doubt in class -> "Is compiler a hardware or software?"

Biswa's system jokes in class. XD Bonding with the professor increased.

At the start of the semester, I did not have much interest in any particular field of CSE. By the end, I find myself occasional reading systems blogs, taking the time to understand the details of solutions, reading books. I think I have developed an interest in computer systems, and the course played a significant role in that.

Overall, I enjoyed the course. I hope you had a good experience teaching us too.

The long hours of the course the class timing was 1:15 but in initial days it was about 1:30 mins :( .. The discussions during the presentations and during the class. Your jokes in the very first class.

Thanks Biswa.. Great course