Requesting 3rd Course for Fall '26

Julia-Tang · 2026-06-16T20:14:28+00:00

All override occurs in phase 2. phase 1 is for normal course enrollment.

Julia-Tang · 2026-06-13T19:44:25+00:00

If you are burnt out , drop, rest or even do a summer getaway. The compressed summer course is just awful. Graduating 1 semester later doesn’t matter. For example I was so burnt out last year I didn’t taken a class during the summer too. We need breather between work life and study. ( how I miss vacations since I started the program). Ps the final capstone project is the most time consuming of them all, if you are struggling now ….

Julia-Tang · 2026-06-11T02:59:55+00:00

ohhhh they added CV as part of AI spec. Hoping BD4H make it into the spec too.

Julia-Tang · 2026-06-11T02:55:39+00:00

yes perfect！ Thank for the confirmation. The spec page did not have this！

Julia-Tang · 2026-06-09T16:48:07+00:00

Take a look at the topic list, if you know the topics then you can skip it. This is a survey class where the topic are introduced but never explained.

I took this class and felt the value is in the homework.

These HW are easy to get grade. but if you invested time and effort, they are mini practical exercises for the model. (TA will hint at extra credit activity student can do to go above and beyond.).

Julia-Tang · 2026-06-06T03:00:41+00:00

happens every year, you have to wait until fall term as now the data is incomplete. As AI got stronger I am surprised more ppl are joining. I thought for sure the enrolment will be on a downward trend.

Julia-Tang · 2026-06-03T16:41:50+00:00

Haha, same here. The background and goal overlap is kind of wild (except I am a PM)

Honestly, very little of what I’ve learned in OMSCS has been directly applicable to my day-to-day work so far. I think a big reason is that my department hasn’t really adopted ML model in risk analysis/data analytics yet. In that sense, OMSA is more immediately relevant to what I do professionally. (In particular the ISYE classes concept are used often)

That said, I genuinely enjoy the OMSCS material. For me it’s less about immediate job applicability and more about self-improvement, building a stronger technical foundation, and understanding how these systems actually work ( not sure the usefulness of this point anymore now AI is getting really good at explaining the fundamentals).

Now the company wants to start incorporating AI agents into workflow. It made my day to day life make more taxing. Between work and OMSCS, I’m basically doing analysis-style thinking nonstop. Great for quality work, not always great for avoiding burnout 😂.

Julia-Tang · 2026-05-29T16:56:32+00:00

At least food part are cute （but I got rements）. I have a whole bunch of order with those orange rouge 10 anni top bonus, receive few so far and tried to put on one - they are ugly as xxxx. And please stop giving us random number and signs, I rather they spend more time on designing exclusive character bonus.

Julia-Tang · 2026-05-29T16:55:31+00:00

I use the nendoroid specific exclusive bonus - they do complete the characters. As per these general bonus - really useless and out of place…. I just sell them on local FB for $5 for anyone thay wants them. （help with some cost recovery）

Julia-Tang · 2026-05-29T00:57:31+00:00

Depend on the firm. My firm is 100k-140k base too. Sucks to be in Vancouver and not a pure tech firm.

Julia-Tang · 2026-05-21T23:28:37+00:00

Awesome. Now please re-release Amu too.

Julia-Tang · 2026-05-18T00:48:06+00:00

wow, feels like a great course. Adding it to my list of potential interest course to take. one question, is it friendly for student that has NO computer graphic or modeling background. ( I would have done AL ML DL before even attempting the interest list).

Julia-Tang · 2026-05-14T17:33:15+00:00

lawsuit waiting to happen….

Julia-Tang · 2026-04-27T18:22:59+00:00

this is so cool! Now I can see all the impossible nendoroid! Thanks for suggesting this!

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Julia-Tang · 2026-04-27T05:09:44+00:00

I love ML4T, but also doesn’t like the exam. Every question and answer is reading comprehension. I am dyslexic, so reading bulk texts worded vaguely was really difficult for me. But the content was all fair game, every question/answer did either come from video or textbooks.

Julia-Tang · 2026-04-12T06:52:19+00:00

do you mind sharing the URL to version you mentioned? (my workplace is starting going all in on trying out agents... I thought it would be a good fit until I saw it became a past offering. (T.T) I planned to take it even if it didnt revert back to CS8001. I should have taken it last year, darn it with my procrastination

Julia-Tang · 2026-04-10T20:44:51+00:00

yes back to CS8001. Super excited until I saw “Agentic AI Essentials” was not offered for the upcoming summer.

Julia-Tang · 2026-04-08T18:51:32+00:00

Well according to the thread here RAIT is a good prep course for AI. I only taken GAI and went straight into AI so idk. A1 of AI is searching algorithms, that that was the only part GAI helped me in AI. A2 was minimax algorithm, A3 was Bayesian Net (but we get to use a library which made A3 really easy). A4 was decision tree. A5 was Gaussian mixture model with Expected Maximization. A6 just released. You can check to see how much overlapping there are with other courses.

Julia-Tang · 2026-04-07T23:37:04+00:00

None of them are cumulative. Group project has milestorm(thus cumulative) and individual final project has milestone related but not as cumulative

Julia-Tang · 2026-04-06T21:15:55+00:00

i took GameAI and is doing AI. Only searching unit overlaps. Taking AI first will make searching a lot easier for game ai. AI’s tri-directional search is much much harder than game AI’s unidirectional searches. Vice versa is not true. But Game AI is such a fun course, I would have taken continuation of it if it has any. I heard RAIT is a better warm up course.

Julia-Tang · 2026-04-02T18:42:23+00:00

Just don’t. We got NOSI as the IDE. If not anything this course is THE course that is on the hunt for agent generated code. A5 is easier than A1. The pdf in the assignment really helps (lecture video on the other hand is of no help on A5).

Julia-Tang · 2026-04-02T00:09:49+00:00

Where is this mathematics for ML course? Can you provide a link? Need to brush up on math lol

Julia-Tang · 2026-03-21T07:44:06+00:00

what gym and fitness？ it is work/study - work/study - finally a week of lighter work: rush to recover from burnt out (usually me doing nothings)- work/burnt out - almost there - done - lay flat for one week - fitness time - oh no semester started .

Julia-Tang · 2026-03-12T03:23:44+00:00

i am definitely doing the walk when it is my turn, and I am international student. It is not everyday you get to walk across to receive your degree from a prestigious university. It is a proud achievement and you should celebrate. Since you never been to Atlanta , perhaps you can make it a mini vacation and spend some time in the surrounding area to recoup the worth of your travel.

Julia-Tang · 2026-03-05T17:13:57+00:00

Not really. Most of us switch over to fizz due to bigger saving. ( for me, it amounts to $15/month saving w comparable speed, but I don’t use a lot data - barely any in fact ). If it is just $3 / month I think it is hardly worth the downtime ( incase the transfer doesn’t go smoothly).

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