COM SCI 298
Research Seminar: Computer Science
Seminar.
Fall 2026: 69 sections. 65 sections are open. The oldest of these readings was 3 hours ago.
Grades
Graded S/U, so there is no average to report.
Graded S/U: 109 records over 10 terms.
In the A range
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no letter grades in the record to count
D, F or W
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no letter grades in the record to count
Taken pass/no pass
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this course is graded S/U, not pass/no pass
The registrar's own records: Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Every instructor is pooled here.
What is inside that record
No summer session is in that record.
The table below splits them.
Historical grades for ABARI, OMID, across recorded terms. The course summary above includes all professors.
No grade history is available for this professor in this course.
By instructor
| Instructor | Predicted GPA | Raw | n | Terms | A range | Workload | Fall 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONG, JINGSHENG JASON reviews ↗ | S/U | 109 S/U | 10 | - | - | Closed |
Why Predicted is not the Raw average
“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department, so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.
Grade records describe outcomes. For what a course is like to take, read student reviews written on dibs below or follow the separate external review link.
Workload and assignments
Work types reported in BruinWalk reviews of this course, across recorded instructors and terms. They may differ from this term's syllabus.
dibs has not read this course’s reviews, so it cannot say what kind of work it sets. That is dibs not having looked. It is not a course without papers or exams, and the reviews linked below are the answer until dibs catches up.
In Falls
Ran in 5 of the last 5 Falls.
From the terms dibs holds, which start in Fall 2021 and exclude summer. A department can run a course in a quarter it never has before.
From the registrar's catalog
Lecture, two to four hours; outside study, four to eight hours. Designed for graduate computer science students. Discussion of advanced topics and current research in algorithmic processes that describe and transform information: theory, analysis, design, efficiency, implementation, and application. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.
Sections in Fall 2026
Seat counts as of : the oldest of these 69 readings. Seat readings are snapshots, not live availability. Their timestamps show when dibs last checked.
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Sem 1 MW 8:00am-9:00amOpenno grade history
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 2 MW 2:00pm-3:50pmOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 3 TR 10:00am-11:50amOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 4 Time TBAOpen
Chen, X.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 5 Time TBAClosedno grade history
12 of 12 enrolled high risk
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Sem 6 Time TBAOpen
Cheng, G.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 7 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 8 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 9 Time TBAOpen
Ding, Y.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 10 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 11 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 12 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 13 Time TBAOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 14 Time TBAOpenno grade history
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 15 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 16 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 17 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 18 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 19 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 20 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 21 Time TBAOpenno grade history
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 22 Time TBAOpen
Kay, A.C.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 23 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 24 Time TBAOpenno grade history
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 25 Time TBAOpen
Kreiss, E.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 26 Time TBAOpenno grade history
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 27 Time TBAOpenno grade history
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 28 Time TBAOpen
Ma, J.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 29 Time TBAOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 30 Time TBACancelled
No instructors
no grade historyno enrollment count published -
not checked yet -
Sem 31 Time TBAOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 32 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 33 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 34 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 35 Time TBAOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 36 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 37 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 38 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 39 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 40 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 41 MW 12:00pm-1:50pmOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 42 Time TBAOpenno grade history
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 43 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 44 Time TBAOpenno grade history
10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 45 Time TBAOpen
Soatto, S.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 46 Time TBAOpen
Srivastava, M.B.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 47 Time TBAOpen
Tian, Y.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 48 Time TBAOpenno grade history
2 seats left. 8 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 49 Time TBAOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 50 Time TBAOpenno grade history
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 51 Time TBAOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 52 Time TBAOpenno grade history
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 53 Time TBAOpen
Zamfirescu-Pereira
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 54 Time TBAOpenno grade history
3 seats left. 7 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 55 Time TBAOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 56 Time TBAOpen
Zaniolo, C.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 57 Time TBAOpenno grade history
6 seats left. 4 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 58 Time TBAOpen
Zhu, S.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 59 Time TBAOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 60 Time TBAOpenno grade history
7 seats left. 3 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 61 Time TBAOpen
Yang, L.
no grade history10 seats left. 0 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 62 Time TBAOpenno grade history
8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 63 Time TBAOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 64 Time TBAOpenno grade history
19 seats left. 0 of 19 enrolled low risk
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Sem 65 Time TBAOpen
Yang, Y.
no grade history6 seats left. 4 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 66 Time TBAOpenno grade history
9 seats left. 1 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 67 Time TBAClosed by the department
No instructors
no grade historyno enrollment count published no history
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Sem 68 Time TBAOpen
Kao, J.C.
no grade history8 seats left. 2 of 10 enrolled high risk
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Sem 69 Time TBAClosed by the department
No instructors
no grade historyno enrollment count published no history
Final enrollment, averaged across each term's sections: between 10 and 12 a term over 10 terms, summer excluded, most recently 12 in Fall 2025. That is the shape across years, not this term, which is above.
From the people who took it
Student reviews
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Seats over time in Fall 2026
How each lecture has filled since dibs first saw it. This course runs 68 lectures; the legend under the chart picks one.
A dot is a reading where something moved: the seat count, the status, or the waitlist.
What a flat run means, and where a line starts
Flat between dots means it did not drift, it held and then jumped, and a line starts when dibs first saw that lecture rather than reaching back before it existed. A lecture that has never moved draws a flat line across the whole window, and one with two or three readings draws a line joining them, which is too few to read a trend from.
Sem 1 · Abari, O. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 2.
Sem 2 · Batista, S. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 3 · Chang, K. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, freed 3 seats.
Sem 4 · Chen, X. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 5 · Cong, J.J. · 12 of 12 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 8.
Sem 6 · Cheng, G. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 7 · Cho, J. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, same seat count, but the seat count moved and came back.
Sem 8 · Darwiche, A.Y. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 9 · Ding, Y. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 10 · Duerschmid, T. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 11 · Eggert, P.R. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 12 · Ernst, J. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 13 · Grover, A. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, freed 3 seats.
Sem 14 · Gu, Q. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 2.
Sem 15 · Eskin, E. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 16 · Gabriel, S. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 17 · Hsieh, C. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 18 · Jun, E. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 19 · Kadambi, A. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 20 · Kallas, K. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 21 · Kim, M. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 1.
2 to 3 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Sem 22 · Kay, A.C. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 23 · Kleinrock, L. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 24 · Lu, S. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 2 of 10.
Sem 25 · Kreiss, E. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 26 · Millstein, T.D. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 2.
Sem 27 · Mirzasoleiman, B. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 2.
Sem 28 · Ma, J. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 29 · Meka, R. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 1.
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Sem 31 · Ostrovsky, R. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 1 of 10.
Sem 32 · Nowatzki, A.J. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 33 · Palsberg, J. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 34 · Pau, G. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 35 · Peng, N. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 1.
Sem 36 · Pimentel, H.J. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 37 · Potkonjak, M. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 38 · Ramezani, R. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 39 · Reinman, G.D. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 40 · Sahai, A. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 41 · Sankararaman, S. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 1.
Sem 42 · Sarrafzadeh, M. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 1.
1 to 2 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Sem 43 · Sherstov, A. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 44 · Smallberg, D.A. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 45 · Soatto, S. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 46 · Srivastava, M.B. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 47 · Tian, Y. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 48 · Sun, Y. · 8 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 3.
Sem 49 · Tamir, Y. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 1 of 10.
Sem 50 · Terzopoulos, D. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, same seat count, but the seat count moved and came back.
Sem 51 · Van den Broeck, G. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 1 of 10.
Sem 52 · Varghese, G. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 2.
Sem 53 · Zamfirescu-Pereira · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 54 · Wang, W. · 7 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 2.
Sem 55 · Xu, H. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 1 of 10.
Sem 56 · Zaniolo, C. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 57 · Zhou, B. · 4 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, same seat count, but the seat count moved and came back.
Sem 58 · Zhu, S. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 59 · Zhang, L. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 1.
0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.
Sem 60 · Cui, Y. · 3 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 1.
Sem 61 · Yang, L. · 0 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 of 10.
Sem 62 · Kumar, S. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 2 of 10.
Sem 63 · Wang, R. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 1 of 10.
Sem 64 · Nachenberg, C.S. · 0 of 19 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, same seat count, but the status moved and came back, the cap went 10 to 19, and the cap went unpublished and came back.
All 4 readings say 0 enrolled, and the cap went 10 to 19.
Sem 65 · Yang, Y. · 4 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 2.
Sem 66 · Tine, B. · 1 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 1 of 10.
Sem 67 · No instructors · -
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 seats.
Sem 68 · Kao, J.C. · 2 of 10 enrolled
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, filled by 2.
Sem 69 · No instructors · -
Nothing read since 1 Oct, 3 hours ago. Over about 2 months before that, unchanged.
Both readings say 0 seats.
How readings and alerts work
A reading and an hourly record are different things, and most charts here hold more of the second missing than present. dibs has taken readings of a section since long before it began keeping an hour-by-hour log of when it looked, so the empty stretches are dibs saying it was not keeping that log yet, not that it looked and found nothing. That is the age of the record and not a fault.
Seat counts show the last successful read, not live availability. Refreshes can be delayed by request limits or upstream interruptions. Watched sections receive priority, but an hourly update for every section is not guaranteed.
The registrar can change a seat count between our checks. Alerts depend on dibs detecting an opening and completing delivery; a quiet watch does not prove that no seat opened. Check the registrar before enrolling.