about professors?

I think one parameter to choose the courses can be the teacher of that course. well, we know about teachers we had course this term, but for others, If someone has some information ( quality of teaching, exams, any other point ) , maybe it is good to share it here. just to say if you have very bad opinions about someone, please say it in a respectful manner! (well, here is a public place anyway! )

I have no problem issuing my honest opinion about professors in a public place. Most of them know exactly what I think of them anyway since I am not shy to issue any issues I have with people! I have been at this University for three and a half years and can talk about most professors. Feel free to ask!

Thanks Eric, well, I think the ones we don't know much about are..Steffen Rothkugel , Raymond Bisdorff ,Nicolas Guelfi ,Juergen Sachau ,Marc Gengler and Pierre Kelsen

Hello Masoud,
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Well I didn't have most of those teachers too but her is my opinion on three of them:

Pierre Kelsen is a great teacher always liked his lectures. You learn something with that guy and his exams were always easy if you understood the topic. I would rate him with a 10/10 (had him in 2 or 3 lectures and still think that were the best lectures I had at the university of Luxembourg)

M. Rothkugel is a really nice person, I only wrote an exam with him and his part wasn't that difficult. Plus he will be teaching mobile-computing and I love that topic. He is relax. (got him for a lecture, and (like most of us I think? xD) had him also as supervisor of my thesis)

For M. Guelfi it is different he is a nice person too. And you definitely learn A LOT with him. BUT! (And everything I ll tell you here is done on purpose by him) When he gives you the specification of a problem there are multiple possible interpretations (none are false of course... but none are totally correct) He is the kind of person that will not hesitate one second to make critics on what you've done (but when you hear him say that something is good you know that it is REALLY good) and his exams are hard and contain tricky questions. 10 points are usually doable but more... well it is a real fight to get them and he requires a lot of work from you all the time. And here another point: he usually teaches interesting topics. (had him in two lectures. One project and one normal lecture)

Hope this helps

P.S.: This is only the opinion of a guy that did 3 years of general engineering... the informatics guy certainly know the teachers better than me so put more weight on what they think xD

Masoud wrote:Thanks Eric, well, I think the ones we don't know much about are..Steffen Rothkugel , Raymond Bisdorff ,Nicolas Guelfi ,Juergen Sachau ,Marc Gengler and Pierre Kelsen

Okay so Steffen Rothkugel; I work as his assistant right now and might be biased. What I can say is that is is usually very friendly and will even offer you a coffee and candy if you visit him. He is one of the professors who lives for his students. He has an open ear and takes times to listen to students. His lectures are usually very well prepared and optically stimulating. He clearly knows what he is talking about and his PhD or post-Docs are good at giving TPs.

Nicolas Guelfi is a Frenchman of the Napoleon era! ^^ He is quite strict when it comes to delivering meticulous work and he takes pleasure in criticising homework and projects. But he does so only to show you your faults and shortcomings. Him being picky has to do, in my opinion, with the field itself, Software Engineering that is, being a field where you must try to be as exact as possible. Even though his theoretical lectures are a bit dry and his slides could use some colour they are of a good quality. His exams are fair but intensive in material. He himself is strict, as I said, but also willing to listen and to compromise if the framework of the course is flexible. He knows what he is talking about and he is good at what he does. I respect him for his blatant honesty and ability to find even the tiniest flaw. If you catch him outside of the classroom he is really friendly and forthcoming!

Jürgen Sachau is a professor I don't like that much. He is one of those persons that are very exact in what they do but his thoughts tend to be chaotic and hard to follow. He knows what he is talking about. His course structure and thoughts in class are best described as similar to those of our Algebra professor. I personally have a hard time following those people and that usually means for me I have to study more since I get less from classes. If you like that kind of courses then this one is perfect as the course itself tends to give a good overview of the field and as a former Engineer int he field with a lot of experience the professor can give you lots of hints and tips on how the knowledge conveys to the real world.

Pierre Kelsen is a mathematician at heart. He is a geek like us and his courses reflect the playful nature he approaches the field with. He is very knowledgeable, friendly and can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. His courses are well structured but, at least the ones I had, quite dry. But the mannerisms of the professor usually spices up the course and I had a lot of fun in class. He is able to motivate and he usually has an open ear and door if you need to talk to him. His TPs are fair and his exams are not easy but good. He usually notes TPs and has a midterm test.

Alas I don't know Marc Gengler or Raymond Bisdorff!

all in all I personally would attend classes of all professors I know since their topics are quite interesting. Only the field of Jürgen Sachau is not something I would personally specialise in but if you like the subject it is also a good choice! I think so far at the University of Luxembourg I have not had a bad professor. I have had ones that were a bit lacking in teaching methodology but they usually made up for it in motivation and willingness to change. The overall quality of our university in comparison to the universities I have been before is quite high!

Thank you SO much Eric and Sergio for the time you spent and great answers. they are absolutely very useful for most of us.
I hope others who know some of these also give their opinion.

I just want to say one last thing that I think is very important. If you are not sure and basing your choice on someone else's opinion I would like to encourage you to go and meet the professors themselves. Everything I have told you is never as good as your own opinion. Of course more objective tips like how their course structure is and the like are still useful. But please don't judge them solely based on my opinion!