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SYDE 411Optimization and Numerical Methods

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Systems Design Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Advanced methods for systems of linear equations. Root-finding methods. Linear programming, simplex and interior-point methods. Local and global optimization methods. Constrained optimization. Multiobjective and multidisciplinary design optimization.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • BME411 - Optimization and Numerical Methods (0.50)

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 0014782104 / 110TTh 14:30–15:50
TUT 1014783104 / 110F 15:30–16:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

26% liked it24% easy49% useful

From 27 ratings and 5 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • I love optimization, so this course was really interesting for me. It was a bit tough for the project because he specifically wanted us to go beyond course content (whyyyyy) but it was worth the effort put into the course.

    Mar 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Nasser is not that bad at teaching, if you can bare the voice and delivery. He sounds like if Lenny from Of Mice and Men were from Tehran. The course is extremely useful as an engineer, and teaches you lots of up-to-date optimization methods. Evaluations were two assignments (25% each) you can ace easily and a group project and assignment (25% each) you'll get about ~80 in. The project and group assignment take a while, but are very useful. Online so didn't go to class. Maybe he's better in person.

    Dec 2021 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • new prof (Azad) made the content lot easier but at the cost of covering less exciting content such as multi objective optimization

    Dec 2018 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Course doesn't have any direction...probably shouldn't be a core course. It's often confusing.

    Nov 2014 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Interesting topics, but ruined by the professor

    Dec 2012 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention SYDE 411, October 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Winter 2022

Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “… SYDE 182 SYDE 202 SYDE 212 SYDE 252 SYDE 262 SYDE 283 SYDE 286 SYDE 292 SYDE 292L SYDE 401 SYDE 411 SYDE 461 SYDE 533 SYDE 543 SYDE 553 SYDE 575 SYDE 631 SYDE 677 SYDE 682 SYDE 740 SYDE 750 SYDE 770 SYDE 780 TAX 600 TAX 614 TAX 616 TAX 619 TAX 620 TN 700 TOUR 603 TPM 1X000 TS …”

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