I think some of the reviews on this site are somewhat unfair. The professor knows his material cold (as evidenced by his slides and formal lecture notes which are brilliant), but his lectures are somewhat hard to follow , and he sometimes goes off on tangents. If you have trouble, be patient and wait for his notes /slides. That being said, the tests are very fair and he gives you a lot of material to prepare for the test. Overall, he also has a brilliance that goes well beyond the textbook for the class (perhaps he should write a book himself). I especially liked the part on algorithms where I think he really showed his mettle. His TA Bowen was also wonderful and helpful and did a great job.

DO NOT take any class with Salazar. To give you a feel for how terrible this professor is, the class started with roughly 60-70 people, and ended with 20. I took this professor both for PIC 10A and 10B (a HUGE mistake). If I ever went to lecture I would see about 10 to 15 people sitting in a room meant for 70. I got a B in 10A purely by teaching myself, and halfway through 10B decided to force-fail it and take it with a better professor because I missed the deadline to drop the class.

If you are one of those people who thinks to themselves, ah I can do it, the professor does not matter... I am the same and have been getting away with that in every class I have taken at UCLA. BUT, unless you are willing to put in a lot of individual effort you won't be able to sneak your way past this class.

Worst class I've ever had in UCLA. All he does is mumbling and making everyone asleep. Nice place if you wanna find a place to take a nap on campus.