Reviews of professor Murthy Devarakonda

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very good course. He went through state of the art NLP techniques and its applications in Bio-medical domain. Surprise quizzes are easy(very basic questions). Final exam isn't too hard as well if you've gone through his lectures/slides. Project is a bit heavy as it counts for 50% grade but very good experience. Got B+ as project was above average.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He took NLP methods for biomedical text mining class, I liked the class, not so heavy, but you will learn a lot out of the class. Moreover, professor is very good in explaining complex concepts in a simple way.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures are highly interactive and amazing. Emphasizes concepts rather than mathematics. Won't give homework, just a final exam, project, and a few pop quizzes(easy).

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
For his first time after working in IBM as a research lead in NLP for over 10 years, he taught quite well. Project (2 ppl) consists of the majority of the course (50%). Quizzes and End Sems are easy. Course is a bit abstract compared to CSE 576 but whatever he taught was the state of the art and I understood it properly. Impress via project for A+.