Reviews of professor Devdatta Kulkarni

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Kulkarni is an extraordinary professor who really cares about his students. He wants you to succeed and seems very passionate about his subject. Class is also straightforward and has several TA hours to assist you.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Cloud Computing is likely the worst class I've taken at UT so far. Very few grades, extremely dry lectures, horribly disorganized, and not at all accommodative of circumstances like a global pandemic or a once-in-a-century winter storm. Requirements change constantly, and the exams are super esoteric. Maybe he's better in-person, but I doubt it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dev is an extremely caring professor but his lectures are a little dry and hard to understand. Projects are easy but take sometime to wrap your head around. Also, directions for the projects aren't always clear. Midterms are easy if you actually pay attention in class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Kulkarni is very knowledgable in his field but he is not the best teacher. His lectures are quite dry and you will often find yourself zoning out a lot. The project requirements are not defined well. The tests are mostly free response but the rubric is very specific. He is a nice guy, but he makes interesting topics less interesting

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Good topic to learn, but not a good class. Class was poorly organized. The project requirements were never clearly defined or had mistakes. The professor was not accessible outside class. He didn't have time to hold office hours earlier in the week for exams. Doesn't respond to emails either. He asks exam questions on topics never discussed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Kulkarni is the biggest sweetheart of a man I have ever met in my life. He cares for all of his students, and makes sure everybody is equipped to succeed in his class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Don't take this class. Projects are throw together last-minute and only support Kulkarni's setup (he tests all webapps locally hosted on his Mac, so there isn't much help for Windows/cs machines). The projects were full of bugs, and the project grading felt very unforgiving. Exams were alright, but required moderate study.