Current instructor

Akarsh Prabhakara

/5Adjusted rating
/5RMP difficulty
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Raw average: 3.00/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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COMPSCI 640
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Very hard to follow his logic cause he want to cover too much things even math and physical signal transformation in computer networks... But he even didn't record his lecture for us to review more convenient. His slides are also chaotic from one thing to another irrelevant thing.
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Classes with Akarsh Prabhakara

ECE 699

Advanced Independent Study

1–6 credits

ECE 699 is an advanced independent study course where students engage in directed study projects arranged with an instructor.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Fall 2023 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026COMPSCI 691Senior Thesis
Fall 2026COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2026COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2026ECE 699Advanced Independent Study

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