Dr. Devdatta Kulkarni

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Devdatta Kulkarni is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. His academic work focuses on cloud-native systems, with research interests that include multi-tenancy, provenance, and scalable system design in modern cloud infrastructure. At UT Austin, he teaches and mentors students in cloud-native technologies, emphasizing practical system-building skills that are grounded in real-world infrastructure challenges. Devdatta is also the founder of CloudARK, where he has worked with independent software vendors and managed service providers to accelerate SaaS delivery using Kubernetes. He has made significant contributions to the OpenStack community, serving as the Project Team Lead for Solum. His work involves exploring topics such as Application CI/CD, solving Provenance Issues in Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) models of cloud computing, and addressing challenges related to non-relational key-value stores and access control.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Texas at Austin

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:79
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Application fee
  • Official transcripts
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

General requirements for the Graduate School at UT Austin apply to all programs unless otherwise specified.