Computer Science
Jilan Shimberg '16 (left) and Lucia Millham '16 (center) discover the website created by Zoe Rosenthal '16 (right) and two other classmates. The website, which allows Harvard students to create and find study groups online, was one of the many innovative final projects presented at the annual CS50 Fair held yesterday.
HarvardX Classes to Begin Tomorrow
Come tomorrow, the number of people taking Harvard courses will grow by over 100,000.
Apple Maps Misplaces the Harvard Lampoon
To add to all of that, according to Apple Maps, the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, is now located at the Harvard Business School. To members of the Lampoon: it looks like the prank's on you.
CS 50 Office Hours To Move To Annenberg
Starting this semester, Computer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science I” office hours will be held in Annenberg to facilitate interaction between students and the course staff.
'Cheap' Computers of 1984: About $2,000
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Class Enrollments See Fluctuations
When Sandel announced in his first lecture that the course would introduce a Friday class this year, roughly half of the 800 students went back to their shopping lists to look at other course offerings.
Students Create Another Course-Shopping Website
Freshman roommates Ben S. Kuhn '15 and Billy A. Janitsch '15 say that their new site, Harvard-Class.com, will bring course searching into modern times.
Harvard To Offer Master's Degree in Computational Science and Engineering
Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will launch a new master's degree program in Computational Science and Engineering this fall, with enrollment beginning in September 2013.
SEAS Boasts Advising Based On Classwork, Cake, and Nerdy Camaraderie
As the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has almost doubled in undergraduate enrollment since 2008, the rapidly growing school has maintained a firm commitment to intimate, faculty-led advising.
Group for Women in Computer Science is Reborn
The long-dormant organization Women in Computer Science returned to Harvard this spring.
Hacking and Networking
Cameron H. Winklevoss ‘04, Tyler H. Winklevoss ‘04, and Divya Narendra ‘04 answer last minute questions from audience members during Harvard Hack, which drew a record attendance from the Harvard community.
Winklevoss Twins
Cameron H. Winklevoss ‘04 and Tyler H. Winklevoss ‘04 answer questions from Harvard students about their insights into startup businesses.
New iPhone App Developed at Harvard Lets Users Program Their Dreams
A user selects up to five words that he would like to incorporate into his dreams and enters information about his planned sleep schedule. During the night, the iPhone softly speaks the words during REM cycles.
Computer Science Sees Unparalleled Growth in SEAS
Since 2010, the computer science concentration has experienced the highest growth in undergraduate enrollment out of all departments at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences—from 95 to 169 students.
Professor Receives National Science Foundation Award
Harvard Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Robert J. Wood will be one of this year’s recipients of the Alan T. Waterman Award from the National Science Foundation, according to a recent NSF press release.
Flying Robots
On Friday, Harvard graduate student Pratheev S. Sreetharan demonstrates how the robotic fly works when it is cranked manually. He hopes to explore all of the implications of his breakthrough.
An Ode to David Malan
When Corinne H. Curcie '15 and Katherine J. Zhou '15 heard that CS164: "Mobile Software Engineering" might be lotteried, they decided to take preemptive action. The result is Super Malan, a video parody of Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass."
Two Harvard Computer Science Department Members Named Association for Computing Machinery Fellows
Margo I. Seltzer and Susan Landau were recognized for “contributions to data management and computing systems,” and “public policy leadership in security and privacy,” respectively.
CS50 Students Present Projects at Fair
In its fourth year, the fair, which concludes Computer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science I,” showcased projects developed by Harvard students to their peers and others from the surrounding community.
SEAS Develops Inexpensive Swarm of Robots
Harvard researchers have developed a swarm of inexpensive robots, called Kilobots, that can be used to test collective algorithms on a large scale. These robots, designed by members of the Self-Organizing Systems Research Group at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, can be programmed and controlled as a group rather than individually.