Computer Science
Cossery’s Clever ‘Color’ Combines Commentary and Comedy
Cossery is the Jon Stewart of Francophone literature, an author who sees levity and irony as necessary for sanity in a myopic political climate.
In and Around Language: What's Up with "Startup"?
With or without the hyphen, the word “startup” is as puzzling as it is ubiquitous.
cs50 quincy candy
Teaching staff and students gather at Quincy House on Wednesday night for CS50 tables. Students pass around candy bars to help refuel while working on the final problem set of the semester.
Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Recruits at Harvard
Harvard dropout and Facebook founder Mark E. Zuckerberg addressed Facebook’s future and the potential for a Facebook office in Boston at a packed press conference outside Lamont Library Monday afternoon.
Computer Science Professor Finds Yelp Leak
A team of computer scientists from Harvard, Yale, and Boston University recently discovered a security leak in the mobile version of Yelp.
Zuckerberg to Recruit at Harvard for Facebook Internship
The Harvard dropout and mastermind behind Facebook returns to his for his first official visit to the College since 2004.
Harvard Helps Build $168M Supercomputing Facility
Harvard is taking another stride in revolutionary computing by participating in the development of the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, a state-of-the-art research computing facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
"eScience" Is New Frontier
Harvard University and Microsoft’s research division co-hosted a workshop this week to promote new platforms for presenting scientific research electronically.
Engineering the Perfect Intro Course
Even as CS50 continues to pull away from other introductory courses in enrollment figures—enrollment jumped from 494 last fall—its growth trends are not exclusive. Every introductory SEAS course has grown in the last two years.
When and Where Not To Brain Break
The scene is familiar to many—chairs scattered, cups strewn over surfaces, students huddled around a lone TF, perhaps trying to debug a piece of rogue code or attempting to solve a complicated differential equation. To some, this is the scene of a battlefield, where one's hopes of getting a good night's sleep quickly vanquish. To others, however, there are only two questions—where the hell did all the food go, and who is to blame for the disappearance of the beloved ranger cookies?
The Other Side Of The Classroom
It’s 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday night and Robert T. Bowden ’13 has two problem sets due within 15 hours. In the next five days, Bowden will also oversee six hours worth of Office Hours, assign sections to all 651 students in CS50, and attend lecture for six different courses.
Innovation Lab
Students learn more about the forthcoming Harvard innovation lab, or i-lab, at a presentation given in the the Science Center on Thursday evening. The lab will attempt to foster collaboration on innovation and entrepreneurship among Harvard students from across the university.
Ec10 Nabs Top Spot in Course Enrollment Numbers
With “Justice” out of the running this year and Life Sciences 1a coming in third, Economics 10: “Principles of Economics” took the lead as the most-enrolled course this semester.
CS50 Revises Office Hours to Be More Social, Efficient
In a format inspired by the Apple Store’s Genius Bar, arriving students log in to the course website, cs50.net, and access CS50 Queue—a new application crafted this summer by Teaching Fellow Thomas M. MacWilliam ’13.
Coolness.Factor++
Students and professors alike say that the image of the computer scientist has changed along with the growing popularity of the field.
Report Identifies Most Lucrative College Majors
For students who may be less sure of their academic paths, a study published Tuesday raises questions about the financial implications of choosing one concentration over another.
Record Number of Women Declare CS
Though it remains a field that is predominantly male, computer science at Harvard has made important strides towards addressing the gender divide.
CS Will Offer New Class on Discrete Math
The Computer Science Department plans to debut a new course—Computer Science 20: “Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science”— next spring that will better prepare students for the required proof-intensive course CS 121.
Newsle
Jonah Varon ('13) explains the concept behind "Newsle", a web application he designed with Alex Hansen ('13), which enables users to track and read news articles about their friends. "Newsle" was awarded the McKinley Family Grant for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership in Commercial Enterprise at this years Harvard College Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony.
Measuring Harvard's Energy Consumption
CS50 is an undergraduate class whose final projects dramatically impact Harvard student life. Although students produce most CS50 projects, course instructor David J. Malan '99 regularly contributes projects of his own design that benefit Harvard students, including HarvardCourses, Shuttleboy, and, most recently, HarvardEnergy.
New Website Lets You Play Cupid
If you are ready to play Cupid for a change, a new matchmaking site for Harvard and MIT affiliates aims to make you the doctor of love.