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Coursera Co-Founder Promotes 'Deep Learning' at SEAS
Coursera Co-founder Andrew Y. Ng spoke about “deep learning," a new set of algorithms that he said have the potential to dramatically enhance artificial intelligence technologies.
Ice Cream at Deep Learning Talk
Audience members enjoy ice cream in Maxwell Dworkin on Thursday afternoon before a talk by Andrew Y. Ng, co-founder of Coursera.
SEAS Expands Computational Science Program
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has further expanded its graduate program in Computational Science and Engineering, which now includes both a master of science degree and a master of engineering degree.
SEAS Adds Five Faculty Members
Continuing its growth, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences added five new faculty members to its roster this fall, three of whom are women.
Professors Launch CS Equivalent to Math 55
The Computer Science Division will offer a new course, Computer Science 125: “Algorithms and Complexity,” as a more advanced alternative to existing theory courses, starting this fall.
Opening Days
The Class of 2018 arrived in Harvard Yard a week ago for the College's annual Opening Days. The week included social events, academic fairs, and programs designed to help students acclimate to life oncampus. Here are some snapshots of the week.
3-D hands at the fair
A white plaster cast and its replicate rest near a 3D printing device at the SEAS table at the Academic Fair on Friday.
SEAS at the fair
Representatives of the Undergraduate Teaching Labs at SEAS converse in front of engineering models at the Academic Fair in the Science Center on Friday. The annual fair held during Opening Days gives freshmen the opportunity to explore academic opportunities.
Engineering a Balance
As enrollment at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences continues to grow, many remain concerned about the school’s persistent gender gap.
The Clap 'n Snap
Mary Carmack '16, left, and Ali Forelli '16 ,right, present their ES52 project, "The Clap 'n Snap," which allows users to clap within a one meter radius of the camera, causing it to turn towards them and take their picture.
The Science and Engineering Fair
A large crowd gathered outside the Science Center to attend the yearly SEAS Fair
Innovation on Display at SEAS Design and Project Fair
Members of the Harvard community gathered Tuesday to display the products of their scientific ingenuity at the third annual School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Design and Project Fair.
Science with a Twist: Harvard Researchers Discover Helix Shape
It might be time to take a closer glance at the nearest landline phone cord. Harvard researchers recently discovered a new shape—the hemihelix—which can be found in helical-like structures such as phone cords or slinkies. Shapes like the hemihelix might shed light on the process of creating three dimensional shapes from two dimensional starting materials, researchers said.
Protesters Sing Honeybeelujahs Against Robobees
Members of the activist group known as the Church of Stop Shopping protested a research project focused on creating and studying insect-like robots on Tuesday.
SEAS Protest
Members of the “Church of Stop Shopping in NYC” led a protest against the project Robobees, which aimed to design robotic bees. Protestors felt the project was a “non-response” to the current decline in bee populations.
Cherry Murray
Dean of Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Cherry A. Murray, pictured above in 2011, has joined the Newport Corporation Board of Directors.
Dean of SEAS Joins Board of Directors for Photonics Company
Cherry Murray, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, joined the board of directors for Newport Corporation last week, a technology company that specializes in providing hardware for photonics and optics research.
I3 Innovation Challenge Awards Four $10,000 Prizes
Three student projects won $10,000 grants in the seventh iteration of the I3 Harvard College Innovation Challenge.
With Construction Underway, Allston Residents Take a Second Look at Task Force
Allston residents have voiced concerns about the makeup of the Harvard-Allston Task Force, particularly concerning the age, gender, and race of its members.
Smexting with the oPhone
The evolution of virtual communication has been short but significant. Initially, text messages were just that, text. Then, emoticons were integrated (:D). These days, we can communicate with photos, videos, voice memos, and emojis—you never have to actually type again! Now, thanks to Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences professor David Edwards, a completely necessary new way to communicate is available, the smext.
TERMES Project Models Robots Based on Collective Intelligence of Termites
Though typically associated with the destruction of structures, termite colonies may have just inspired the next big innovation in construction. A team of engineers and computer scientists at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering built a “colony” of autonomous, interchangeable robots—coined the TERMES project—based on the construction strategies of termites and other insect species, according to a report published in Science earlier this month.
Wyss Institute Team Reveals New Bioprinting Technique
Scientists at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have moved one step closer to successfully printing three-dimensional, fully-functional tissues.
SEAS Task Force Report Outlines Preliminary Vision for Allston Campus
The vision, laid out in a Jan. 20 draft report by the SEAS Teaching and Community Space Task Force obtained by The Crimson, calls specifically for the creation of classroom spaces that will allow for “active learning” and the incorporation of recreational areas.
Harvard Official: A- is Median Grade and A Most Common Across All Three FAS Divisions and SEAS
The new information challenges the belief held by some that grade inflation is less prevalent in courses in the sciences than in the humanities.