Computer Science
College Establishes Fund in Memory of Harvard Senior Alex Patel
The Fund will form a team of students who will serve as supplementary teaching fellows for various department courses and will provide individual tutoring to students.
Harvard Students Bring Hackathon to the Vatican
VHacks, which took place from March 8 to 11, was a joint-effort between Vatican officials, the Catholic think tank Optic, and students from Harvard and MIT.
SEAS Hosts Second-Ever Sophomore Convocation
The number of sophomore concentrators and the total number of SEAS concentrators are both record-highs for the school, according to SEAS spokesperson Paul Karoff.
Computer Science Professor Seltzer to Leave Harvard
Seltzer has taught at Harvard since 1992; in 2000, she became the one of the first female junior faculty members at Harvard to receive internal tenure in Computer Science.
Economics Remains Most Popular Concentration
Economics retained its position as the most popular concentration at the College this fall, with 671 undergraduates—a slight increase from last year.
Computer Science, Philosophy Join Forces on Ethics and Technology
CS 108 is one of six computer science courses this fall that are co-taught by either professors or teaching fellows from the Philosophy department.
Students Promote Computer Science Professor for Harvard Presidency
Some students are launching an online campaign in an unconventional effort to promote Computer Science professor Margo I. Seltzer ’83 as a possible candidate for Harvard's presidency.
Professor James H. Waldo
Computer science professor James “Jim” H. Waldo teaches the popular course, Computer Science 105: Privacy and Technology.
Harvard Kicks Off Data Science Initiative With Seminar
Harvard marked the official launch of a new Data Science Initiative Monday afternoon, kicking off a multi-year plan aimed at bringing the University to the forefront of the field.
Pset Partner Night
Harvard Women in Computer Science hosted a problem set partner night to help student taking computer science classes find partners for their assignments.
Some Accused of Cheating in CS50 Sought Legal Counsel
One lawyer said Harvard is unlikely to face lawsuits from students accused of cheating in CS50 because the cases are “awfully hard” to prosecute.
Harry's Harvard
Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 calls himself a “Harvard lifer”—a breed he fears is dying out.
Engineering Harvard
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences may be creating an entirely new kind of Harvard student—one more focused on problem sets than parties and extracurriculars.
Harvard, Connected: The Houses Got Internet
The relative obscurity of Harvard’s “high speed data network” in 1992 caused some students to disregard its significance at first.
In Yale's CS50, Cheating Cases Rare
Only five Yale students faced academic dishonesty charges involving computer code for any course in fall 2016.
As CS50 Expanded, Course Materials Became More Publicly Available
Some CS50 staffers said the course’s recent expansion and online availability of answer keys likely contributed to high levels of academic dishonesty.
Under CS50 Policy, Accused Students Likely Left in Dark
Because of the way CS50 reviews cases of academic dishonesty, students likely did not learn of cheating allegations against them until months after they potentially violated course policy.
Eyes to the Sky: Annie Jump Cannon and the Harvard Observatory
While Cannon’s system of classification was respected by and essential to the astronomical community, it was dubbed the “Harvard System,” erasing Cannon’s name from its history.
Harry Lewis To Retire After 46 Years
After this semester, computer science professor and former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 will teach only two more semesters before he officially retires on July 1, 2020.