Featured series 
Tag: Computer Science
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Science & Tech
Making algorithm used in AI more human-like
Researchers used fMRI to test ideas about complex decision-making.
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Campus & Community
Seeing obstacles, remaining undeterred
“I do have worries and fears,” says Oren Rimon Or ’23. “But I have developed the confidence that when you want something, you find a way to do it.”
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Campus & Community
Wonders never cease
Henry Cerbone spent his time at Harvard drawing on many intellectual threads in his effort to explore and understand the world.
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Nation & World
Learning how to talk about divisive issues
Harvard students share their experiences as fellows in the Intercollegiate Civil Disagreement Partnership program at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.
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Science & Tech
New University-wide institute to integrate natural, artificial intelligence
University-wide initiative made possible by gift from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg.
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Health
Tracking progression of disease through internet searches for symptoms
A College senior’s research project has shown a way to more quickly understand the characteristics of emerging diseases, by examining global internet searches for symptoms.
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Campus & Community
5 faculty members named Harvard College Professors
Five faculty members join the ranks of Harvard College Professors.
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Arts & Culture
With a wave of the wand
With a shared love of magic, two students founded the Society of Harvard-Undergraduate Magicians, known by its clever acronym, SHAM.
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Nation & World
Project for Asian and International Relations goes virtual
HPAIR Harvard Conference 2021: Embracing Change goes virtual, running Jan. 15-18.
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Arts & Culture
Strictly Ballzoom
Ballzoom, a digital format that lets teams compete, was a first thanks to Harvard students.
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Science & Tech
Trailblazing initiative marries ethics, tech
Faculty from the Computer Science and Philosophy departments join forces in a successful new undergraduate initiative, Embedded EthiCS, to change the way computer scientists think about the ethical implications of new technology.
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Campus & Community
Explain your thesis in 3 minutes
A contest has College seniors who spent months researching and writing their theses distill those hours of work and hundreds of pages of analysis into a 3-minute pitch.
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Campus & Community
Matchmaker, matchmaker put me in your algorithm
After 25 Valentine’s Days, Datamatch, a student-run online matchmaking service that pairs Harvard students for a date, is going nationwide.
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Science & Tech
Embedded EthiCS wins $150,000 grant
A joint program of the computer science and philosophy departments, Embedded EthiCS has won a $150,000 grant as part of the Responsible Computer Science Challenge sponsored by Omidyar Network, Mozilla, Schmidt Futures, and Craig Newmark Philanthropies.
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Campus & Community
Coding for a cause
Professor Jelani Nelson develops new algorithms to make computer systems work more efficiently, but also takes his educational efforts beyond Harvard’s walls. He founded AddisCoder, a program that teaches students in Ethiopia how to code.
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Science & Tech
Embedding ethics in computer science curriculum
Computer science students examine issues such as privacy, censorship, and fake news in courses co-designed by philosophy professors as Harvard works to embed ethics in the curriculum, creating a national model.
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Science & Tech
Game-changing game changes
Games that can change based on players’ actions help Harvard’s Martin Nowak and his fellow researchers to understand the evolution of cooperation.
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Science & Tech
Now arriving: Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is growing ever more sophisticated, enabling everything from smart cities to automatic appliances. A Harvard ethicist says we should think not just about what we can do, but what we should do.
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Campus & Community
Project Teach shows youngsters what’s possible
Project Teach brings local middle-school students to Harvard’s campus to help them learn about the college experience and explore their options.
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Science & Tech
Root, the code-teaching robot
A Wyss Institute robot named Root is designed to teach computer coding to anyone from a 5-year-old to an intermediate programmer.
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Campus & Community
SEAS adds to faculty
The Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is adding five faculty members this fall, as the rapidly growing School expands its computer science strengths.
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Science & Tech
It was California or bust
A group of Harvard and MIT students has pedaled its way to the Pacific Ocean from Washington, D.C., with stops along the way to lead science “learning festivals” to promote STEM learning among children.
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Nation & World
Code like a girl
HGSE panelists outlined ways to counter the shortage of women pursuing careers that require a STEM education, particularly in computer science.
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Science & Tech
Where ideas trump devices
At the annual CS50 Fair, students of history, literature, music, and more create tools to share knowledge across fields.
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Science & Tech
Major boost for computer science
Steve Ballmer was joined by President Drew Faust and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) Dean Cherry Murray at an iLab event to formally announce that the University will increase its computer science faculty by 50 percent over the next few years, to 36 from 24.
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Science & Tech
When engineering meets art
Music blared, LEDs blinked, and jaws dropped Tuesday at the SEAS Design and Project Fair, a celebration of creative problem-solving by students at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences…
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Science & Tech
Down to the details, a giant in computing history
University leaders gathered at the Science Center to celebrate an update of the Harvard Mark I exhibit.
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Science & Tech
For big data, big thinking
A new course on how to handle big data designed by Assistant Statistics Professor Luke Bornn immerses students in a competitive environment, driven by peer learning, to understand how to handle the massive data sets common in real-world problems.
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Science & Tech
Closing the gender gap in computer science
Young women studying computer science were introduced to a group of potential role models as part of a weekend conference at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The event, organized by Harvard Women in Computer Science, drew some of the most successful women in the field.
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Science & Tech
The promise of ‘big data’
Harvard symposium embraces the goals and challenges of collecting and processing massive amounts of information on key complex issues.
