In this episode, David and Brian discuss the origins of the CS50 Fair, the end-of-term exhibition of final projects that capstones CS50 students' experience. Why so many balloons? Why the raffle? And how can others run their own CS50 Fairs? All it took at first, it turns out, was some Entenmann's cakes! The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more...

In this episode, David and Brian discuss CS50's experience with matters of academic dishonesty, whereby students sometimes submit work that's not entirely their own. While the course aspires each year to reduce the number of instances thereof, most educationally impactful to date has been the course's introduction of a "regret clause" to its syllabus. If students do cross some ethical line, often late at night under significant stress, they are now encouraged to reach out to the course's...

In this episode, a discussion of CS50's underlying pedagogy. David and Brian discuss changes made to CS50 at Harvard in Fall 2019, among them new-and-improved lectures, weekly quizzes, by-appointment tutorials, a choice of end-of-term "tracks" for students, and lots of new problem sets. Hear the reasons behind those changes as well as what worked well and what didn't. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and...

This week's podcast: David and Brian talk about FaceApp, which uses machine learning to alter photos of people. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally. This is the CS50 Podcast.

This week's podcast: David and Brian talk about why CS50 is taught (primarily) in C. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally. This is the CS50 Podcast.

This week's podcast: Brian Yu joins David as co-host for the first time and the two share a discussion of a topic very much in vogue: machine learning. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally. This is the CS50 Podcast.

This week's podcast: the woes of ransomware (and the companies that claim to fight it), a vector for spyware injection in WhatsApp, and much more. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally. This is the CS50 Podcast.

This week's podcast: a tale of how YouTube eliminated Internet Explorer 6, stories of security concerning both digital and physical keys, and much more. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally. This is the CS50 Podcast.

This week's podcast: just how many insecure passwords are out in the open (and which ones in particular!), new features added to Chrome's Incognito Mode, and much more. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally. This is the CS50 Podcast.

This week's podcast: the power and simplicity of task lists and the ethical boundaries of present and future facial recognition software. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally. This is the CS50 Podcast.

This week's podcast: trust, both why it's necessary and why we should be wary of what it may sometimes mean, especially in technology and computer science. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally. This is the CS50 Podcast.

This week's podcast: the Facebook plain-text password controversy and the new (irritating!) phenomenon of the robocall. The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally. This is the CS50 Podcast.