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

Episode 10 - Teaching Academic Honesty

Feb 10th, 2020 30m 57s

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,

Episode 9 - Restructuring CS50

Jan 31st, 2020 50m 9s

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"

Episode 8 - FaceApp

Jul 24th, 2019 23m 44s

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!)

Episode 7 - Why C?

Jul 19th, 2019 35m 39s

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

Episode 6 - Machine Learning

Jul 10th, 2019 28m 25s

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 Colton Ogden at Harvard Univers

Episode 5 - Ransomware, WhatsApp Spyware

May 20th, 2019 29m 7s

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.

Episode 4 - Internet Explorer, Smart Locks

May 13th, 2019 30m 35s

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 Univer

Episode 3 - Password Security, Incognito Mode

May 6th, 2019 30m 53s

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 a

Episode 2 - Task Lists, Facial Recognition

Apr 29th, 2019 30m 42s

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 epis

Episode 1 - Trust

Apr 22nd, 2019 39m 21s

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 Uni

Episode 0 - Robocalls, Facebook Passwords

Apr 12th, 2019 34m 56s

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 (an

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