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Digital drive
At Harvard Business School (HBS), students use a software program to tap into a virtual Wall Street trading floor. At the Graduate School of Design (GSD), a computer-driven, robotic arm assembles walls...
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Harvard at 375
Harvard will turn 375 this fall, ready to celebrate its vibrant present and promising future. But every anniversary is predicated on a past — often a faraway time that in retrospect seems humble. In...
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First Programmable Computer
Michael D. Smith Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences John H. Finley Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, SEAS The laptop tucked away in your backpack, the tablet computer on your coffee...
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Dawn of a revolution
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who attended Harvard, returns to campus this weekend for a question-and-answer session as part of the launch of The Harvard Campaign. Below, author Walter Isaacson, who...
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Digital drive
At Harvard Business School (HBS), students use a software program to tap into a virtual Wall Street trading floor. At the Graduate School of Design (GSD), a computer-driven, robotic arm assembles...
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Harvard at 375
Harvard will turn 375 this fall, ready to celebrate its vibrant present and promising future. But every anniversary is predicated on a past — often a faraway time that in retrospect seems humble. In...
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First Programmable Computer
Michael D. Smith Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences John H. Finley Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, SEAS The laptop tucked away in your backpack, the tablet computer on your coffee...
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Dawn of a revolution
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who attended Harvard, returns to campus this weekend for a question-and-answer session as part of the launch of The Harvard Campaign. Below, author Walter Isaacson, who...
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Down to the details, a giant in computing history
Seventy years ago, the first programmable computer in the United States began humming away in a basement lab on Harvard University’s Cambridge campus. The Harvard Mark I was of “light weight, trim...
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Ghosts in the machines
In many ways, the entire Digital Era can rightly be laid at the courtly foot of Lord Byron’s rebellious daughter, Ada. Lady Lovelace was the poet’s only child born in wedlock, inheriting both her...
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Major boost for computer science
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made the case today that advances in computer science will be a key driver of global innovation, and that an enhanced computer science program will ensure that...
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Grace Hopper, computing pioneer
Walter Isaacson’s new book is “The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution.” On Saturday, he’ll be at Harvard to deliver a 20-minute talk on computing...
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She made her mark
There’s been no shortage of men willing to claim credit for the inventions and discoveries that have led to the Digital Age, but whither the women? In his latest book, “The Innovators,” journalist...
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