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href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/10/first-programmable-computer/">Harvard IBM Mark I computer</a>, America’s first programmable computer.</span> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="c-block--remove-top-padding c-block b-list-with-image t-theme--light" > <div class="b-list-with-image__container l-container"> <div class="b-list-with-image__loop" > <div class="b-list-with-image__item"> <div class="b-list-with-image__item__title t-sink s-sink"> <h2><a href="https://pll.harvard.edu/course/cs50-introduction-computer-science">Learn how to code</a></h2> </div> <div class="b-list-with-image__item__description t-sink s-sink"> <p>Harvard’s online course “<a href="https://pll.harvard.edu/course/cs50-introduction-computer-science">Introduction to Computer Science</a>” is free for anyone to take.</p> </div> <figure class="c-image" > <img decoding="async" class="c-image__image" alt="" src="" /> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="c-block--remove-bottom-padding c-block b-columns"> <div class="l-container b-columns__container"> <header class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-columns__header c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h2 class="c-block__title b-columns__title h3 c-content-block__title" > The early years</h2> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-columns__description t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>Explore the major role Harvard played in the early advancement of computer science.</p> </div> </div> </header> <div class="b-columns__list b-columns__row b-columns--count-3"> <div class="b-columns__col"> <div class="b-columns__col-content t-sink s-sink" > <h3 class="h-default is-style-h4">Computers before computers</h3> <p><img decoding="async" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/groupshotwithflemingstanding.jpeg" alt="An old photo of women working at a desk" /><br /> In the late 1800s, Harvard hired Women Astronomical Computers to study Harvard College Observatory’s findings. They discovered variable stars, studied stellar spectra, and counted galaxies. Several became famous astronomers in their day, including <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/07/henrietta-swan-leavitts-research-transformed-astronomy/">Henrietta Swan Leavitt</a>.</p> <h3 class="h-default is-style-h4">Harvard Mark I</h3> <p><img decoding="async" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hi_j0053_4.jpeg" alt="an old photo of people putting together a giant computer" /><br /> Consisting of 765,299 parts and 530 miles of cable, the Mark I was <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/04/down-to-the-details-a-giant-in-computing-history/">the first programmable computer in the United States</a> and, in 1944, easily the most complex electromechanical device ever constructed.</h3> </div> </div> <div class="b-columns__col"> <div class="b-columns__col-content t-sink s-sink" > <h3 class="h-default is-style-h4">Grace Hopper</h3> <p><img decoding="async" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2339337b.jpg" alt="Grace Hopper with two military officers" /><br /> Using the Mark I, Grace Hopper was tasked with <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/12/grace-hopper-computing-pioneer/">writing the world’s first computer programming manual</a>. Some of the programming practices that she developed were subroutines (chunks of code that are stored and called upon when needed) and compilers (for translating source code into the machine language used by different computer processors) which are still used today.</p> <h3 class="h-default is-style-h4">Ivan Sutherland</h3> <p><img decoding="async" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/27982273395_6e9517c6a8_z.jpg" alt="A person wearing an early virtual reality helmet" /></h3> <p>Associate professor of electrical engineering Ivan Sutherland—widely considered the father of computer graphics—<a href="https://seas.harvard.edu/about-us/school-overview/timeline">invented one of the earliest virtual reality headsets</a> with his graduate student Bob Sproull. Ivan went on to teach and mentor the likes of Edwin Catmull (co-founder of Pixar), James Clark (Silicon Graphics), and John Warnock (Adobe Systems).</p> </div> </div> <div class="b-columns__col"> <div class="b-columns__col-content t-sink s-sink" > <h3 class="h-default is-style-h4">Interface Message Processor</h3> <p><img decoding="async" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/so2_art_page_37_image_0001.jpg" alt="A group of scientists in front of a large computer" /><br /> Many Harvard students, along with College radio station WHRB engineers, worked on the IMP, <a href="https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2020/08/features-a-science-is-born">an electronic switching device that would connect computers to form the ARPAnet, the precursor to today’s internet</a>.</p> <h3 class="h-default is-style-h4">TCP/IP protocol</h3> <p><img decoding="async" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/031014_Bradner_026.jpeg" alt="Scott Bradner holding an old motherboard" /><br /> Scott Bradner—a senior technology consultant with Harvard—remembered the rollout of the <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/03/happy-birthday-web/">TCP/IP protocol which allowed computer networks at Harvard to talk to computer networks at Stanford</a>, and is still used to govern the modern internet.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="c-block--remove-top-padding c-block b-media-text c-block--layout-left c-block--width-grid c-block--is-video content-vertical" > <div class="b-media-text__container l-container"> <div class="b-media-text__media"> <div class="c-video__block"> <div class="c-video--lazy c-video c-video--trigger-bottom" data-js="c-video" data-embed-id="T-bm14fr2pM" data-embed-provider="YouTube" data-embed-title="Learn about the Mark I" > <div class="c-video__wrapper"> <img class="c-video__thumbnail lazyload" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/16x9.png" data-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T-bm14fr2pM/maxresdefault.jpg" role="presentation" alt="" /> <div class="c-video__trigger-action"> <span class="c-video__trigger-icon icon-play" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span id="v-67b6c79cebe74-title" class="c-video__trigger-label"> Learn about the Mark I </span> </div> </div> <a id="v-67b6c79cebe74-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-bm14fr2pM" class="c-video__trigger" data-js="c-video-trigger" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-labelledby="v-67b6c79cebe74-title" aria-describedby="v-67b6c79cebe74-link" >Click to Play Video</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="b-media-text__content"> <div class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-media-text__content-container c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h2 class="c-block__title b-media-text__title h3 c-content-block__title" > How did the Mark I computer change the way we think about science?</h2> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-media-text__text t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>Incoming Associate Professor Marc Aidinoff explores the history of the Mark I computer and why it was such a milestone in computer science.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-header"> <div class="l-container b-header__container"> <header class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-header__header c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h2 class="c-block__title b-header__title h3 c-content-block__title" > What’s currently computing</h2> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-header__description t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>With so much of daily life moving online, Harvard scholars are exploring the benefits and concerns around smartphones, social media, and the internet.</p> </div> </div> </header> <hr class="b-header__border" /> </div> </section> <section class="c-block--remove-top-padding c-block b-media-text c-block--layout-left c-block--width-grid c-block--is-video content-vertical" > <div class="b-media-text__container l-container"> <div class="b-media-text__media"> <div class="c-video__block"> <div class="c-video--lazy c-video c-video--trigger-bottom" data-js="c-video" data-embed-id="HyBgq4ChLxE" data-embed-provider="YouTube" data-embed-title="How are cellphones made and what happens when they are discarded" > <div class="c-video__wrapper"> <img class="c-video__thumbnail lazyload" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/16x9.png" data-src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_913204954.jpg?w=1920&h=1080&crop=1" role="presentation" alt="" /> <div class="c-video__trigger-action"> <span class="c-video__trigger-icon icon-play" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span id="v-67b6c79ceca3e-title" class="c-video__trigger-label"> How are cellphones made and what happens when they are discarded </span> </div> </div> <a id="v-67b6c79ceca3e-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyBgq4ChLxE" class="c-video__trigger" data-js="c-video-trigger" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-labelledby="v-67b6c79ceca3e-title" aria-describedby="v-67b6c79ceca3e-link" >Click to Play Video</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="b-media-text__content"> <div class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-media-text__content-container c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h3 class="c-block__title b-media-text__title h3 c-content-block__title" > The computers in our pockets</h3> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-media-text__text t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>Smartphones are technological marvels, but they can also be addictive, distracting, and potentially dangerous. Harvard researchers are exploring <a href="https://hms.harvard.edu/news/screen-time-brain">how these devices can interfere with everything from sleep to creativity</a>, when it’s appropriate to <a href="https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable-knowledge/18/02/when-give-your-child-smartphone">give children cellphones</a>, and if <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/09/should-schools-ban-cellphones-podcast/">phones should be allowed in school</a>.</p> </div> <p class="c-content-block__cta"> <a class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right c-content-block__cta-link" href="https://d3.harvard.edu/platform-digit/submission/the-rise-of-the-smartphone-ecosystem-and-kodaks-fall/" aria-label="Explore the relationship between smartphones and the fall of Kodak"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Explore the relationship between smartphones and the fall of Kodak </span> </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-media-text c-block--layout-right c-block--width-grid c-block--is-video content-vertical" > <div class="b-media-text__container l-container"> <div class="b-media-text__media"> <div class="c-video__block"> <div class="c-video--lazy c-video c-video--trigger-bottom" data-js="c-video" data-embed-id="mavzT_LYHL0" data-embed-provider="YouTube" data-embed-title="How did we get here? A brief history of the internet" > <div class="c-video__wrapper"> <img class="c-video__thumbnail lazyload" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/16x9.png" data-src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_38109240.jpg?w=1920&h=1080&crop=1" role="presentation" alt="" /> <div class="c-video__trigger-action"> <span class="c-video__trigger-icon icon-play" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span id="v-67b6c79ced3b1-title" class="c-video__trigger-label"> How did we get here? A brief history of the internet </span> </div> </div> <a id="v-67b6c79ced3b1-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mavzT_LYHL0" class="c-video__trigger" data-js="c-video-trigger" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-labelledby="v-67b6c79ced3b1-title" aria-describedby="v-67b6c79ced3b1-link" >Click to Play Video</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="b-media-text__content"> <div class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-media-text__content-container c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h3 class="c-block__title b-media-text__title h3 c-content-block__title" > The worldwide web we weave</h3> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-media-text__text t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>As the internet increasingly installs itself into our lives, many worry about the risk factors that come along with that. <a href="https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2025/01/pioneer-modern-data-privacy-cynthia-dwork-wins-national-medal-science">Cynthia Dwork made huge advancements in the field of data privacy</a>, but there is more work to do. The Harvard community is exploring how <a href="https://hls.harvard.edu/today/why-your-online-data-isnt-safe/">data breaches</a> and the <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/02/surveillance-capitalism-author-sees-data-privacy-awakening/">selling of personal data</a> could be countered with solutions like <a href="https://hls.harvard.edu/today/emerging-technologies-privacy-design/">better and different regulation</a>. </p> </div> <p class="c-content-block__cta"> <a class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right c-content-block__cta-link" href="https://www.harvardonline.harvard.edu/blog/how-take-control-your-data-health-2024" aria-label="Learn how to take control of your digital data"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Learn how to take control of your digital data </span> </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-media-text c-block--layout-left c-block--width-grid c-block--is-video content-vertical" > <div class="b-media-text__container l-container"> <div class="b-media-text__media"> <div class="c-video__block"> <div class="c-video--lazy c-video c-video--trigger-bottom" data-js="c-video" data-embed-id="GjycOPo8wzk" data-embed-provider="YouTube" data-embed-title="Strategies and tools for better online civil discourse" > <div class="c-video__wrapper"> <img class="c-video__thumbnail lazyload" src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/themes/core/assets/img/theme/shims/16x9.png" data-src="https://www.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AdobeStock_941785988.jpg?w=1920&h=1080&crop=1" role="presentation" alt="" /> <div class="c-video__trigger-action"> <span class="c-video__trigger-icon icon-play" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span id="v-67b6c79ceddef-title" class="c-video__trigger-label"> Strategies and tools for better online civil discourse </span> </div> </div> <a id="v-67b6c79ceddef-link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjycOPo8wzk" class="c-video__trigger" data-js="c-video-trigger" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-labelledby="v-67b6c79ceddef-title" aria-describedby="v-67b6c79ceddef-link" >Click to Play Video</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="b-media-text__content"> <div class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-media-text__content-container c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h3 class="c-block__title b-media-text__title h3 c-content-block__title" > Reassessing social media’s impact on youth</h3> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-media-text__text t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>Social media platforms <a href="https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/social-media-platforms-generate-billions-in-annual-ad-revenue-from-u-s-youth/">generate billions in annual ad revenue from young people</a>, while not providing transparency on the impact their algorithms have on the mental health and wellbeing of youth. With research showing that social media can <a href="https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/eating-disorders-striped/policy-translation/holding-social-media-platforms-accountable/science-summary-social-media-adolescent-health/">negatively affect the health and wellbeing of teens</a>, former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has said it’s time for government and private industry to step up and <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/10/murthy-says-social-media-hurting-kids-time-for-government-tech-firms-to-help/">reduce the mental health risks of social media for young people</a>. Harvard scholars have laid out a framework for how to <a href="https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/eating-disorders-striped/policy-translation/holding-social-media-platforms-accountable/">hold social media platforms accountable</a>.</p> </div> <p class="c-content-block__cta"> <a class="c-block__cta-link a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right c-content-block__cta-link" href="https://summer.harvard.edu/blog/need-a-break-from-social-media-heres-why-you-should-and-how-to-do-it/" aria-label="Learn about strategies for taking a social media break"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Learn about strategies for taking a social media break </span> </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-header"> <div class="l-container b-header__container"> <header class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-header__header c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h2 class="c-block__title b-header__title h3 c-content-block__title" > Where the future could go</h2> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> <div class="c-block__description b-header__description t-sink s-sink c-content-block__content"> <p>How will artificial intelligence and quantum computing change the way we understand and interact with the world?</p> </div> </div> </header> <hr class="b-header__border" /> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-header hide-border"> <div class="l-container b-header__container"> <header class="c-block__content-block c-block__header b-header__header c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <h3 class="c-block__title b-header__title h3 c-content-block__title" > Making quantum leaps</h3> <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> </div> </header> <hr class="b-header__border" /> </div> </section> <section class=" c-block b-featured-stories"> <div class="b-featured-stories__container"> <div class="c-content-block c-content-block--layout-left" > <div class="c-content-block__content-wrap"> </div> </div> <div class="b-featured-stories__slider 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class="b-featured-stories__slide-desc t-sink" > A breakthrough using ultra-cold polar molecules as qubits may help make the super-high-speed experimental technology even faster.</div> <a class="b-featured-stories__slide-cta a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right " data-js="b-featured-stories-cta" href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/01/researchers-make-leap-in-quantum-computing-molecules"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Learn more about the breakthrough </span> </a> </div></div> </div> <div class="c-slider--carousel-pull-right__slide c-slider__slide swiper-slide"> <div class="b-featured-stories__wrapper"><div class="b-featured-stories__img"> <figure class=" c-image" > <img decoding="async" class=" c-image__image" alt="" src="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/QuantumComputer1.jpg" /> </figure> </div><div class="b-featured-stories__slide-content t-sink s-sink"> <h3 class="b-featured-stories__slide-title" > Improving accuracy to make the next generation of computing a reality</h3> <div class="b-featured-stories__slide-desc t-sink" > Harvard researchers are working to understand the power of quantum computers relative to classical computers and develop efficient methods for error correction. </div> <a class="b-featured-stories__slide-cta a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right " data-js="b-featured-stories-cta" href="https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/quantum-frontier"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Learn more about the research </span> </a> </div></div> </div> <div class="c-slider--carousel-pull-right__slide c-slider__slide swiper-slide"> <div class="b-featured-stories__wrapper"><div class="b-featured-stories__img"> <figure class=" c-image" > <img decoding="async" class=" c-image__image" alt="" src="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/061224_Quantum_15_horizontal-1488x930-1.jpg" /> </figure> </div><div class="b-featured-stories__slide-content t-sink s-sink"> <h3 class="b-featured-stories__slide-title" > Quantum Noir fosters a sense of community among scientists of color</h3> <div class="b-featured-stories__slide-desc t-sink" > A Harvard conference gathers researchers and students of color interested in quantum science, nanoscience, and engineering.</div> <a class="b-featured-stories__slide-cta a-btn a-btn-secondary a-btn--arrow-right " data-js="b-featured-stories-cta" href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/06/quantum-noir-fosters-sense-of-community-among-scientists-of-color/"> <span class="a-btn__text"> Learn more about the conference </span> </a> </div></div> </div> <div class="c-slider--carousel-pull-right__slide c-slider__slide swiper-slide"> <div class="b-featured-stories__wrapper"><div class="b-featured-stories__img"> <figure class=" c-image" > <img decoding="async" class=" c-image__image" alt="" src="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/042324_Quantum_Network_Node_0062.jpg" /> </figure> </div><div class="b-featured-stories__slide-content t-sink 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