David J. Malan is Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Harvard University in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as well as a Member of the Faculty of Education in the Graduate School of Education. He teaches Computer Science 50, otherwise known as CS50, which is among Harvard University’s largest courses, one of Yale University’s largest courses, and edX’s largest MOOC, with over 5.2M registrants. He also teaches at Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, Harvard Extension School, and Harvard Summer School. All of his courses are freely available as OpenCourseWare.
He has also spent time with GitHub as a Professor in Residence.
Degrees
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Ph.D., Computer Science, 2007Harvard University
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S.M., Computer Science, 2004Harvard University
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A.B., Computer Science, 1999Harvard University
Honorary Degree
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Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h. c), 2022Faculty of Management & Technology, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Interests
- artificial intelligence
- collaborative learning
- computer-assisted instruction
- cybersecurity
- computer science education
- distance learning