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Join us for a free, live, online series introducing the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI). This series is designed for anyone interested in better understanding how AI works and the ideas that make it possible. No prior programming or computer science experience required!

Sign up to attend any of the sessions via Zoom at https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/zoom/.

Check out this podcast with Professor David J. Malan by Harvard’s Mignone Center for Career Success! 🎙️

Learn about Professor Malan’s history of getting started with CS50 and transforming it into an academic powerhouse it is today; how artificial intelligence affects education now and what is in store for the future.

Harvard Professor David Malan on CS50’s Origins, Risk, and Future of Education Harvard Professor, David Malan, recounts how losing a Harvard Under...

What is your favorite 2D game of all time? 👾 Is it Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda, Angry Birds, Flappy Bird, Pokémon, Pong, Breakout, Match-3 or some other one?

All CS50 2D lectures are available for free on YouTube at cs50.ly/2d. To take the course for a certificate, register at cs50.edx.org/2d.

Professor David J. Malan sits down with Ryan Peterman of the Peterman Pod for a conversation about computer science and beyond, filmed in the Regent Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts, home to the Fifty Foundation, and the team behind CS50.

https://youtu.be/bB2o81DnKHk?si=gFXv1EHNkuzm5Uqj

RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 18 - CS50’s next live Office Hours, led by Professor David J. Malan and CS50’s own Brian Yu, Carter Zenke, and Colton Ogden will take place on Monday, May 18 at 1pm EDT!

What are office hours? At Harvard, these are opportunities to meet with a professor or a teaching assistant to ask questions about a particular topic you’re struggling with. Here at CS50, we’re bringing Office Hours online. 🌐

Register for Zoom at cs50.ly/officehours.

Drop your questions in the comments. 👇 If you want to record a video of yourself asking a question, you can upload one at cs50.ly/question. You also might be called for a question live on Zoom or put them in a Zoom chat.

CS50’s next live Office Hours, led by Professor David J. Malan and CS50’s own Brian Yu, Carter Zenke, and Colton Ogden will take place on Monday, May 11 at 1pm EDT!

What are office hours? At Harvard, these are opportunities to meet with a professor or a teaching assistant to ask questions about a particular topic you’re struggling with. Here at CS50, we’re bringing Office Hours online. 🌐

Register for Zoom at cs50.ly/officehours.

Drop your questions in the comments. 👇 If you want to record a video of yourself asking a question, you can upload one at cs50.ly/question. You also might be called for a question live on Zoom or put them in a Zoom chat.

In CS50 2D’s final lecture, explore the core mechanics and programming concepts behind Pokémon-inspired RPGs, including state stacks, GUI design, and turn-based battle systems.

To take the course for a certificate, register at cs50.edx.org/2d.

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This is Lecture 6 of CS50 2D — explore how Box2D physics powers Angry Birds-style gameplay with dynamic bodies, collisions, joints, and trajectory simulation in Love2D for mobile games.

To take the course for a certificate, register at cs50.edx.org/2d.

CS50 6 likes. "CS50 2D - Lecture 6 - Angry Birds"

This is Lecture 5 of CS50 2D — recreate the classic Legend of Zelda game mechanics, dungeon generation, hitbox design, screen scrolling, and data-driven game development.

To take the course for a certificate, register at cs50.edx.org/2d.

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