About this Event
Please join us for an in-person look at how CS50 has incorporated Artificial Intelligence (AI), including its new-and-improved rubber duck debugger, and how it has impacted the course already. CS50 is Harvard University's introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming, freely available as OpenCourseWare, with more than 7M registrants at cs50.edx.org and 2.2M subscribers on YouTube.
Using AI as a Personal Tutor
• How do we approximate a 1:1 teacher-to-student ratio through software?
• How can we equip students with a subject-matter expert by their side at all times?
• How can we guide students toward solutions rather than offer solutions outright?
• Please join us for networking, an entertaining presentation, plus an opportunity to ask your own questions!
In Summer 2023 and Fall 2023, Prof. Malan and his team actively tested an AI-powered chatbot, implemented as a virtual rubber duck (a la rubber-duck debugging), developed specifically for CS50. The CS50 Duck (aka CS50.ai) was first deployed to approximately 70 summer students, then to 1,000's of students online, and finally to approximately 500 on-campus students. Prof. Malan will discuss the development of CS50.ai, detailing the challenges faced, solutions proposed, and results achieved, all toward realizing a long-held aspiration: a 1:1 teacher-to-student ratio.
Prof. David J. Malan: Using AI as a Personal Tutor - In-Person!
Thursday, February 12, 2026
5:45pm – 7:00pm PT - Networking Reception
7:00pm – 8:30pm PT - Prof Malan presentation followed by Q&A
Registration deadline: Sunday, February 8, 2026, 23:59pm PT
Light appetizers and soft drinks will be served at the networking reception.
Seattle University
Capitol Hill neighborhood
Exact location will be sent 2 days before the event
Prof. David J. Malan: Using AI as a Personal Tutor - In-Person!
Co-Hosts:
David J. Malan, PhD, CS50 Professor
Carlos Obando, HCS & HAE Director, Harvard Alumni for Education
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
901 12th Ave, 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, United States
USD 20.00
