Harvard Professor Explains Algorithms in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED
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Published 2023-11-08
Correction: Our Level 2 teen, Lexi Kemmer, is actually 17-years-old.
Director: Wendi Jonassen
Director of Photography: Zach Eisen
Editor: Louville Moore
Host: David J. Malan
Guests:
Level 1: Addison Vincent
Level 2: Lexi Kemmer
Level 3: Patricia Guirao
Level 4: Mahi Shafiullah
Level 5: Chris Wiggins
Creative Producer: Maya Dangerfield
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Kameryn Hamilton
Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Casting Producer: Vanessas Brown; Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Brittany Berger
Gaffer: Gautam Kadian
Sound Mixer: Lily Van Leeuwen
Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola
Hair & Make-Up: Yev Wright-Mason
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Lauren Worona
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All Comments (21)
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The little girl at the start knows more about computer than most people at my job
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The 6 year old girl has a really bright future ahead of her. She solved the peanut butter challenge better than most adults do when they first take David's CS50 course!
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Dude’s child explanation was more complicated than my junior and senior students can even understand and the little girl looked genuinely intrigued.
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I think the little girl at the beginning has a better understanding of what an algorithm is than many journalists writing about algorithms. Her explanation was amazing. Simple but absolutely correct.
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As a software engineer, that little girl is a genius. She killed it!
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David Malan is not only a fantastic teacher, but at L4 and L5 he lets the grad student and expert do the explaining while he listens. There is a lot of humility there for someone so smart.
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This is a stunning example of how to be a good educator. Fantastic job Prof. Malan!
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David is one of the best teachers for programming. He understands what students don’t understand and uses real world analogy’s in the best way.
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I took Dr. Malan's CS50 course last year. God bless this gentlemen for providing excellent knowledge to the public. I even started to be more articulate just because the way he talks lol.
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It is amazing that a 6-year-old can explain what algorithm is even better than an adult.
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The graduate student is my brother. Let us wish for him a bright future. Thank you! Best wishes, vaia! @mahi
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Can we acknowledge how brilliant that little girl was?! So precious! <3
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DAVID MALAAAAAAAN. Man after I took CS50 I have been a huge fan. Why isn't every teacher so engaging as David. Thank you for being "dumb" so us as students don't have to feel stupid. You are the best David
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I love how this guy explains things without judgment! So many people are condescending when they know things.
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Half of yellow pages sales are to Malan, just so he can rip it apart at every algorithms class. Gotta love this passion!
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I'm currently at hour 4 of David Malan's CS50 courses I watch online, and I can say, he's the best teacher I've ever seen.
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this man must have torn up half of the existing phonebooks at this point
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How does a 6 year old even know what an algorithm is? 🤯🤯🤯 She is brilliant!!! Kudos to her parents!
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Now teach my coworkers how to use excel.
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David's adaptation to the various levels was nice. Instead of monopolizing the floor, he was really leading different levels of interviews and gave enough space for the people to express their knowledge in a way that felt natural and instructive.
