David J. Malan

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David Malan
Born
David Jay Malan
Alma mater
Known forCS50
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisRapid detection of botnets through collaborative networks of peers (2007)
Doctoral advisorMichael D. Smith
Websitecs.harvard.edu/malan

David Jay Malan (

Computer Science at Harvard University, and is best known for teaching the course CS50, (abbreviation of Computer Science 50)[2][3][4][5] which is the largest open-learning course at Harvard University and Yale University and the largest Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) at EdX, with lectures being viewed by over a million people on the edX platform up to 2017.[6]

Malan is a professor at

computer science education, distance learning, collaborative learning, and computer-assisted instruction.[10][11]

Education

Malan enrolled at

cybersecurity and computer forensics, supervised by Michael D. Smith.[9]

Teaching

Further information: CS50

Malan is known for teaching

high schools that satisfies the AP Computer Science Principles of the College Board
.

Besides CS50, Malan also teaches at Harvard Extension School and Harvard Summer School.[23] Prior to teaching at Harvard, Malan taught mathematics and computer science at Franklin High School and Tufts University.[24]

Career and research

During 2001 to 2002 he worked for

Engineering Manager.[24]

While undergoing his undergraduate studies, Malan worked part-time for the

forensic investigator, after which he founded his own two startups.[23] On the side since 2003, he volunteered as an emergency medical technician (EMT-B) for MIT-Emergency Medical Services (EMS). He continues to volunteer as an EMT-B for the American Red Cross.[24]

Malan

chairman of Diskaster, a data recovery firm that offered professional recovery of data from hard drives and memory cards, as well as forensic investigations for civil matters.[23]

Malan worked for Mindset Media from 2008 to 2011 as

HTTP requests per day, with peaks of 10K per second. In 2011,[25] Mindset Media was acquired by Meebo
.

Malan is also an active member of the

Computer Science Education (CSE) organized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
.

References

  1. ^ a b Malan, David (2017). "David J. Malan short biography". cs.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-02-26.
  2. ^ a b Malan, David (2017). "cs50.harvard.edu". Harvard University.
  3. ^
    ISSN 0097-8418
    .
  4. S2CID 36574285
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  5. ISBN 9781450318686
    .
  6. ^ Fahs, Ramsey (2016). "CS50 Moves Away from Traditional Lectures, Toward Virtual Reality". thecrimson.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-21.
  7. S2CID 12012646
    .
  8. ISBN 0-7803-8796-1
    .
  9. ^
    OCLC 232370471. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2016-08-17.
  10. ^ David J. Malan author profile page at the ACM Digital Library
  11. ^ David J. Malan's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  12. ^ Mendez, Cordelia F. (2014). "This is CS50". thecrimson.com. The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on 2017-03-17.
  13. S2CID 232126106. “the more time students spend thinking about getting an A, the less time they're thinking about what it is they should be learning.” quoted from Lee Cuba at Wellesley College
  14. ^
    S2CID 982597
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  15. ISSN 0097-8418
    .
  16. YouTube
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  20. ^ a b Malan, David (2016). "CS50x: An introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming". edx.org.
  21. ^ Jacobs, Peter (2014). "Here's Why More Than 800 Harvard Students Signed Up For A Notoriously Hard Computer Science Class". businessinsider.com. Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2016-03-30.
  22. ^ "cs50.tv". Harvard University.
  23. ^ a b c Anon (2009). "David J. Malan". harvardmagazine.com. Harvard Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-06-27.
  24. ^ a b c Malan, David (2016). "David J. Malan full CV" (PDF). cs.Harvard.edu. Harvard University.
  25. ^ Warren, Christina."Meebo Acquires Ad Targeting Company Mindset Media", "Mashable", 08 February 2011. Retrieved on 17 May 2017.
  26. S2CID 1782306
    .
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