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Danz: It's not like we're actually trying to pair people up with the love of their lives—clearly we are, right? [He chuckles.] It's to create something fun for the Harvard student body, at least for a week...
Danz: The algorithm is over 10 years old. It's got 10 years of experience with the Harvard student body under its belt. We have made some modifications to it throughout the years; this year we actually did decide to write something new from scratch. We're still deciding whether to use it. The old algorithm in the past has not ensured bidirectional matching. We don't want it to be unfortunate like that, so we're exploring the possibility of building pairs...
Danz: Yes. Everybody at Harvard is rushed. The fact that we need to build it [for students] to flip through when they know they're supposed to be paying attention in lecture shows the average amount of time that the average student is willing to devote to their love life...
...first annual “Harvard Thinks Big” event, spearheaded by two students with the help of three major student groups, 10 professors from various fields were brought together to speak for 10 minutes each about their areas of expertise...
...fundamental drawbacks of the Saudi academic system is its imposition of a national curriculum that does not vary across any public or private high school. The system requires that every student study identical academic material in the sciences, literature, and math regardless of where a student’s interest lies. Additionally, the material offered in many of these subjects is extremely lacking; history topics only cover the Islamic era, honors classes are nonexistent, and English classes are only available after the seventh grade at public high schools...