# design\_2020\_home ![Harvard SEAS logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6171/files/crcs/files/img_home_footer.png) img.media-element.file-default { padding-right: 0px; } /* manu bar */ #menu-bar nav, #menu-bar #block-os-primary-menu { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 800px; } .background_home { background: #ffffff; background-image: url(https://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/files/crcs/files/img_design2020_home_menu-bar_background.png?m=1596748082); background-size: 71em; background-position-y: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position-x: center; height: 27em; position: absolute; top: 51em; z-index: 0; width: -webkit-fill-available; } /* previous backgrounds https://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/files/crcs/files/img_home_banner_4.png https://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/files/crcs/files/img_design2020_home_menu-bar_background.png?m=1593608893 */ /* Hide page title */ .page-node h1#page-title { display: none; } /* Larger font for columns titles h2.block-title { color: #333333; font-size: 3em; margin-bottom: 10px; text-transform: none; } */ /* Research row */ #block-boxes-1592935647 { background-image: url(https://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/files/crcs/files/img_design02_2020_research.png?m=1593103534); /* height: 500px; You must set a specified height */ background-position: center; /* Center the image */ background-repeat: no-repeat; /* Do not repeat the image */ background-size: cover; /* Resize the background image to cover the entire container */ } .research-scroll { height: 8em; overflow: scroll; border: solid 1px #999; padding: .25em; background-color: #fff2c4; } /* Harvard news row */ #block-boxes-1592946955 { background-image: url(https://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/files/crcs/files/img_design02_2020_news_harvard.png?m=1593103114); /* height: 460px; You must set a specified height */ background-position: center; /* Center the image */ background-repeat: no-repeat; /* Do not repeat the image */ background-size: cover; /* Resize the background image to cover the entire container */ margin-top: -2em; } /* Harvard news row - events */ .node-event { position: relative; background-color: #EEE4D4; border-radius: 10px; padding: .5em; border-left: 4px #A51C30 solid; border-bottom: 4px #A51C30 solid; } .tweets-pulled-listing > li { position: relative; background-color: #EEE4D4; border-radius: 10px; padding: 0 .5em 0 .5em; border-left: 4px #A51C30 solid; border-bottom: 4px #A51C30 solid; margin: 0 0 1em .5em; } div.tweets-pulled-listing div.tweet-authorphoto { margin: 5px 5px 0 0; float: left; } /* Harvard news row - news */ .node-news { position: relative; background-color: #EEE4D4; border-radius: 10px; padding: .5em; border-left: 4px #A51C30 solid; border-bottom: 4px #A51C30 solid; margin: 0 .5em 1em 0; } a.more-link { font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #A51C30; margin-top: .5em; } .twitter-followme > a { font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: #A51C30; margin: 0 .5em; text-align: right; } .twitter-followme { text-align: right; } /* In the news row */ #block-boxes-1593096101 { background-image: url(https://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/files/crcs/files/img_design02_2020_news_public_background.png?m=1593103301); /* height: 330px; You must set a specified height */ background-position: center; /* Center the image */ background-repeat: no-repeat; /* Do not repeat the image */ background-size: cover; /* Resize the background image to cover the entire container */ margin-top: -2em; padding: .5em; } /* In the news row - boxes */ #node-1516087, #node-1516094, #node-1516096, #node-1568692 { height: 15em; background-color: #f2f9ff; } /* hide top border decoration */ .front #content-column .block { border-top: 0px solid #ffffff; } /* heading over Allston campus image */ .header-text { text-align: center; display: block; margin-top: -12vw; font-size: 3vw !important; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1 !important; margin-bottom: 4vw !important; text-shadow: -4px -4px #000000; } ## CRCS Director's Letter ![Harvard SEAS and CRCS logos](/sites/g/files/omnuum6171/files/crcs/files/img_design02_2020_logo.jpg) **The Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS), at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, brings together computer scientists and scholars from a broad range of fields to make advances in computational research that serve public interest. We are currently collaborating on interdisciplinary projects in areas such as conservation and public health. CRCS is informed by a deep knowledge of the societal issues at stake and by a commitment to advancing the human condition through cutting edge collaboration between computational and social science.** .research-scroll { height: 8em; overflow: scroll; border: solid 1px #999; padding: .25em; } .research-scroll-11 { height: 11em; overflow: scroll; border: solid 1px #999; padding: .25em; } #content-column .block { border-top: 0px solid #fff; } img.media-element.file-default { padding-right: 0px; } ## Research **Join us on January 25 through April 19 for the [AI for Social Impact Seminar Series](/ai-social-impact). The series will explore how artificial intelligence can contribute to solving social problems and will bring together researchers and practitioners across artificial intelligence and a range of application domains.** We are sorry to report that, due to evolving concerns about COVID-19, CRCS seminars for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester have been cancelled. We will be in touch as new information becomes available. ## **CRCS News** [### Danielle Bitterman (Mass General Brigham) ](/event/danielle-bitterman-mass-general-brigham?occ_id=0)November 4, 2024 | 11:30AM - 12:30PM EST | SEC 3.301/302/303 In Person Evaluating the quality and risks of language models for healthcare There is immense enthusiasm about the potential of large language models to support clinical and administrative workflows in healthcare. In fact, large language models are currently being... event [### Judd Walson (Johns Hopkins University) ](/event/judd-walson-johns-hopkins-university?occ_id=0)October 28, 2024 | 11:30AM - 12:30PM EDT | SEC 3.301/302/303 In Person Targeting vulnerability; differentiating mortality risk to improve child survival Despite remarkable reductions in child mortality globally, more than 5 million children continue to die annually. Most of these deaths occur in low-income and middle-income... event [### Rada Mihalcea (University of Michigan) ](/event/rada-mihalcea-university-michigan?occ_id=0)October 21, 2024 | 11:30AM - 12:30PM EDT | SEC 3.301/302/303 In Person Why AI is W.E.I.R.D and shouldn’t be this way Recent years have witnessed remarkable advancements in AI, with language and vision models that have enabled progress in numerous applications and opened the door to the integration of AI in areas such as... ![Photo of Rada Mihalcea, a white woman with shoulder length brown hair who is wearing a red button down short sleeved shirt. ](/sites/g/files/omnuum6171/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2024-10/Rada%20Mihalcea.jpg?itok=TtfM40kO) [ More Harvard events arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar) ## In the news