In 2011, trawling YouTube for other course material, Guimaraes clicked on a lecture from Harvard’s introductory computer-science class, CS50, which was taught by a young professor named David Malan.

In 2025, pursuing research in computer science is more accessible than ever, thanks to sophisticated AI-powered research assistants, open-access repositories, and real-time collaborative environments.

Computer science education will probably focus less on coding and more on computational thinking and A.I. literacy, said Mary Lou Maher, a director of the Computing Research Association.