The Harvard Computer Society is a student group dedicated to promoting interest in computing and information technologies among members of the Harvard community, with great wit and panache.
Apr 27  Next Generation HCS Systems - In January 2008, HCS received a generous grant from FAS IT to completely rebuild the computer systems that support our popular services. In June 2008, we purchased nearly $25,000 worth of hardware. Now, after almost a year of intense development, HCS-NextGen is here.
Apr 26  Welcome Prefrosh! - The Harvard Computer Society has been a "driving force" in the development and deployment of computers at Harvard since well before the fall of the Soviet Union (or the very least, we've met weekly to talk about computers and technology and eat pizza since at least 1983). We do whatever we're interested in (and, by proxy, whatever you're interested in, if you join us) but we have a number of ongoing and currently active projects that tend to consume our time.
Mar 26  The Art of Ballistic Programming - Come to Science Center Hall D from 5:30PM to 7:00PM on Tuesday, March 31st, to Larry Wall, inventor of of Perl talk about its history and current development! Co-sponsored by SEAS. Join us for an unedited version of the history of Perl, its current development and much wit and panache.

Services

  1. Request an account for your student organization (provides webspace and an email address).
  2. Create a mailing-list for any group of 2+ people you want.

Projects

Ongoing systems work [more info]

  • System maintenance
  • Account services/RT

Emerging projects [more info]

  • hcs-pkg
  • Calendaring
  • Houses@HCS
  • Large scale virtualization
  • Single sign-on, PIN/Kerberos integration

Resources

  1. Tutorials - Follow our tutorials on various HCS account related tasks.
  2. FAQs - Find solutions to the most frequently asked acctserv questions.
  3. Mailman Administration - How to administer a Mailman mailing-list.

Subscribe to Our Mailing Lists

  1. hcs-discuss - A discussion list where we debate everything from politics to programming languages.
  2. hcs-announce - Our announcement list, for hearing about our events.
  3. hcs-jobs - Where we advertise job postings people send us.
  4. hcs-systems - We discuss various internal systems issues.

About HCS

Office Hours

We hold "office hours" every Wednesday from 8:30-10pm at our office in Hilles 307, where we work on our projects, eat pizza, talk about technology, and help users with questions.

Contact Us

Contact with any account related questions, or with other questions. Visit our contact page for more information.