Harvey Mudd Junior Wins National Prize for Research on AI and Introductory Computing (opens in new tab)

Harvey Mudd College student Yuan Garcia ’27 won second place for his AI research at the 57th Association for Computing Machinery Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), held in February. The recognition is a notable achievement for Harvey Mudd and highlights student-led research on one of the most consequential questions in computing education: how artificial intelligence is shaping student learning in introductory computer science courses.