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HCII Impacts

Measuring 30 Years of Impact and Innovation from the HCII

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NoRILLA Interactive Mixed-Reality Science for Kids

Protecting Millions of People from Phishing Scams

Grading Your Smartphone Apps on Their Privacy Practices

TapSense Improved Touch Detection on Millions of Smartphones

Millions Learned More Math with Our AI Tutor

Human-Centered Privacy for the Internet of Things

Improved Math Mastery with the Decimal Point Game

Zensors Turns Cameras Into Smart Sensors

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    Howse, Tsui Receive 2025 Stehlik Scholarship

    School of Computer Science seniors Gabriella Howse and Connor Tsui both walk the halls of the Gates-Hillman Centers and mentor their fello...

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    CMU Researchers Help Launch Project To Improve Education

    Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science (SCS) are part of a nationwide project harnessing data from virtual...

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    Hudson Named 2024 ACM Fellow

    Professor Scott Hudson is one of 55 distinguished computer scientists named to the class of 2024 ACM Fellows by the Association for Comput...

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    Rales HCI Fellows Bring Inclusive Technology to the Forefront of Industry

    The Carnegie Mellon University Rales Fellows Program brings together some of the brightest minds from underrepresented groups in academia....

Latest Projects

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    Inkspire

    With recent advancements in the capabilities of Text-to-Image (T2I) AI models, product designers have begun experimenting with them in their work. However, T2I ...

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    VideoMap

    Video editing is a creative and complex endeavor and we believe that there is potential for reimagining a new video editing interface to better support the crea...

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    Auptimize

    Spatial audio in Extended Reality (XR) provides users with better awareness of where virtual elements are placed, and efficiently guides them to events such as ...

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    PrISM: Procedural Interaction from Sensing Module

    There are numerous complex tasks in everyday life, from cooking to medical self-care, that involve a series of atomic steps. Properly executing these step...