In the Media
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Health Tech Insider Features HCII Helping Hands
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute's research project, Helping Hands, made an appearance in a recent Health Tech Insiders article. ...
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EdTech Shares HCII Tool That Helps Make Online Courses More Social
Why are community college students in online classes 4% more likely than their high-performing peers to drop out? This is what Barbara Ill...
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Koedinger Discusses K-12 Data Security with CSO
Cybersecurity threats and opportunities around student data in K-12 was the topic of a recent CSO article, featuring Carnegie Learning Chi...
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Kulkarni Shares Talkabout Research on CNBC
In a recent article on CNBC, Assistant Professor Chinmay Kulkarni shared his research that is bringing together individuals with very diff...
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Hong on Privacy Concerns after DDoS Attack
HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong, a researcher on privacy and security, calls the recent DDoS attacks a very serious concern.
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Rosé Gets MOOCs More Social
Why do so many students drop out of MOOCs before completing the class? This is a question that has interested Carolyn Rosé, associate prof...
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McLaren on Robots: Lifesavers or Terminators?
A recent CNN news article questioned the future of autonomous machines: are they out of control demons or lifesaving robots? While self-dr...
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Friends Help Friends Feel Better on Facebook
Personal interactions on Facebook can have a major impact on a person's feelings of well-being and satisfaction with life just as much as ...
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CMU Researchers Advance Ed-Tech Pilots in Pittsburgh Schools
Technology use continues to rise in schools as an important means for teachers to create a more personalized learning experience for stude...
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Operating Your Smart Watch with the Hand That Wears It
Despite the increasing number of smart watches entering the market, these wearable devices are all facing similar challenges for users; sm...
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What's the Difference Between Paper and Digital? The Bigger Picture
If you are reading an article just to get the facts, are you better off reading it online or printing the article? Or does it really matte...
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Cassell and the Advent of Virtual Humans
Meet Sara, the "socially aware robot assistant" that previous Human-Computer Interaction Institute Director, Justine Cassell, brought to t...
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Ogan on Sensors in the Classroom
Carnegie Mellon University, like other colleges and universities, is able to create smaller learning cohorts from large lectures by using ...
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Harrison Comments on Future for Wearables
Product Design & Development recently turned to Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) Assistant Professor Chris Harrison to answ...
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Harrison Explains Info Bulb to TechRepublic
After 130 years of diligently lighting up our homes, light bulbs may be ready for a serious upgrade. Human-Computer Interaction Institute ...
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Hong Discusses Cybersecurity and the Future of IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to be a priority research area for faculty in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII.) In p...
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SkinTrack Turns Your Arm into a Trackpad
The Future Interfaces Group (FIG), a lab directed by Human-Computer Interaction Institute Assistant Professor Chris Harrison, was recently...
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HCII Makes Media Splash at CHI 2016
Many HCIIers headed to San Jose last week for the Association for Computing Machinery's Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI 2016...
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Making Smartwatches Smarter
New improvements to smartwatches address significant shortcomings in the initial product. But these advancements — such as built-in n...
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The Future of Education: Virtual Peers
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found a way to improve education for elementary and middle school students.