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Myers Named HCII Director
Martial Hebert, dean of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science (SCS), has appointed Brad Myers as the new Charles M. ...
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Hong Named 2022 ACM Fellow
Professor Jason Hong from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science has been recognized a fellow of the Association for Co...
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CMU Professors Awarded NSF Future of Work Grant
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has announced that a team of professors from the School of Computer Science (SCS) and the Heinz College o...
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Carnegie Mellon University Launches Center for Transformational Play
Games can entertain. They can bring people together. They can transport players to new worlds, test skills and strategies, and encourage p...
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HCII Seeks Applicants for 2023 Summer Research Program
Application now available for Summer 2023 About the Program Carnegie Mellon's Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Human-Computer ...
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Video Game Focused on Community Health Receives Award at Meaningful Play Conference
One of the most enduring pieces of advice from beloved children's television host Mister Rogers is to look for the helpers.
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CMU Helps Simcoach Games Train Next Generation of Change Innovators
Carnegie Mellon University and Simcoach Games have teamed up to give high school students interested in game design on-the-job training an...
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Neuroscientists and Game Designers Play Well Together
Jessica Hammer thinks the most important technology for making games is the brain.
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Spooky SCS: A Round-Up of Chilling Research
Mutant cats, troll hunting and walking through spiderwebs in a haunted forest — some work in the School of Computer Science is downright s...
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CMU Presents Internet of Things Privacy and Security Research at White House Summit
A researcher from Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute outlined an effective Internet of Things security labe...
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HCII Researchers Awarded $2M Grant To Test AI-Based Mobile Tutoring Software
Homework can be extra difficult for middle school students facing limited access to technology, lack of parental support or other factors ...
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AI-Powered Museum Exhibit Shows Technology's Potential in Education
A project from the School of Computer Science's Human-Computer Interaction Institute that uses artificial intelligence to assist children ...
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Machine Learning Model Predicts Health Conditions of People With MS During Stay-at-Home Periods
Research led by Carnegie Mellon University has developed a model that can accurately predict how stay-at-home orders like those put in pla...
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CMU Team Advances to Final Round of $1M XPRIZE Competition
Digital Learning Challenge seeks to improve learning outcomes with effective tools Carnegie Mellon University learning science research...
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Five SCS Students Named Siebel Scholars
Five graduate students in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have been named Siebel Scholars for 2023. Victoria Dean,...
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The Future of Classroom Experimentation
With access to some of the best digital tools and learning systems ever seen, it's a wonder that there is currently no easy way for teache...
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CMU Experts Help Reach Learners in Uganda
Financial constraints and physical distance from schools kept more than 75% of school-aged learners in Uganda out of the classroom, even b...
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SCS Maintains Top Ranking for Computer Science From U.S. News and World Report
Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science maintained its No. 1 overall position for undergraduate computer science in U...
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Discerning the Influence of Gender in the Effectiveness of Learning Games
Eight years ago, Bruce McLaren's research team worked with Jodi Forlizzi, the Herbert A.
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CMU Team Celebrates Sixth Super Bowl of Hacking Win
Carnegie Mellon University recently showed off its computer security talent by winning DEF CON's Capture the Flag competition — the "Super...
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HCII Software Uses AI To Get Students To Do More Math
Software designed by members of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute's (HCII) LearnLab to improve math learning outcomes for marginali...
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Summer 2022 Edition of The Link Now Online
Good work isn't enough for School of Computer Science faculty, students and staff.
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HCII Students Seek To Increase Workplace Gratitude With Co-Orb
Thanking co-workers through Slack or Teams is a nice gesture, but it doesn't measure up to saying it to them in person. But remote work ha...
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CMU's Livehoods Project Honored for Contributions to Understanding Cities
Location data is collected everywhere. Social media posts, Bluetooth or WiFi connections, ATM or credit card transactions, and many more a...
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From The Link: Heated Conversations, Cold Realities
In 2017, about the time the United States signaled its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation, chatter on social...
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The Global Reach of CMU AI
Global health care, the future of transportation, food security, consumer privacy in a networked world. As intractable problems accrue and...
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CMU Researchers Develop Algorithm To Divvy Up Tasks for Human-Robot Teams
As robots increasingly join people on the factory floor, in warehouses and elsewhere on the job, dividing up who will do which tasks grows...
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New Research Offers Recommendations for Integrating Autonomous Driving Tech Into Public Transportation
Autonomous vehicle technology likely won't replace the workers behind the wheels of buses, vans and other vehicles shuttling people around...
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Klatzky Elected Into National Academy of Sciences
Roberta Klatzky — an expert in cognition whose research examines the relationships between human perception and action — has been elected ...
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SCS Seniors Shine as Scholar Athletes
Nadia Susanto and Michael OBroin will both earn degrees from the School of Computer Science during Carnegie Mellon University's upcoming C...
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