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  • Ken Koedinger is seated in Hillman Professorship chair, while interim CMU president, dean of SCS, and director of HCII stand behind him

    Koedinger Accepts Hillman Professorship of Computer Science

    Ken Koedinger, professor in the

  • HCII students and faculty present fundraising check to UPMC Children's Hospital

    Gaming for good, first-time HCII team raises over $5,000 for the kids

    Team “Carnage Melon” had lofty goals for its first time participating in the Extra Life charity gaming marathon, but it unlocked the $5,00...

  • Panelists Nisha Desai, Syp Vandy Siligato, Christie Auw, and Anubhuti Jain

    MHCI Alumnae Lead Panel Discussion at Grace Hopper Celebration

    Four Master of Human-Computer Interaction alumnae were selected to lead an HCI panel discussion at the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Wo...

  • Chris Harrison stands beside his new CMU chair after being named the 2017 Habermann Chair

    Harrison receives Habermann Chair in SCS

    Chris Harrison, assistant professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, has been named the A. Nico Habermann Chair in the School ...

  • Jodi Forlizzi

    Carnegie Mellon Names Jodi Forlizzi HCII Director

    Andrew Moore, dean of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, has appointed Jodi Forlizzi as the new Charles M.

  • MHCI class of 2018 group photo

    Gaming for good, HCII team prepares for 24-hour gaming marathon

    From 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 4, until 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 5, someone from Carnage Melon will be awake and playing a game...

  • five students diagramming with colorful note paper on both walls of a narrow hallway

    Inviting clients for 2018 HCI capstone projects

    Sponsors Needed for HCI Student Capstone Projects The Human-Computer Interaction Institute is currently seeking client sponsors for sprin...

  • Brad Myers and Jeff Stylos receive Most Influential Paper Award

    HCII Professor Earns Most Influential Paper Award for Fourth Time in Six Years

    A 2006 paper co-authored by Jeff Stylos, then-Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. student, and Brad Myers, professor in the Human-Computer In...

  • Group selfie of the PPP team

    HCII PhD Student Robert Xiao Talks PPP 4th "World Series of Hacking" Win.

    "The win represents the strength of the team and CMU's dominance in cyber security."

  • HCII Ph.D. Students Receive CMLH Fellowship in Digital Health

    Four Human-Computer Interaction Institute Ph.D. students are recipients of the Center for Machine Learning and Health (CMLH) Fellowship in...

  • Crash Course Computer Science graphic

    HCII Faculty Writers of Crash Course in Computer Science

    The first known use of the word, computer, was actually in reference to a job title, not a piece of technology. In spite of the past trend...

  • Facebook display with three stories

    ChromeView: A Plugin Designed to Fight Selective Exposure

    "Algorithm models and machine learning systems. Whether we realize it or not, our daily lives center around them," explained a team of Car...

  • Student demonstrating secret knock

    Skip the Password, Use "Secret Knock" Instead

    Article originally posted on www.cs.cmu.edu In the days of Prohibition, thirsty men and women used a secret knock to enter speakeasies. O...

  • Bedri and Zhang presenting

    HCII Students Bedri and Zhang Win Qualcomm Fellowship

    Human-Computer Interaction Institute Ph.D students Abdelkareem Bedri and Yang Zhang are the recipients of this year's Qualcomm Fellowship....

  • Child interacting with IPad

    RoboTutor Advances to Global Learning XPRIZE Semifinals

    RoboTutor, educational technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University that teaches children basic math and reading skills, has been na...

  • Jason Hong Explains How AI Will Invoke New Hack Attacks

    Jason Hong, associate professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, recently shared his thoughts with SD Times about the rising i...

  • McLaren Receives NSF Grant to Data Mine Learning from Erroneous Examples

    Erroneous examples, step-by-step examples of incorrect problem solving, is a pedagogical approach used in only a few fields, such as medic...

  • Jeffrey Bigham Future Leader of Computer Science

    Carnegie Mellon University is a place where the future is imagined and re-designed constantly. Roads with self-driving cars, rooms powered...

  • 3D printed bow device for cello

    Jennifer Mankoff Discusses 3D Printing With Forbes

    3D printing has been quietly moving towards a radical revolution over the past several years. While it has already exceeded 5.1 billion, i...

  • Yannier with NoRILLA

    Nesra Yannier Talks Earthshake to 90.5 WESA

    What does a gorilla, toppling towers and a postdoctoral fellow from Carnegie Mellon University have in common? They are all part of the mi...