News & Events
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View our recent news stories below. Looking for an upcoming event? Visit our website calendar to view our public events, including our weekly Seminar Series on Friday afternoons.
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CMU to Research Sensors to Track Elderly
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on work by HCII PhD student Matthew Lee and faculty Anind Dey.
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Carnegie Mellon to Test Ability of Embedded Sensors to Detect Onset of Dementia, Infirmity
Carnegie Mellon University researchers in the Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLTC) will embed wireless sensors in the residences of a...
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IEEE Spectrum: Special Report: Robots for Real
HCII PhD student Matthew Lee, along with the QoLT, is included with some of the world’s most creative minds in robotics in the segme...
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Snackbot Featured in New York Times Article
Paul Rybski and Min Kyung Lee work on Snackbot are featured in a New York Times article on “Robo Chefs.”
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Chris Harrison Receives Microsoft Fellowship
HCII PhD student Chris Harrison was one of the recipients of the highly competitive 2010 Microsoft fellowships. There were 176 nominations...
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Aruna Balakrishnan Receives Two IBM Fellowships
HCII PhD student Aruna Balakrishnan received the IBM PhD fellowship and the IBM Fran Allen Fellowship given to just one of the IBM fellows...
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Jason Hong Wins Sloan Fellowship
HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong has been announced as one of the 2010 Sloan Foundation Faculty Fellows. The Sloan Research Fellowships...
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Jodi Forlizzi and Bilge Mutlu’s Work on Robots Featured on New Scientist
The New Scientist featured HCII faculty Jodi Forlizzi and PhD alumnus Bilge Mutlu’s research on domestic and organizational robots in an a...
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Matthew Kam’s MILLEE Project Covered by Times of India and Daily News & Analysis
Both The Times of India and Daily News & Analysis have written about HCII faculty Matthew Kam’s MILLEE project. The Times of India wr...
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HCII Students Invited to CNBC’s Meeting of the Minds
On Monday, November 30, you are invited to attend a free taping on campus of the CNBC special program, Meeting of the Minds. The program w...
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Carnegie Mellon Expands Mobile Learning Project in India
PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University today announced the expansion of its Mobile & Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging ...
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HCII PhD Students Nab Two Top Awards at Yahoo’s Open Hack Day in New York City
Julia Schwarz, Bryan Pendleton, and Chris Harrison hacked together two entries in the 24-hour development period. The team was flown out t...
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Team Wins First Place at UIST 2009 Student Innovation Competition
Julia Schwarz, a first year HCII PhD student, took First Place in the Most Creative category at this year’s ACM UIST Student Innovation Co...
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Chris Harrison Interviewed for The Independent’s “Why touch screens push our buttons”
Chris Harrison, a PhD student in the HCII, was interviewed by The Independent (a British Newspaper) about his work and perspectives on tou...
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Snackbot and Pittsburgh Featured on CBS National News
Snackbot, Boss, the snake robot, and several other robots were featured in a segment about Pittsburgh and the G20 on CBS national news. ...
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Technology Review Features Research by Kostakos on Crowd Wisdom
A Technology Review article discusses work by Vassilis Kostakos about online recommendation systems. HCII faculty Nikki Kittur is also int...
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Tribune-Review and ABC News Cover Matthew Kam’s Research
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review describes HCII faculty Matthew Kam’s work using cell phones games to teach English. ABC News also featured a...
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Noboru Matsuda and Ken Koedinger Receive $1.9 Million Grant from DoED and NSF
HCII faculty members Noboru Matsuda and Ken Koedinger (with William Cohen at MLD and Gabriel Stylianides at Pitt) received new grants from...
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Bruce McLaren Receives $1.3 Million Department of Education Grant
HCII faculty member Bruce McLaren received a new grant from the U.S. Department of Education IES program (Institute of Education Science),...