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  • CMU researchers have exploited the sensitivity of the lips to devise a practical new way for people to receive tactile feedback in virtual worlds.

    Over the Lips, Through the Gums, Look Out Gamers, Here It Comes — Or So It Seems

    Lips are famously sensual but, together with the gums and tongue, they are also surprisingly sensitive, second only to the fingertips in n...

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  • CyLab researchers will present two papers at CHI 2022 that examine Apple's privacy nutrition labels.

    CyLab Researchers Investigate Apple's Privacy Labels

    CyLab researchers will present two papers at the upcoming ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems that examine Apple's pr...

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  • As a designer and qualitative researcher, Christina Harrington is devoted to understanding and conceptualizing technology experiences that support health and expand access to marginalized communities.

    Inclusive Design and Research Methods Will Lead To More Innovative, Intelligent Technology

    A few years ago, when Carnegie Mellon University design researcher Christina Harrington was still making home visits for her research, she...

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  • A new course focused on issues of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in CS got its start when a group of grad students decided to create the training they wished they'd received. Those students received CMU's Graduate Student Service Award and will be honored at the university's Celebration of Education on April 28.

    SCS Ph.D. Students Designed, Taught New Course To Make Computer Science More Welcoming, Inclusive

    The Computer Science Department's new course focusing on issues of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in computer science and societ...

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  • SCS faculty members and graduate students will be honored at this week's Celebration of Education Awards Ceremony..

    SCS Faculty, Grad Students Earn CMU's Top Education Honors

    The School of Computer Science will be on everyone's lips during Carnegie Mellon University's Celebration of Education Awards Ceremony on ...

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  • SCS researchers are developing a tool, called EyeMU, that allows users to execute operations on a smartphone by combining gaze control with simple hand gestures.

    Your Eyes Control Your Smartphone With CMU's New Gaze-Tracking Tool

    As more people watch movies, edit video, read the news and keep up with social media on their smartphones, these devices have grown to acc...

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  • Brad Myers shakes Raelin Musuraca's hand as she walks back to her seat after winning an award

    HCII at SCS Founders Day 2022

    Several of our Human-Computer Interaction Institute colleagues were recognized at the SCS Founders Day Awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 5...

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  • headshot of Robert Kraut

    Kraut Named University Professor

    Three Carnegie Mellon University faculty members have been elevated to the rank of University Professor, the highest distinction a faculty...

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  • Kayo Yin, a master's student in the LTI, wants to bring language technologies to all communities, including those that use signed languages.

    From The Link: Beyond Grateful

    Note: Today is National American Sign Language Day, and to celebrate the hundreds of thousands of people who communicate using ASL, we're ...

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  • Aniket Kittur

    Kittur Named to CHI Academy

    Professor Aniket "Niki" Kittur has been named to the 2022 CHI Academy — an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contrib...

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  • a row of three young students seated at their classroom desks, all 3 have their hand raised

    CMU and Shonan Seminar Partner to Improve Classroom Engagement and Learner Outcomes by Empowering Student Focus

    A group of Carnegie Mellon University masters students is partnering with Shonan Seminar Co., Ltd. to provide enhanced opportunities ...

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  • Robert Kraut and Martial Hebert are among three faculty members recently elevated to the rank of University Professor.

    Hebert, Kraut Named University Professors

    The dean of the School of Computer Science and a founding member of the school's Human-Computer Interaction Institute recently received th...

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  • A team of CMU students is part of the 2022 NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) Challenge, which aims to incorporate an augmented reality interface in the agency's next generation of space suits.

    Moon Buddy Team Working With NASA on Spacesuits for Lunar Exploration

    Students working on Carnegie Mellon University's Moon Buddy likely will not walk on the lunar surface as part of NASA's upcoming Artemis m...

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  • HCII researchers have created a new genre of interactive, hands-on museum exhibits that includes an intelligent, virtual assistant to interact with visitors.

    Adding AI to Museum Exhibits Increases Learning, Keeps Kids Engaged Longer

    Hands-on exhibits are staples of science and children's museums around the world, and kids love them. The exhibits invite children to expl...

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  • CMU is launching the Responsible AI Initiative to bring research in this field under the umbrella of fairness, accountability, transparency and ethics, and to apply these principles to real-world applications affecting society.

    CMU Launches Responsible AI Initiative To Direct Technology Toward Social Responsibility

    Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve our daily lives, whether it's by helping doctors better diagnose and treat disease, r...

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  • CMU's Moonshot Mission Control, a new command center in the Gates Center for Computer Science, will provide state-of-the-art equipment to the crews of Iris, MoonRanger and future space missions.

    CMU Building Moonshot Mission Control for Upcoming Lunar Exploration

    As their rovers explore unknown terrain on the moon's surface, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University will watch from the familiar conf...

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  • collage of images of the ~20 alumni selected

    Rising to the Challenge

    CMU launches program to recognize recent alumni making transformational impacts From stages to startups and literary journals to hockey r...

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  • Researchers in the Smart Sensing for Humans Lab have shown that data collected from sensors in smartwatches can quickly train a millimeter wave doppler to recognize human movements and behaviors.

    SMASH Lab Uses Wearables To Train New Privacy-Preserving Sensors

    Data about home sales likely won't help someone looking for a car, just like information about basketball won't help someone playing baseb...

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  • Changliu Liu, Eunsuk Kang, George Chen and Yuanzhi Li have received Faculty Early Career Development Program awards from the National Science Foundation.

    SCS Faculty Receive Nearly $2.5M in NSF CAREER Awards

    Four Carnegie Mellon University researchers in the School of Computer Science recently received Faculty Early Career Development Program a...

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  • The latest issue of The Link, the magazine of the School of Computer Science, is now online and features a wide range of stories about the school's people and research.

    Latest Issue of The Link Now Online

    Researchers sorted through 38 million tweets from more than 7 million users to better understand how climate change disinformation forms a...

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