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Jan

21

4:00pm

Walgreens Customer Experience: From "At" to "Through"

Pete Wendel

UX Manager, Walgreens

NSH 1305
May

15

9:00am

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)

The CMU Digital Accessibility Office invites your participation at their third annual Global Accessibility Awareness...
In Person
Apr

14

12AM

Mini-4 Course Drop and Pass/Fail Grade Option Deadline; Assign Withdrawal Grade After This Date
Nov

21

4:00pm

HCII Thesis Proposal: Yi-Hao Peng

Thesis Title: Zoom: Committee: Jeff Bigham Amy Pavel Jodi Forlizzi Graham Neubig Ming-Hsuan Yang Abstract:
Newell-Simon Hall 3305
Jun

30

12AM

Session One Final Grades Due by 4 p.m.
Oct

15

4:00pm

HCII Seminar Series: Laurel Riek

Laurel Riek

Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Oct

24

12AM

Mini-2 Course Drop Deadline to Receive Tuition Adjustment
Nov

13

1:30pm

Interacting with Personal Fabrication Machines

Stefanie Mueller

PhD Student, Human Computer Interaction Lab, Hasso Plattner Institute

Even though considered a rapid prototyping tool, 3D printers are very slow. Many objects require...
NSH 1305
Apr

12

1:00pm

Special HCI Seminar: Finding Gender-Inclusiveness Software Issues in the Real World with GenderMag

Margaret Burnett

Distinguished Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University

Gender inclusiveness in computing settings is receiving a lot of attention, but one potentially critical...
Gates-Hillman Center 4405
Feb

17

1:30pm

Achieving Real Virtuality: Closing the Gap Between the Digital and the Physical

Daniel Wigdor

As digital interaction spreads to an increasing number of devices, direct physical manipulation has become...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)
Apr

20

4PM

HCII HHI Board Game Meetup

In honor of the arrival of spring (and Spring Carnival), we will be hosting an...
Newell-Simon Hall 1507
Dec

11

9:30 AM

PhD Thesis Defense: "A socio-technical approach to feedback and instructional development for teaching assistants"

David Gerritsen

Committee: Amy Ogan (HCII) (Co-chair) John Zimmerman (HCII) (Co-chair) Ken Koedinger (HCII/Psychology) Marsha Lovett (Psychology/Eberly...
Gates-Hillman Center 4405
Feb

28

2PM

Thesis Proposal: Qian Yang

Qian Yang

Thesis Committee: John Zimmerman, HCII, CMU (Co-Chair) Aaron Steinfeld, RI, CMU (Co-Chair) Carolyn Rosé, HCII...
Gates-Hillman Center 4405
Dec

6

1:30pm

Who is in the Crowd? Characterizing the Capabilities of Prize Competition Competitors

Zoe Szajnfarber

Associate Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering and of International Affairs, The George Washington University

This seminar presents findings from a recent field experiment designed to characterize who in the...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)
Oct

29

4:23 AM

Development and Evaluation of Digital Video Library Interfaces

Mike Christel

Senior Systems Scientist, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University

The Informedia research group at Carnegie Mellon (www.informedia.cs.cmu.edu) focuses on improving access to video information...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)
Oct

16

1:30pm

Seminar: Karthik Ramani

Karthik Ramani

Donald W. Feddersen Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

"Augmenting Humans in Design Fabrication, Robotics, and Workflows Through Spatially Aware Interfaces" The convergence of...
Seminar will be presented via Zoom
Oct

29

4:23 AM

The How and Why of Google UI

Marissa Mayer

Director of Consumer Web Products, Google

Google has centered the design of its interface around user needs and demands. This talk...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)
Mar

24

11:45 PM

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary HCI Admissions Window Closes

Today (March 24, 2021) is the final day to apply for our undergraduate additional major...
n/a
Oct

29

4:23 AM

Constructing activity awareness in CSCW

John M. Carroll

Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University

A contemporary approach to describing and theorizing about joint human endeavor is to posit “knowledge...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)
Jan

21

9:00am

HCII PhD Communication Requirement talks

6 speakers will give talks

Room 104 at 407 S. Craig Street

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News & Events

Walgreens Customer Experience: From "At" to "Through"

Pete Wendel

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)

Mini-4 Course Drop and Pass/Fail Grade Option Deadline; Assign Withdrawal Grade After This Date

HCII Thesis Proposal: Yi-Hao Peng

Session One Final Grades Due by 4 p.m.

HCII Seminar Series: Laurel Riek

Laurel Riek

Mini-2 Course Drop Deadline to Receive Tuition Adjustment

Interacting with Personal Fabrication Machines

Stefanie Mueller

Special HCI Seminar: Finding Gender-Inclusiveness Software Issues in the Real World with GenderMag

Margaret Burnett

Achieving Real Virtuality: Closing the Gap Between the Digital and the Physical

Daniel Wigdor

HCII HHI Board Game Meetup

PhD Thesis Defense: "A socio-technical approach to feedback and instructional development for teaching assistants"

David Gerritsen

Thesis Proposal: Qian Yang

Qian Yang

Who is in the Crowd? Characterizing the Capabilities of Prize Competition Competitors

Zoe Szajnfarber

Development and Evaluation of Digital Video Library Interfaces

Mike Christel

Seminar: Karthik Ramani

Karthik Ramani

The How and Why of Google UI

Marissa Mayer

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary HCI Admissions Window Closes

Constructing activity awareness in CSCW

John M. Carroll

HCII PhD Communication Requirement talks

6 speakers will give talks