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's COVIDcast Offers Lessons Learned for the Future of Pandemic Forecasting
A massive COVID-19 data collection project led by researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's Delphi Research Group not only helped steer ...
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A History of Robotics on Display at CMU's Hunt Library
The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries latest exhibition highlights the history of robotics at CMU and the ongoing work of The Robotics ...
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CyLab Research Selected as a 'Must-Read' Privacy Paper for Policy Makers
A paper by CyLab researchers about how people perceive advanced video analytics has received the Future of Privacy Forum's annual Privacy ...
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SCS Faculty Receive Endowed Professorships
Four School of Computer Science professors recently received endowed faculty chairs in recognition of their work and to support further re...
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Games for Change: CMU Course Strategizes Around Sustainability
When it comes to climate change, a group of students at Carnegie Mellon University are ahead of the game — or, rather, designing it. ...
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Games for Change
CMU course strategizes around sustainability When it comes to climate change, a group of students at Carnegie Mellon University are ahead...
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Account sharing sheds light on social cybersecurity
Visit the original blog post on the Center for Informed Democracy & Social - cybersecurity (IDeaS) website.
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Software-Defined Cooking Using a Microwave Oven
Despite widespread popularity, today's microwave ovens are limited in their cooking capabilities, given that they heat food blindly, resul...
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CMU Researchers Develop Tool To Help Determine When To Reuse Content
Don't reinvent the wheel, the saying goes. But before using someone else's design, at least make sure it will be round.
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CMU Researcher Seeks To Understand the Regret Behind Social Media
It started as a desire to spend less time on social media.
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10 amazing portfolios from Carnegie Mellon students
This post is from the Webflow blog: "We picked our favorite design portfolios from Carnegie Mellon students, made in their classroom, wit...
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HCII at Virtual CSCW 2021
The ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) was held virtually October 23 to 27, 2021. ...
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HCII Researchers To Study Improving Algorithm, Computer Science Education as Part of CERES Network
Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's Human Computer Interaction Institute will collaborate with institutions around the world to ta...
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Innovation by Design 2021 Awards Recognize HCII Projects
Three HCII projects were recognized with four of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design 2021 Awards.
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Put Children In The Driving Seat Of Their Own Learning For Better Results
Children learn better when they are more active in lessons and have more control over their learning, says a new study.
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New Research Shows Learning Is More Effective When Active
Engaging students through interactive activities, discussions, feedback and AI-enhanced technologies resulted in improved academic p...
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Jessica Hammer To Receive Carnegie Science Center Award for Work in STEM Education
The Carnegie Science Center will honor Jessica Hammer for using games to tackle challenging problems and promote STEM education. ...
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Five SCS Students Named Siebel Scholars
Five graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have received Siebel Scholars awards for 2022. K...