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Feb

9

1:30pm

HCII Seminar Series - Dan Weld

Dan Weld

Chief Scientist and General Manager of Semantic Scholar at the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington

"Intelligence Augmentation: Effective Human-AI Interaction to Supercharge Scientific Research" Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence are...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305
May

12

8:30 AM

The Thrill of Discovery: Information Visualization for High-Dimensional Spaces

Ben Shneiderman

University of Maryland

Interactive information visualization provides researchers with remarkable tools for discovery. By combining powerful data mining...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)
Jul

22

9:30am

HCII Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: Kexin Bella Yang

Towards more customized, adaptive and reflective learning environments through human-AI collaboration: Design and evaluation of...
Apr

23

4:00pm

HCII Seminar: Baking Data Into Design: User Experience at Google

Laura Granka

Head of UX Research, Google+

The User Experience discipline has made great strides in recent years, especially towards tablet and...
NSH 1305
Oct

7

1:00pm

CANCELLED: HCII PhD Defense: Jianzhe Gu

This defense will be rescheduled for a later date.
Mar

20

12AM

Mini-4 Audit Grade Option Deadline
Jun

12

10:00am

HCII PhD Thesis Proposal: Jordan Taylor
May

12

12AM

Makeup Final Examinations
Jun

15

12AM

Session One Course Drop or Pass/Fail Grade Deadline; Assign Withdrawal Grade After This Date
Sep

24

2:00pm

THESIS DEFENSE: Julia Schwarz

Monte Carlo Methods for Managing Uncertain User Interfaces Julia Schwarz COMMITTEE Jennifer Mankoff, CMU (Co-Chair)...
GHC 4405
Dec

8- 9

12:00am

Final Examinations
Sep

17

3:30pm

THESIS DEFENSE: Jason Wiese

Evolving the Ecosystem of Personal Behavioral Data Jason Wiese COMMITTEE Jason Hong (Co-Chair) John Zimmerman...
GHC 6115
Apr

22

1:30pm

"Primordial", Ecological Design and the Nature of Things

Mickey McManus

Research Fellow, Office of the CTO, Autodesk

In his current research project, “Primordial," Mickey McManus and his team are exploring the impact...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)
Apr

7

1:30pm

The Challenges and Opportunities for Real-time Ridesharing Services to Address Unemployment Barriers Among Low-Resourced Populations

Tawanna Dillahunt

Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan

Improved transportation is a key predictor for upward economic mobility, and the relationship between transportation...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)
Jul

13

12PM

HCII PhD Thesis Defense: Kelly Rivers

Kelly Rivers

"Automated Data-Driven Hint Generation for Learning Programming" Thesis Committee Ken Koedinger (Chair, HCII/Psychology) Brad Myers...
Gates Hillman Center 6115
Mar

21- 23

5:45pm

MHCI Open House for Accepted & Waitlisted Students

The MHCI Open House is an invite-only event for accepted and waitlisted students in the...
Carnegie Mellon University
Feb

20

5:30pm

HCII Connect

HCII Connect is an informal recruitment event for industry professionals to meet with graduate and...
Newell-Simon Hall, 3rd Floor Atrium
Jan

17

1:30pm

Doing Inclusive Design: From GenderMag to InclusiveMag

Margaret Burnett

OSU Distinguished Professor, Oregon State University

How can software professionals assess whether their software supports diverse users? And if they find...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)
May

12

4:10 AM

No Laggers: the Effects of Network Delays on Real-Time Groupware

Carl Gutwin

Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Saskatchewan

Delay is a fact of life in real-time groupware that operates on the real-world Internet...
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)
Nov

25- 27

8:00am

Thanksgiving Holiday; No Classes

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News & Events

HCII Seminar Series - Dan Weld

Dan Weld

The Thrill of Discovery: Information Visualization for High-Dimensional Spaces

Ben Shneiderman

HCII Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: Kexin Bella Yang

HCII Seminar: Baking Data Into Design: User Experience at Google

Laura Granka

CANCELLED: HCII PhD Defense: Jianzhe Gu

Mini-4 Audit Grade Option Deadline

HCII PhD Thesis Proposal: Jordan Taylor

Makeup Final Examinations

Session One Course Drop or Pass/Fail Grade Deadline; Assign Withdrawal Grade After This Date

THESIS DEFENSE: Julia Schwarz

Final Examinations

THESIS DEFENSE: Jason Wiese

"Primordial", Ecological Design and the Nature of Things

Mickey McManus

The Challenges and Opportunities for Real-time Ridesharing Services to Address Unemployment Barriers Among Low-Resourced Populations

Tawanna Dillahunt

HCII PhD Thesis Defense: Kelly Rivers

Kelly Rivers

MHCI Open House for Accepted & Waitlisted Students

HCII Connect

Doing Inclusive Design: From GenderMag to InclusiveMag

Margaret Burnett

No Laggers: the Effects of Network Delays on Real-Time Groupware

Carl Gutwin

Thanksgiving Holiday; No Classes