In the Media
Myers Mentioned in New York Times
NEWSHCII Professor Brad Myers appeared in the New York Times Magazine section’s “Who Made that Autocorrect?” on Friday, June 6. In the article, which traces the history of fixing text as it's ...
CMU HCII Team Helps Feral Cats
NEWSA team of CMU HCII master’s students is working with local agencies to unite volunteers with the resources they need to rescue feral cats....
Cassell Discusses Quantified Self in Scientific American
NEWSThe HCII’s Justine Cassell discusses the Quantified Self (QS) and how electronic devices that measure and interpret our physical and mental processes will improve our everyday lives in an ...
NYT Highlights Myers’ Role in Popularizing Progress Bars
NEWSA recent Innovation column in the New York Times’ “Magazine” section posed the question “Who made that progress bar?” Part of the answer includes HCII Professor Brad Myers (top right)....
Harrison Profiled in Pittsburgh Magazine
NEWSThe March 2014 issue of Pittsburgh Magazine featured a Q&A with HCII Assistant Professor Chris Harrison. In the article, Harrison discusses why he chose to study human-computer interac...
Apple's Mac Still Influences, 30 Years After Debut
NEWSThe HCII's Brad Myers (bottom, right) and Jim Morris (top, right) were featured in a recent Associated Press article assessing the impact of the Mac computer 30 years after its debut....
MHCI Alumni Develop the Trance App, The Social Dancefloor
NEWSMHCI alumni Julien Altieri, Harper LaFave, Marwa Muhammad and Youna Yang designed and created the Trance App as a way for “letting dancers show off their unique styles, and enabling dance...
PhD Student Will Odom’s Work on Digital Legacy Highlighted in ScienceNews
NEWSPhD student Will Odom’s work on digital legacy, and in particular digital legacy as it relates to bereavement in this technological age, is highlighted in the most recent issue of ScienceN...
Human-Robot Interaction Research Featured in IEEE Spectrum
NEWSResearchers at the HCII have been studying how the manner in which robots communicate affects human attitudes. A IEEE Spectrum article discusses studies by Sara Kiesler, Cristen Torrey, an...
Kinect plus projector makes anything a remote control
NEWSNew Scientist featured WorldKit, a combination of depth cameras and projectors that enables computer interfaces to be created on almost any surface using hand gestures....
“Self-Censorship on Facebook” Featured in The Atlantic, Mashable and Huffington Post
NEWSSauvik Das’s internship work, “Self-Censorship on Facebook” has been gaining publicity. Among other outlets, it has been featured in The Atlantic, Mashable, and Huffington Post....
Analyzing Smartphone App Privacy
NEWSMany smartphone apps collect a great deal of personal information about individuals. Research by Shah Amini, Jialiu Lin, Jason Hong, and Norman Sadeh has been looking at how to use crowdso...