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Innovative Program Expands Reach with Grant from Richard King Mellon Foundation
NEWSThe Carnegie Mellon University-based PLUS program, renowned for its innovative human+AI tutoring approach, has received a significant boost. The Richard King Mellon Foundation has awarded ...
CMU Technologists Look to a More Inclusive Future
NEWSThe HCII's William Agnew and Jordan Taylor are just two of the CMU researchers working to ensure that the outputs of large language models represent the communities they reference.As artif...
Siri, It Hurts When You Constantly Misunderstand Me. You too, Alexa
NEWSUsers of voice assistants know the frustration of being misunderstood by a machine. But for people who lack a standard American accent, such miscommunication can go beyond simply irritatin...
CMU at FAccT 2024
NEWSResearchers from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) and several other Carnegie Mellon University schools and disciplines contributed to more than 10 papers accepted to the 202...
Kittur is GeekWire Podcast Guest
NEWSAI, the brain, and the crowd: Research explores new ways for humans and tech to work togetherTodd Bishop, co-founder of GeekWire, recently interviewed HCII Professor Aniket (Niki) Kittur f...
New Search Engine Tool Helps Users Make Sense of Unfamiliar Topics
NEWSHCII researchers have developed a prototype Google Chrome extension that helps users avoid information overload and frustration when performing unstructured online searches for new topics ...
People With Autism Turn to ChatGPT for Advice on Workplace Issues
NEWSA new study shows that many people with autism embrace ChatGPT and similar AI tools for help and advice as they confront problems in their workplaces. But does that use of AI make sense?Im...
Robots Could Clear Snow, Assist at Crosswalks, Monitor Sidewalks for Traffic
NEWSHCII researchers have found that when roboticists and people with disabilities collaborate on robot designs, they generate interesting ideas that could make existing robots more accessible...
CMU Researchers To Tackle Carbon Use, Sustainability Through NSF Expeditions in Computing Awards
NEWSResearchers from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science will contribute to two multi-institution research initiatives aimed at reducing the use of carbon and creating sust...
Wikibench Allows Wikipedians To Improve AI Evaluation Datasets
NEWSWikibench allows Wikipedia communities to collaboratively curate AI evaluation datasets that represent their communities' norms and values while using discussion to navigate disagreements ...
SCS Faculty Earn Google Research Scholar Awards
NEWSSix Carnegie Mellon University researchers in the School of Computer Science received 2024 Google Research Scholar Awards, which support early career professors pursuing research in fields...
CMU at CHI 2024
NEWSResearchers from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) and several other Carnegie Mellon University schools and disciplines contributed to more than 40 papers accepted to the 202...