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  • A man with dark hair wears a virtual reality headset and touches his palm, which is superimposed with icons for popular smartphone apps.

    Future AR/VR Controllers Could Be the Palm of Your Hand

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    A new tool from researchers in CMU's Human-Computer Interaction Institute could put control for AR/VR environments in the palm of your hand.The new generation of augmented and virtual real...

  • 2 small flower pots created by 3D printing with spent coffee grounds

    Brewing Sustainability

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    CMU alum Mike Rivera powers up 3D printing with coffee groundsIt took a lot of coffee to power Mike Rivera’s push toward a doctorate degree in human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon...

  • the paper certificate the team received for their HCOMP 2024 Best Paper award

    HCII at HCOMP 2024

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    "Responsible Crowd Work for Better Artificial Intelligence (AI)” was the theme of the 12th annual AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing (HCOMP) hosted here in Pittsburgh f...

  • Fall 2024 issue of The Link magazine on a table, the cover is a close up of the American flag

    HCII Highlights in The Link

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    The Link magazine from the CMU School of Computer Science is now available in mailboxes of alumni and friends, on newsstands in SCS campus buildings, and online. ...

  • Collaged headshots of the nine people who received Google Academic Research Awards.

    SCS Faculty Receive Google Academic Research Awards

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    Nine SCS faculty members have received Google Academic Research Awards: Paulo Carvalho, Motahhare Eslami, Ken Holstein, Zhihao Jia, Aniket Kittur, Ken Koedinger, Maarten Sap, Sherry Wu and...

  • side by side headshots of Ken Holstein and Hoda Heidari, HCII faculty who are co-PIs on this grant

    NIST Awards $6M to Carnegie Mellon University To Establish AI Cooperative Research Center

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    U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced Sept. 24 that the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $6 million to Carnegie Mello...

  • this image collage shows the progression of a past project (robot sprayer design) from brainstoming to low-fi to a colored mock up design on a screen

    HCII Seeks Capstone Sponsors for Spring 2025

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    Apply our future HCI leaders to your organization's challenges next year The Human-Computer Interaction Institute invites companies, startups and nonprofits alike to sponsor a Capstone pro...

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    CMU Students launch HCI Ideas Podcast and Cards

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    Four Carnegie Mellon University undergraduate students took on a special project this summer to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII)....

  • A dark-haired man leans his back against a podium; a chalkboard and many large stuffed animals are behind him.

    CMU Releases Remastered 'Last Lecture'

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    Using AI, a video systems engineer who worked with Randy Pausch revisited inspirational talk viewed by millions worldwideBrian Parker has filmed presidential visits, experimented with cutt...

  • Portrait of Ian Clark, who is sitting on a stool.

    HCII Alum Blends Fashion, Storytelling in Design Work

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    HCII alum Ian Clark used the skills he honed at CMU to cultivate House of Orange, a design firm focused on fashion and creative storytelling.On a vacation to Australia in 2018, Ian Clark k...

  • Mayank Goel speaks at WEF

    Mayank Goel Presents at World Economic Forum Summer Gathering in China

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    Mayank Goel, an associate professor in the Software and Societal Systems Department and Human-Computer Interaction Institute, recently attended a World Economic Forum gathering in Dalian, ...

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    SCS Launches 'Does Compute' Podcast

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    The School of Computer Science's new podcast, "Does Compute," explores how computer science is building useful stuff that works. The podcast delves into the latest innovations in computer ...