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Human-Computer Interaction Institute Seeks Applicants for Summer Research Program
NEWSInformation on the upcoming year is available on the 2020 Summer Research Program website. Application Deadline Is January 15, 2019 The Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) i...
Inviting Clients for 2019 HCI Capstone Projects
NEWSSponsors Needed for Student Projects The Human-Computer Interaction Institute is currently seeking client sponsors for spring semester 2019 projects. ...
Kery, Myers Win Best Paper at VL/HCC for Verdant Prototype
NEWSMary Beth Kery, PhD student, and Brad Myers, professor, won best paper at the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) in Lisbon, Portugal, October 1-4, 2018...
Hacking for the Kids at UPMC, HCII students on 1st and 4th place teams
NEWSAlmost 300 hackers gathered in the new Tepper Quad on October 5, many staying for 24 hours straight. ...
HCII Preparing for 24-Hour Charity Gaming Marathon
NEWSCMU Extra Life team to game for good again in 2018...
Sound, Vibration Recognition Boost Context-Aware Computing
NEWSNew methods help smart devices detect what’s happening around them Ubicoustics Smart devices can seem dumb if they don’t understand where they are or what people around them are doing. C...
"Innovation by Design" Awards Recognize Several in HCII
NEWSSeveral from Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute were honored by Fast Company in its annual Innovation by Design Awards. Two projects from the HCII were final...
Ogan Named to World Economic Forum's Young Scientists 2018
NEWSAmy Ogan, the Thomas and Lydia Moran Assistant Professor of Learning Science at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, has been named to the World Economics Forum's 2018 list of Young S...
Three from HCII named 2018-19 Innovation Fellows
NEWSCarnegie Mellon University’s Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship has named Anhong Guo, Ph.D. candidate, Gierad Laput, Ph.D. candidate, and Brandon Taylor, postdoctoral researcher to this ye...
Actuation Gives New Dimensions to an Old Material
NEWSOne of the oldest, most versatile and inexpensive of materials — paper — seemingly springs to life, bending, folding or flattening itself, by means of a low-cost actuation technology devel...
BHCI Alumnae Returns to Sponsor Capstone
NEWSAesha Shah had been working at the startup Resy for about a year, so the timing seemed right when she saw Professor Bob Kraut’s email seeking capstone sponsors. Having completed an HCI cap...
Several from HCII Involved with 2018 Educational Data Mining Conference
NEWSFrom speaking to event planning, three members of the Carnegie Mellon University Human-Computer Interaction Institute contributed to the 11th annual Educational Data Mining Conference held...