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  • 2018 Summer Research Program Group Photo

    Human-Computer Interaction Institute Seeks Applicants for Summer Research Program

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    Information 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...

  • four MHCI students facing left side of photo, working on large affinity diagram on the wall

    Inviting Clients for 2019 HCI Capstone Projects

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    Sponsors Needed for Student Projects The Human-Computer Interaction Institute is currently seeking client sponsors for spring semester 2019 projects. ...

  • 2 pictures of MaryBeth Kery presenting  at VLHCC; 1 picture of MaryBeth and Brad Myers and receiving the best paper award

    Kery, Myers Win Best Paper at VL/HCC for Verdant Prototype

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    Mary 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...

  • team of hackthon student winners hold large check for $5000

    Hacking for the Kids at UPMC, HCII students on 1st and 4th place teams

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    Almost 300 hackers gathered in the new Tepper Quad on October 5, many staying for 24 hours straight. ...

  • MHCI class of 2019 group cohort during Pro Sem class

    HCII Preparing for 24-Hour Charity Gaming Marathon

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    CMU Extra Life team to game for good again in 2018...

  • sensors in the kitchen recognize the sound of someone chopping vegetables and displays "chopping" on laptop screen

    Sound, Vibration Recognition Boost Context-Aware Computing

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    New 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...

  • square collage made of 4 images of projects: computer screen with dashboard, watch projecting image onto arm, an interactive wall, and emoto ai

    "Innovation by Design" Awards Recognize Several in HCII

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    Several 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

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    Amy 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...

  • Guo, Laput and Taylor, the 3 Innovation Fellows from the HCII, stand side by side in the lab

    Three from HCII named 2018-19 Innovation Fellows

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    Carnegie 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...

  • white paper actuators in front of black background

    Actuation Gives New Dimensions to an Old Material

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    One 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...

  • 5 BHCI student members of Resy capstone team

    BHCI Alumnae Returns to Sponsor Capstone

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    Aesha 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...

  • Ken Koedinger speaks at the Educational Data Mining Conference 2018

    Several from HCII Involved with 2018 Educational Data Mining Conference

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    From 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...