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HCII PhD Students Return from London Festival of Learning with 3 Awards
NEWSMany experts from the learning sciences and educational technologies communities gathered at the University College London (UCL) Institute of Education in London last week for not one but ...
HCII Hosts Event for Bay Area Alumni
NEWSLess than 48 hours after going online, the tickets were gone....
Four from HCII Receive Google Faculty Research Awards
NEWSSelected from more than one thousand proposals, four faculty members from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute have received 2017 Google Faculty Research Awards. Google hopes these col...
Zhou is Fulbright Winner
NEWSLouise Zhou, who graduated last year with a double major in business administration and human-computer interaction, is one of five Carnegie Mellon University recipients of Fulbright Awards...
Q&A with Greg Coticchia
NEWSGreg Coticchia, the executive director of Carnegie Mellon University’s new Master of Science in Product Management program, recently discussed the joint program between the School of Compu...
Hammer Receives 2018 Teaching Innovation Award
NEWSJessica Hammer, assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, jointly appointed in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) and the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), has r...
Bento Browser Makes It Easier To Search On Mobile Devices
NEWSSearches involving multiple websites can quickly get confusing, particularly when performed on a mobile device with a small screen. A new web browser developed at Carnegie Mellon Universit...
Understanding The Cybersecurity Grapevine
NEWSSocial Networks Are Sources Of Security Tips ...
Thermorph: Flat Materials Self-Fold When Heated
NEWSResearchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used an inexpensive 3-D printer to produce flat plastic items that, when heated, fold themselves into predetermined shapes, such as a rose, a...
Paint Job Transforms Walls Into Sensors, Interactive Surfaces
NEWSSmart Walls React to Human Touch, Sense Activity in Room...
Digital Exhibit Labels: Enhancement or Distraction for Museum Visitors
NEWSDoes a touchscreen display distract visitors from the cultural museum artifacts it supports? ...
Crowd Workers, AI Make Conversational Agents Smarter
NEWSConversational agents such as Siri, Alexa and Cortana are great at giving you the weather, but flummoxed when asked for unusual information or follow-up questions. By adding humans to the ...