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"Algorithm models and machine learning systems. Whether we realize it or not, our daily lives center around them," explained a team of Carnegie Mellon University undergraduate students in ...

The first known use of the word, computer, was actually in reference to a job title, not a piece of technology. In spite of the past trend for men to more frequently take on the job of com...

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Erroneous examples, step-by-step examples of incorrect problem solving, is a pedagogical approach used in only a few fields, such as medical education. Bruce McLaren, an associate research...

Carnegie Mellon University is a place where the future is imagined and re-designed constantly. Roads with self-driving cars, rooms powered by super sensors, and computing directly on your ...

Originally posted on www.cs.cmu.edu by Byron Spice 05/16/2017....

Like the fickle Goldilocks, game players are said to seek a game experience that is not too hard and not too easy, but just challenging enough. Or at least, that has been the general assum...

HCII Professor Chris Harrison and PhD students Gierad Laput and Yang Zhang have unveiled Synthetic Sensors, a sensing abstraction project that allows everyday environments to become smart ...

When you are given a task with a number of possible approaches and no clear requirements, how do you get started? When faced with building software to solve an open-ended problem, it’s oft...

HUMAN-CENTERED TECHNOLOGY COURSES Designing Human-Centered Software 05-391...

The Human-Computer Interaction Institute had a strong presence at the 14th International Web for All (W4A) conference in Perth, Australia, where researchers accepted both the Best Technica...

Have you ever used your skin to adjust the volume for your phone? Can you easily navigate your kitchen appliances without your vision? When was the last time you quickly printed up some fa...