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Improving Medical Outcomes for Heart Transplants Through HCI
NEWSHeart patients who have reached end-stage heart failure may have a pump surgically inserted to help blood flow to the rest of the body. This mechanical implant is called a ventricular assi...
3D Printing Summit at Carnegie Mellon University a Success
NEWSOn January 10 and 11, 2017, the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) co-hosted the first 3D Printing Summit at Carnegie Mellon University. The summit represented an effort by leader...
CMU Social Innovation Fellowship officially launched
NEWSThis student-driven initiative bridges the colleges of Carnegie Mellon and promotes social innovation for impact...
Students Create App To Help Visually Impaired Identify Email Phishing Attacks
NEWSThanks to screen readers, 285 million visually impaired people worldwide are able to browse the Internet by responding to audio readings of image descriptions and text on websites. But how...
Ogan Attends Third Technology in English Conference
NEWSAmy Ogan, assistant professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, joined fellow researchers at the Technology in English event; a conference for researchers and influencers in per...
Using a Smartphone to Predict the Onset of Depression
NEWSIn early October 2016, rapper Kid Cudi made the headlines after writing on Facebook that he entered rehab for treatment for depression and suicidal thoughts. While he’s not as famous as ot...
HCII & ETC Student Game Brings Home Best Student Game and People's Choice Award
NEWSAlexandra To of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) and Elaine Fath of the Entertainment Technology Institute (ETC) brought home two awards from the Meaningful Play Conference ...
100% Career Placement Every Year for METALS Graduates
NEWSThe Master of Educational Technology and Applied Learning Science degree is proud to announce that its most recent graduating cohort successfully reached 100% career placement, a statistic...
Rello Recieves 2016 New Researcher IDA Award
NEWSHCII postdoctoral fellow Luz Rello received the 2016 New Researcher Award during the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) Conference, held in Orlando, Fla., October 26-29, 2016. The fo...
HCII at UIST 2016
NEWSThe Human-Computer Interaction Institute had a strong showing at this year's ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST.) Researchers from the HCII represented nine acce...
VizLens –An Interactive Smartphone App for the Blind
NEWSThink about the number of electronic appliances you encounter on a daily basis – using a microwave, adjusting the thermostat in your home, or buying a snack from the office vending machine...
ViBand Wins Best Paper at UIST 2016
NEWSHuman-Computer Interaction Institute Ph.D. students Robert Xiao and Gierad Laput along with Assistant Professor Chris Harrison won a Best Paper for their smartwatch sensing project ViBand ...