CMU logo
Search
Expand Menu
Close Menu

News

  • Playtesting in action

    Explore, Refine, Persuade: HCII Faculty Take Playtesting to the Next Level

    NEWS

    The last time you sat down to play a game — either the tabletop or video variety — how much thought did you give to how the game was developed? Did you think about the creators' motivation...

  • Opt412 logo

    CMU, HCII Help Organize Event To Discuss Pittsburgh's Future

    NEWS

    Andrew Moore, dean of Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science, will join a who's who of Pittsburgh to discuss how to optimize the city's future at Opt412, an afternoon of thought-prov...

  • CHI2016 Logo

    HCII Heads West for CHI 2016

    NEWS

    Institute Honored With Seven "Best of CHI" Awards Carnegie Mellon University has a strong presence in Silicon Valley, but the university's numbers will be bolstered when members of the Hu...

  • Cassell Named Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh

    NEWS

    Justine Cassell, School of Computer Science associate dean for technology strategy and impact and former HCII director, has been named a corresponding fellow of the Royal Society of Edinbu...

  • The HCII Puzzlehunt Team

    HCII Team Takes First Place in SCS Puzzlehunt

    NEWS

    The HCII's "Human-Puzzle Interaction" team took top honors in the School of Computer Science's recent Puzzlehunt. Held as part of SCS Day — a celebration of diversity across the entire sch...

  • Hong Delivers Keynote Address at ICISSP 2016

    NEWS

    HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong delivered the keynote address at the 2nd International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy last month in Rome. Held annually, ICISSP ...

  • Robert Xiao

    Xiao Among CMU's Winning Codebreaker Challenge Team

    NEWS

    HCII Ph.D. student Robert Xiao was one of three Carnegie Mellon University students to finish in the top 25 in the National Security Agency's Codebreaker Challenge....

  • Jeff Bigham, Chris Harrison, Jason Hong, Niki Kittur, Bob Kraut

    Faculty Earn Google Research Awards

    NEWS

    Five HCII faculty members have received 2015 Google Faculty Research Awards, which identify and support world-class faculty pursuing cutting-edge research in computer science and related a...

  • NSF Logo

    HCII Faculty Among LearnLab Experts Who Participate in NSF Meeting

    NEWS

    The National Science Foundation recently hosted a three-day conference to celebrate the success of its six Science of Learning Centers, and three HCII faculty members were among the repres...

  • Kraut Earns 2016 SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement in Research Award

    NEWS

    Herbert A. Simon Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Robert Kraut has been named the recipient of the 2016 SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement in Research Award. Presented annually by the Asso...

  • A 3D printed cello bow holder.

    Giving a Hand to Those in Need

    NEWS

    CMU Research Aims To Revolutionize How Assistive Devices Are Fabricated and Distributed Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science aims to change the world — the planet and i...

  • The Dytective Team

    Dytective Named Semi-Finalist in UAE AI & Robotics Award for Good

    NEWS

    A team of HCII researchers has been named semi-finalists for the United Arab Emirates AI and Robotics Award for Good. Launched in 2015, the award aims to encourage research and application...