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HCIIers Take Second Place in Accessibility Hackathon
NEWSThree HCII Ph.D. students teamed up with peers from the University of Maryland to take second place in evoHaX SE last month. The hackathon, which focused on building wearable accessible te...
HCII, Disney Research Design System That Recognizes Objects Touched by User
NEWSA new technology developed by researchers in the HCII and Disney Research could enable smartwatches to automatically recognize what objects users are touching — for instance, whether the ...
Dey Delivers Closing Keynote at ASC 2015 Fall Convention
NEWSHCII Director Anind Dey delivered the closing keynote address last month at the 2015 Adhesive and Sealant Fall Convention and Expo. Held in Pittsburgh, the three-day event featured several...
Kittur, Kraut Earn NSF Grant to Study Analogical Innovation
NEWSGreat innovations in science and technology often result from analogy. Someone may see a video online or read an article that inspires them to create the Next Big Thing — like the mechanic...
Transit App Earns Small Business Innovation Research Grant
NEWSA team of Carnegie Mellon researchers that includes HCII Associate Professor John Zimmerman has earned a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitat...
HCII Researchers Fabricate Hair With Inexpensive 3-D Printer
NEWS3-D printers typically produce hard plastic objects, but HCII researchers have found a way to produce hair-like strands, fibers and bristles using a common, low-cost printer. The technique...
Dow Receives Cyberlearning Grant
NEWSSteven Dow, an assistant professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, will receive a $449K grant for three years to design and develop a set of comp...
Cassell Explores Impact of Fourth Industrial Revolution at WEF Summit
NEWSThe Fourth Industrial Revolution is already upon us and Justine Cassell, associate vice provost for technology strategy and impact and HCII professor, joined other thought leaders to explo...
Study Shows Game Design Can Reduce Stereotypes, Social Biases
NEWSHCII Assistant Professor Geoff Kaufman, who joined the department this semester from Dartmouth's Tiltfactor Lab, is making headlines for a study that demonstrates how games can have a posi...
Louw Receives NSF Grant for Citizen Science
NEWSLearning Media Design Center Director and HCII faculty member Marti Louw will receive a three-year, $1.7 million National Science Foundation award to develop and study a cyberlearning tool...
Forlizzi to Deliver Keynote at DeSForM 2015
NEWSJodi Forlizzi, professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) and School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, will be one of the keynote speakers at the 9th Internal Conf...
Ogan Helps State Department Improve English Education
NEWSHelping people learn American English is an integral part of U.S. public diplomacy, and HCII Assistant Professor Amy Ogan is part of a new working group that will help the U.S. Department ...