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Myers To Lead Multi-University NSF Grant
NEWSThe National Science Foundation has awarded researchers Brad Myers (Carnegie Mellon University), Margaret M. Burnett and Martin Erwig (Oregon State University), Gregg Rothermel and Anita S...
Three HCII PhD Students Win Awards During International Conferences
NEWSHCII students Martina Rau, Samantha Finkelstein, and Yanjin Long are first authors on three award-winning papers during recent international conferences....
Jeff Rzeszotarski Receives Microsoft Fellowship
NEWSHCII PhD student Jeff Rzeszotarski was one of the recipients of the highly competitive 2013 Microsoft fellowships. There were 148 nominations for these fellowships worldwide, and only 12 w...
Most Internet Users Seek Anonymity Online
NEWSA new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project and Carnegie Mellon University finds that most Internet users would like to be anonymous online, but many think it is not possibl...
HCII Researchers Develop Zooming Technique For Entering Text Into Smartwatches
NEWSTechnology blogs have been abuzz that smartwatches may soon be on their way from companies such as Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft. But as capable as these ultra-small computers may b...
Engaging Online Crowds in the Classroom Could Be Important Tool for Teaching Innovation
NEWSOnline crowds can be an important tool for teaching the ins and outs of innovation, educators at Carnegie Mellon University and Northwestern University say, even when the quality of the fe...
With Wave of the Hand, HCII Researchers Create Touch-based Interfaces on Everyday Surfaces
NEWSResearchers previously have shown that a depth camera system, such as Kinect, can be combined with a projector to turn almost any surface into a touchscreen. But now researchers at Carnegi...
Lomas’ Playpower Scores in McGinnis Venture Competition
NEWSPlaypower Labs, a company co-founded by Derek Lomas, a Ph.D. student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, was one of three companies receiving top honors in the 2013 McGinnis Ventu...
Carnegie Mellon Student Startup Places Payments at Users’ Fingertips
NEWSIt may take two to tango, but payments now are as easy as one touch....
CMU’s Innovation City Celebrates HCII Students at SXSW
NEWSStudents of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute were among the Carnegie Mellon innovators and spin-off companies featured at Innovation City during the South By Southwest Interactive ...
John Anderson Earns Highest APS Honor
NEWSCarnegie Mellon University’s John R. Anderson — whose human thought and cognition research has revolutionized how we learn — has been selected to receive the Association for Psychological ...
Dow and Settles Investigate Songwriting Chemistry
NEWSA hit song is often the product of co-writers who have great chemistry. But the elements that make the chemistry great aren’t always apparent....