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CMU Professors Awarded NSF Future of Work Grant
NEWSCarnegie Mellon University (CMU) has announced that a team of professors from the School of Computer Science (SCS) and the Heinz College of Information Systems, Public Policy and Managemen...
Carnegie Mellon University Launches Center for Transformational Play
NEWSGames can entertain. They can bring people together. They can transport players to new worlds, test skills and strategies, and encourage play. But games can also transform. They can teach,...
Video Game Focused on Community Health Receives Award at Meaningful Play Conference
NEWSOne of the most enduring pieces of advice from beloved children's television host Mister Rogers is to look for the helpers. ...
Neuroscientists and Game Designers Play Well Together
NEWSJessica Hammer thinks the most important technology for making games is the brain....
CMU Helps Simcoach Games Train Next Generation of Change Innovators
NEWSCarnegie Mellon University and Simcoach Games have teamed up to give high school students interested in game design on-the-job training and a first step toward a career in game design, dev...
Spooky SCS: A Round-Up of Chilling Research
NEWSMutant cats, troll hunting and walking through spiderwebs in a haunted forest — some work in the School of Computer Science is downright scary … and it's not 15-151: Mathematical Foundatio...
CMU Presents Internet of Things Privacy and Security Research at White House Summit
NEWSA researcher from Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute outlined an effective Internet of Things security labeling strategy Wednesday during an IoT security sum...
HCII Researchers Awarded $2M Grant To Test AI-Based Mobile Tutoring Software
NEWSHomework can be extra difficult for middle school students facing limited access to technology, lack of parental support or other factors that could hinder their learning....
CMU Team Advances to Final Round of $1M XPRIZE Competition
NEWSDigital Learning Challenge seeks to improve learning outcomes with effective tools Carnegie Mellon University learning science researchers John Stamper, Norman Bier and Steven Moore are...
The Future of Classroom Experimentation
NEWSWith access to some of the best digital tools and learning systems ever seen, it's a wonder that there is currently no easy way for teachers to conduct experiments to see what is working b...
CMU Experts Help Reach Learners in Uganda
NEWSFinancial constraints and physical distance from schools kept more than 75% of school-aged learners in Uganda out of the classroom, even before the COVID-19 crisis. By 2021, the pandemic w...
AI-Powered Museum Exhibit Shows Technology's Potential in Education
NEWSA project from the School of Computer Science's Human-Computer Interaction Institute that uses artificial intelligence to assist children in hands-on educational experiments is one of six ...