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HCII Is Hiring Tenure-Track Faculty
NEWSThe Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University seeks faculty candidates with a strong track record in research, outstanding academic credentials, and an earned Ph.D...
Redesign the HCII Website! $1,300 in Prizes
NEWSWhat: Challenge to redesign the HCII websiteDue: February 15, 2012Prizes: $1,000 first prize and $300 second prizeThe Human-Computer Interaction Institute website is showing its age and ne...
New HCII Social Space Dedicated As the Kiesler-Kraut Commons
NEWSOn December 2, 2011 a group of appreciative students and colleagues gathered to dedicate the new HCII Social Space as the Kiesler-Kraut Commons in thanks to Sara Kiesler and Robert Kraut f...
Kraut Named ACM Fellow
NEWSRobert Kraut, the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, is among 46 leading computer scientists and one of two School of Computer Science faculty members named 2011 Fel...
Schwarz Takes 1st Place in UIST Student Innovation Contest
NEWSJulia Schwarz, a PhD student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, and David Klionsky, a recent master’s graduate in the Computer Science Department now at Microsoft, took first pla...
Students Design Light Shows for Pausch Bridge
NEWSThe 230-foot-long Randy Pausch Memorial Bridge is both a well-trod connection between the Gates Center for Computer Science and the Purnell Center for the Arts and a symbol of the collabor...
SideBySide Projection System Enables Projected Interaction Between Mobile Devices
NEWSResearchers at Disney Research Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University have devised a system called SideBySide that enables animated images from two separate handheld projectors to inter...
Tiramisu Cited by Intelligent Transportation Society of America
NEWSTiramisu Transit, an iPhone app developed by Carnegie Mellon that uses crowdsourcing to help transit riders know when their bus will arrive, won second place in the Best New Innovative Pro...
Carnegie Mellon Develops Touchscreen Technology That Distinguishes Taps by Different Parts of Finger
NEWSSmartphone and tablet computer owners have become adept at using finger taps, flicks and drags to control their touchscreens. But Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found that thi...
Wearable Depth-Sensing Projection System Makes Any Surface Capable of Multitouch Interaction
NEWSOmniTouch, a wearable projection system developed by researchers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University, enables users to turn pads of paper, walls or even their own hands, a...
Raju Named 2012 Siebel Scholar
NEWSThe Siebel Scholars Foundation has announced that Preethi Raju, a master’s student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, and four other Carnegie Mellon graduate students are a...
Cassell Will Speak at “Summer Davos”
NEWSJustine Cassell, director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, will be among four Carnegie Mellon University faculty members who will make presentations and be part of a mini-docum...