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Sara Kiesler Awarded ACM SIGCHI’s Lifetime Achievement Award
NEWSThis year the Association of Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Sara Kiesler. The Lifetime A...
Chris Harrison’s Work Awarded Honorable Mention in the NSF’s Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge 2008
NEWSChris Harrison’s visualization work was selected as runner up (honorable mention) in the illustration category of the NSF/Science 2008 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge and w...
Ian Li Wins Smiley Award
NEWSPhD student Ian Li wins the 2009 SCS Smiley Award for innovation in technology-assisted person-to-person communication for his project Grafitter....
Ron Salden and Vincent Aleven Win Best Paper Award at the Cognitive Science 2008 Conference
NEWSRon Salden and Vincent Aleven of the HCI Institute, together with colleagues Alexander Renkl, and Rolf Schwonke from the University of Freiburg, Germany, won a best paper award at the Cogn...
Dan Sieworek Speaks at 50-year Anniversary of University of Michigan Computer Science Department
NEWSHCII department head Daniel P. Sieworek, ECE faculty Rob A. Rutenbar, and former ECE faculty member John P. Shen were featured speakers at the UM CSE@50 Symposium, which celebrated the 5...
Randy Pausch Recognized by SIGSE
NEWSRandy Pausch is recognized by SIGSE for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education. The award will be presented at the 39th SIGCSE Technical Symposium being held at the Oregon...
Randy Pausch Wins Karlstrom Award
NEWSRandy Pausch is selected as the winner of the 2007 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award: “For his outstanding creative contributions to the art of teaching and mentoring ...
JJ Cadiz at Microsoft
NEWSCarnegie Mellon Alumnus, JJ Cadiz, is now Program Manager on Bill Gates’ technology assistance team at Microsoft....
Randy Pausch Elected to 2007 Class of ACM Fellows
NEWSRandy Pausch is elected to the 2007 class of ACM Fellows. The ACM Fellow program was established by the ACM Council in June 1993 to recognize outstanding ACM members for technical, profess...
Dual Master’s Degree in Human-Computer Interaction Between Carnegie Mellon and the University of Madeira
NEWSPITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Madeira in Portugal will launch a joint program this fall for a dual master’s degree in human-computer interaction that will inv...
Jodi Forlizzi Awarded Habermann Chair
NEWSCongratulations to Jodi Forlizzi one of HCII’s rising stars, for being awarded the A. Nico Habermann Chair in the School of Computer Science....
HCII Collaborates with University of Madeira, Portugal
NEWSBeginning in August 2007, the Human-Computer Interaction Institute will extend its presence to Europe by embarking on a new and exciting collaboration with the University of Madeira, Portu...