March 27, 2019
In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code ... Read more
October 16, 2018
National Science Foundation awards universities $700,000 grant to kick off 3-year research project
SALT LAKE CITY — (October 15, 2018) The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Western Governors University’s ... Read more
October 15, 2018
Wick Editor, a free and open-source tool for creating games, animation and interactive media, is the winner of a $79,120 grant from the Mozilla Open Source Support program.
Started by recent Carnegie Mellon ... Read more
October 10, 2018
Jessica Zhang, a professor of mechanical engineering with a courtesy appointment in biomedical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and ... Read more
August 28, 2018
Over the last two years, Bloomberg’s UX team has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University Master of Human-Computer Interaction program and visually impaired users to prototype next ... Read more
August 20, 2018
May 18, 2017
3D printing has been quietly moving towards a radical revolution over the past several years. While it has already exceeded 5.1 billion, its growth has been relatively slow, and not as disruptive as some might have envisioned. Instead, 3D printing has been advancing to ... Read more
May 16, 2017
What does a gorilla, toppling towers and a postdoctoral fellow from Carnegie Mellon University have in common? They are all part of the mixed platform game, NoRilla, that teachers young students physics. Nesra Yannier ... Read more
April 28, 2017
There's no such thing as a free lunch or a free service that bundles subscriptions, as was recently reaffirmed by Unroll.Me's media coverage. Unroll.Me is marketed as a free service that helps users manage and weed out junk mail, and recently came into the spotlight for ... Read more
March 9, 2017
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute's research project, Helping Hands, made an appearance in a recent Health Tech Insiders article. This project, led by HCII ... Read more
March 6, 2017
Why are community college students in online classes 4% more likely than their high-performing peers to drop out? This is what Barbara Illowsky, a mathematics professor and chief academic affairs officer at DeAnza College, wanted to know. The drop out rate for online ... Read more
December 13, 2016
In a recent article on CNBC, Assistant Professor Chinmay Kulkarni shared his research that is bringing together individuals with very different viewpoints. Kulkarni's research focuses on building technology that can support and improve how people live and learn. So he ... Read more
October 26, 2016
HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong, a researcher on privacy and security, calls the ... Read more
October 11, 2016
Why do so many students drop out of MOOCs before completing the class? This is a question that has interested Carolyn Rosé, associate professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute and ... Read more
October 10, 2016
A recent CNN news article questioned the future of autonomous machines: are they out of control demons or lifesaving robots? While self-driving cars may be new ... Read more
September 9, 2016
Personal interactions on Facebook can have a major impact on a person's feelings of well-being and satisfaction with life just as much as getting married or having a baby, a new study by Carnegie Mellon University and Facebook researchers shows.
But not just any ... Read more
August 12, 2016
Technology use continues to rise in schools as an important means for teachers to create a more personalized learning experience for students. Schools are increasingly dedicating significant budgets to apply ... Read more
August 1, 2016
Despite the increasing number of smart watches entering the market, these wearable devices are all facing similar challenges for users; small screen sizes and limiting device operation to one hand are just two of the common issues that frustrate watch users. However, ... Read more
July 18, 2016
If you are reading an article just to get the facts, are you better off reading it online or printing the article? Or does it really matter? Geoff Kaufman, assistant professor in the Human-Computer Interaction ... Read more
July 13, 2016
Meet Sara, the "socially aware robot assistant" that previous Human-Computer Interaction Institute Director, Justine Cassell, brought to the Annual Meeting of Champions, hosted by the World Economics Forum. ... Read more
