April 25, 2018
Searches involving multiple websites can quickly get confusing, particularly when performed on a mobile device with a small screen. A new web browser developed at Carnegie Mellon University now brings order to complex searches in a way not possible with conventional ... Read more
April 24, 2018
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used an inexpensive 3-D printer to produce flat plastic items that, when heated, fold themselves into predetermined shapes, such as a rose, a boat or even a bunny.
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April 24, 2018
Social Networks Are Sources Of Security Tips
When people get word of an online data breach, men are far more likely to share that news with their colleagues and women are much more likely to share it with family and significant others, researchers at ... Read more
April 23, 2018
Smart Walls React to Human Touch, Sense Activity in Room
Walls are what they are — big, dull dividers. With a few applications of conductive paint and some electronics, however, walls can become smart infrastructure that sense human touch, and detect ... Read more
April 23, 2018
Over 3,000 of the world’s top researchers, scientists, and designers are traveling to Montréal this week for CHI 2018, the ... Read more
April 23, 2018
Does a touchscreen display distract visitors from the cultural museum artifacts it supports?
A team of learning scientists and computer scientists collaborated with museum curators to analyze the role of digital display technology in ... Read more
April 18, 2018
Sara Kiesler, Hillman Chair Emerita of Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, has been elected to the American ... Read more
April 16, 2018
Using mixed-reality to reimagine the classroom from both sides -- an Intelligent Science Station for students and smart glasses for teachers -- earned Gold Awards for an HCII PhD student and Postdoc ... Read more
April 14, 2018
“It’s like all of March Madness in one weekend,” said Patrick Carrington, postdoctoral research fellow at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, of the National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (NWBT ... Read more
March 20, 2018
Lining Yao came of age in a small village in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Like most families in her town, she
March 19, 2018
Uprooting beets on an augmented reality farm could soon help recovering stroke victims improve their motor skills if a team of human-computer interaction students receives enough votes by tomorrow night. The team of three Carnegie Mellon HCI students ... Read more
March 17, 2018
Look closer -- the sixteen squares of a quilt found in 3513 Newell-Simon Hall share a quarter-century of technological developments and the birth of the wearable computing industry.
The quilt, which belongs to ... Read more
March 13, 2018
Daniel P. Siewiorek, the Buhl University Professor of
March 12, 2018
For several of the majors in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, the spring semester is synonymous with capstone projects. And now that spring break is upon us, capstone projects are well underway for Carnegie Mellon University students in the ... Read more
February 28, 2018
From undergrads to PhDs, more than 110 students attended the Human-Computer Interaction Institute’s informal networking event, HCII Connect, last week. The third annual event was held on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 in the Atrium of Newell-Simon ... Read more
February 15, 2018
School of Computer Science faculty members Chris Harrison, Bryan Parno, Andrew Pavlo and Andreas Pfenning have received 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships, which honor
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Human-Computer Interaction Institute alumni may have noticed that messages from the alumni listserv are coming from a new, yet familiar name. The HCII team is excited to announce Jessica Stanley as the HCII’s ... Read more
February 8, 2018
Conversational agents such as Siri, Alexa and Cortana are great at giving you the weather, but flummoxed when asked for unusual information or follow-up questions. By adding humans to the loop, Carnegie Mellon University researchers have created a conversational agent ... Read more
January 18, 2018
A new, five-year, $2.5 million research grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation has been awarded to a team led by Carnegie Mellon University assistant professor Amy Ogan to study teacher learning in high-need settings ... Read more
December 20, 2017
Thanks to our graduates in the New York City area who joined Lee Hillman, executive director ... Read more
