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Siewiorek Honored With IEEE's Booth Education Award
March 13, 2018
Daniel P. Siewiorek, the Buhl University Professor of
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Spring Capstones in Full Swing at HCII
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
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Networking Event Connects HCI Students with Employers
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
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SCS Scientists Receive Sloan Research Fellowships
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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HCII Welcomes First Alumni & Corporate Relations Coordinator
February 12, 2018
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
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Crowd Workers, AI Make Conversational Agents Smarter
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
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$2.5m grant received to study the science of teaching
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
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HCII hosts alumni meetup in NYC
December 20, 2017
Thanks to our graduates in the New York City area who joined Lee Hillman, executive director ... Read more
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Valencia named to “Innovators Under 35 Latin America 2017”
December 15, 2017
First-year Human-Computer Interaction PhD student Stephanie Valencia Valencia was named to the ... Read more
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Students apply computing skills to social causes in new course
December 14, 2017
Tiny lights flashed beside a cardboard replica of the Waterfront smokestacks as a new special topics course wrapped up the semester with final project demos in the Kiesler-Kraut Commons lobby of Newell-Simon Hall on Thursday, December 7.
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Koedinger Accepts Hillman Professorship of Computer Science
December 8, 2017
Ken Koedinger, professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute and Department of Psychology, accepted the Hillman Professorship of ... Read more
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Gaming for good, first-time HCII team raises over $5,000 for the kids
December 1, 2017
Team “Carnage Melon” had lofty goals for its first time participating in the Extra Life charity gaming marathon, but it unlocked the $5,000 badge with an hour to spare.
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Alumni Spotlight
MHCI Alumnae Lead Panel Discussion at Grace Hopper Celebration
November 29, 2017
Four Master of Human-Computer Interaction alumnae were selected to lead an HCI panel discussion at the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in October. Class of 2011 graduates Christie Auw, Nisha Desai, Anubhuti Jain, and Syp Vandy Siligato presented, “ ... Read more
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Harrison receives Habermann Chair in SCS
November 13, 2017
Chris Harrison, assistant professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, has been named the A. Nico Habermann Chair in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.
The Habermann Career Development Professorship was established in 1998 in ... Read more
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Carnegie Mellon Names Jodi Forlizzi HCII Director
November 8, 2017
Andrew Moore, dean of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, has appointed Jodi Forlizzi as the new Charles M. Geschke Director of the
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Gaming for good, HCII team prepares for 24-hour gaming marathon
October 27, 2017
From 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 4, until 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 5, someone from Carnage Melon will be awake and playing a game at the MHCI Lab in Pittsburgh, Pa.
No, that wasn't a typo. Carnage Melon is the team name for a group of students, faculty ... Read more
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Inviting clients for 2018 HCI capstone projects
October 20, 2017
Sponsors Needed for HCI Student Capstone Projects
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute is currently seeking client sponsors for spring semester 2018 projects. Capstone projects benefit both parties -- sponsors get hundreds of hours of skilled research and ... Read more
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HCII Professor Earns Most Influential Paper Award for Fourth Time in Six Years
October 10, 2017
A 2006 paper co-authored by Jeff Stylos, then-Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. student, and Brad Myers, professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, will receive the Most Influential Paper Award at the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric ... Read more
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HCII PhD Student Robert Xiao Talks PPP 4th "World Series of Hacking" Win.
August 10, 2017
"The win represents the strength of the team and CMU's dominance in cyber security."
The Carnegie Mellon University cybersecurity team made history at the annual Defcon convention this year in Las Vegas. The ... Read more
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HCII Ph.D. Students Receive CMLH Fellowship in Digital Health
July 19, 2017
Four Human-Computer Interaction Institute Ph.D. students are recipients of the Center for Machine Learning and Health (CMLH) Fellowship in Digital Health. Incoming students Prerna Chikersal and ... Read more
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