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  • student wearing VR headset on face touches the face of a lion statue while wires connect fingers to the Wireality device on her shoulder

    New Device Simulates Feel of Walls, Solid Objects in Virtual Reality

    Strings Attached to Hand, Fingers Create More Realistic Haptic Feedback Today's virtual reality systems can create immersive visual expe...

  • HCII logo and CHI 2020 logo with Hawaiian flower side by side

    HCII Research Accepted to CHI 2020

      The international ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (also known as CHI) was scheduled to take place this we...

  • Jason Hong Named to CHI Academy

      Professor Jason Hong has been named to the 2020 CHI Academy, an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributi...

  • HCII and CHI logos side by side

    Virtual Talks from CHI 2020

      The 2020 international ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) was scheduled to take place this week (April...

  • screenshot of the COVIDcast website: a map of the US with counties colored to show variations in COVID data

    Carnegie Mellon Unveils Five Interactive COVID-19 Maps

    Carnegie Mellon University today unveiled five interactive maps displaying real-time information on symptoms, doctor visits, medical tes...

  • Jessica Hammer

    Hammer Earns NSF CAREER Award

    Jessica Hammer, the Thomas and Lydia Moran Assistant Professor of Learning Science in the School of Computer Science's Human-Computer Inte...

  • Five female AI researchers stand in the bridge between NSH and Gates

    The Future of AI is Female

    Showcasing CMU's women in AI research across the career continuum Carnegie Mellon University has shaped artificial intelligence (AI) fr...

  • young student smiles while sitting at desk with laptop and extra screen and playing a game online

    Game Developers Level Up as COVID Pushes People Home

    With many stuck in their homes as cities around the world try to reduce transmission of COVID-19, people are turning to games as a way to ...

  • 4 students at a table during the hackathon & show their laptop screens while working on Lucid Drums

    HCII Students’ Game Wins "Most Creative" at TreeHacks

    Lucid Drums earned Most Creative Hack and finished in Top 8

  • image of airport cafe with crowded area highlighted in a rectangular box

    CMU Spinoff Offers AI Platform To Help Governments Address COVID-19

    People who manage public facilities and spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic have lots of new questions that artificial intelligence and ...

  • Q&A with Jason Hong, HCII professor

    CyLab Q&A with Jason Hong

    As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact countless aspects of everyday life, CyLab researchers are monitoring its effects on people’s ...

  • Mayank Goel

    Goel Receives 2019 Google Faculty Research Award

    Mayank Goel, assistant professor with the School of Computer Science's HCII and ISR, recently received a 2019 Human-Computer Interaction G...

  • side by side headshots of Zhu and Chouldechova

    Chouldechova and Zhu Awarded Research Grant on Fairness in Artificial Intelligence

    The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Amazon have announced that two Carnegie Mellon University researchers have been awarded a resear...

  • collage of the 12 new AAAS Leshner Public Engagement Fellows for 2020

    Rose, Zimmerman Named AAAS Leshner Public Engagement Fellows

      The 2020-21 Fellows are ready to discuss how AI affects our work, decision-making and well-being The American Association for the...

  • Greg Bunyea

    METALS Alumnus to Lead Team in Rural Panama

    Carnegie Mellon University learning engineers are heading to rural Panama to help teachers improve student outcomes in science, technology...

  • faculty advisor and student at poster session

    HCII Seeks Applicants for 2020 Summer Research Program

    Carnegie Mellon's Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Human-Computer Interaction program is an opportunity for undergraduate studen...

  • Block Center Podcast "Episode 9: Paging Dr. Robot"

    Consequential is a podcast that looks at the human side of technological change and develops meaningful plans of action for policymakers, ...

  • example of meme with text overlay - toddler clenches fist in front of a smug face

    New Technology Makes Internet Memes Accessible for People With Visual Impairments

    CMU Researchers Develop System to Identify and Translate Memes People with visual impairments use social media like everyone else, oft...

  • Sharing accounts in the workplace is a mess

    Last year, a team of CyLab researchers explored the account-sharing behaviors of romantic couples and found that some of their practices c...

  • students stack a pile of boxes in the arms of a teammate to illustate the burden of being a caregiver during a capstone presentation

    Inviting Clients for 2020 HCI Capstone Projects

    The Human-Computer Interaction Institute is currently seeking client sponsors for spring semester 2020 projects.