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CMU Social Innovation Fellowship officially launched
This student-driven initiative bridges the colleges of Carnegie Mellon and promotes social innovation for impact
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Students Create App To Help Visually Impaired Identify Email Phishing Attacks
Thanks to screen readers, 285 million visually impaired people worldwide are able to browse the Internet by responding to audio readings o...
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Ogan Attends Third Technology in English Conference
Amy Ogan, assistant professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, joined fellow researchers at the Technology in English event; a...
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Koedinger Discusses K-12 Data Security with CSO
Cybersecurity threats and opportunities around student data in K-12 was the topic of a recent CSO article, featuring Carnegie Learning Chi...
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Kulkarni Shares Talkabout Research on CNBC
In a recent article on CNBC, Assistant Professor Chinmay Kulkarni shared his research that is bringing together individuals with very diff...
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Using a Smartphone to Predict the Onset of Depression
In early October 2016, rapper Kid Cudi made the headlines after writing on Facebook that he entered rehab for treatment for depression and...
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HCII & ETC Student Game Brings Home Best Student Game and People's Choice Award
Alexandra To of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) and Elaine Fath of the Entertainment Technology Institute (ETC) brought ho...
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100% Career Placement Every Year for METALS Graduates
The Master of Educational Technology and Applied Learning Science degree is proud to announce that its most recent graduating cohort succe...
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Rello Recieves 2016 New Researcher IDA Award
HCII postdoctoral fellow Luz Rello received the 2016 New Researcher Award during the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) Conference, ...
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Hong on Privacy Concerns after DDoS Attack
HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong, a researcher on privacy and security, calls the recent DDoS attacks a very serious concern.
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HCII at UIST 2016
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute had a strong showing at this year's ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST...
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VizLens –An Interactive Smartphone App for the Blind
Think about the number of electronic appliances you encounter on a daily basis – using a microwave, adjusting the thermostat in your home,...
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ViBand Wins Best Paper at UIST 2016
Human-Computer Interaction Institute Ph.D. students Robert Xiao and Gierad Laput along with Assistant Professor Chris Harrison won a Best ...
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Alumni Spotlight: Sandhya Pillalamarri, MHCI '05
Bringing together computer science, behavioral sciences and design is a signature combination of the Master of Human-Computer Interaction ...
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Rosé Gets MOOCs More Social
Why do so many students drop out of MOOCs before completing the class? This is a question that has interested Carolyn Rosé, associate prof...
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McLaren on Robots: Lifesavers or Terminators?
A recent CNN news article questioned the future of autonomous machines: are they out of control demons or lifesaving robots? While self-dr...
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HCII Ph.D. Jennifer Olsen Recognized as Siebel Scholar
Jennifer Olsen, a fifth year Ph.D. student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), will be joining five other Carnegie Mellon ...
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Twitch Plays Game Design: Audience Participation in Games
To anyone who has played a family board game or turned on a video game with a group of friends in the basement, the idea of watching games...
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Guo Receives Honorable Mention at MobileHCI 2016
Anhong Guo, a Ph.D. student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), received an Honorable Mention at the 2016 MobileHCI confer...