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Student Spotlights: Jennifer Han and Chris Barker
Because of its interdisciplinary nature, the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) often brings together students from departments a...
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HCII Makes Media Splash at CHI 2016
Many HCIIers headed to San Jose last week for the Association for Computing Machinery's Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI 2016...
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HCII @ CHI: Technique Processes RFID Tag Signals With Speed Sufficient for Real-Time Interactivity
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags are designed primarily for inventory control, but researchers at Disney Research and the HCII h...
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HCII @ CHI: Computer Guides Humans in Crowdsourced Research
Getting a bunch of people to collectively research and write a coherent report without any one person seeing the big picture may seem akin...
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HCII @ CHI: Making the Most of Your Facebook Friends
Everyone has that friend — the one who takes to Twitter or Facebook to ask their followers for advice on a new appliance, questions about ...
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CHI Preview: HCII Researchers Develop Novel Tool for Modeling Human Behavior
Everyone has some kind of routine. Whether it's how you get ready each morning or how you drive your car, routines are behavior blueprints...
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CHI Preview: SkinTrack Technology Turns Arm Into Smartwatch Touchpad
Since the advent of smartwatches, technologists have been looking to expand interactions beyond the confines of the small watch face. A ne...
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Ogan Awarded Jacobs Early Career Research Fellowship
Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) Assistant Professor Amy Ogan firmly believes that the best way to improve educational technolo...
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Student Spotlight: Ph.D. Candidate Nesra Yannier
Nesra Yannier, a current Ph.D. candidate in the HCII, recently presented her thesis project to an auditorium full of entrepreneurs, facult...
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HCII Faculty Participate in University of Pittsburgh Conference
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute had a strong showing at the inaugural Integrative Conference on Technology, Social Media and Beha...
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CHI 2016 Preview: HCII Researchers Get to the Heart of the Matter
If there's anywhere machine intelligence would seem to fit perfectly, it's healthcare. The rise of electronic medical records combined wit...
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Making Smartwatches Smarter
New improvements to smartwatches address significant shortcomings in the initial product. But these advancements — such as built-in n...
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The Future of Education: Virtual Peers
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found a way to improve education for elementary and middle school students.
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CMU Takes First, Second and Third in Security Contest
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) was a force to be reckoned with during the March 12, 2016 Microsoft Build the Shield (BTS) competition at...
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Koedinger Will Deliver Keynote at Learning@Scale
HCII Faculty, Students to Present Papers and Works in Progress HCII faculty and students will travel to the University of Edinburgh next ...
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HCII Highlighted in Huffington Post Piece
A recent blog in the Huffington Post investigates the evolution of human-computer interaction as a field, and specifically calls out Carne...
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Diversity and Innovation Take First Place at Red Bull Hackathon
The inaugural Red Bull "Hack the Hits" Hackathon, presented by the college music and ideas festival RECESS, brought together collegiate en...
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"Understanding Online Communities" Earns SCS Allen Newell Research Award
For decades, Herbert A. Simon Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Robert Kraut has studied how people work together — first in actual ...
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HCII Team Takes Second Place in Microsoft’s College Puzzle Challenge
For ten uninterrupted hours on Saturday, April 9, teams of college students raced to solve challenging puzzles that tested their skills in...
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Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor Amy Ogan
Amy Ogan, an assistant professor in the HCII and an educational technologist, is fascinated by researching ways to make learning more enga...