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Explore, Refine, Persuade: HCII Faculty Take Playtesting to the Next Level
The last time you sat down to play a game — either the tabletop or video variety — how much thought did you give to how the game was devel...
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Hong Hopeful About Smartphone Sensor Data Project
Sensor data from smartphones has the potential to provide new insight into healthcare, transportation, urban planning and the social scien...
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CMU, HCII Help Organize Event To Discuss Pittsburgh's Future
Andrew Moore, dean of Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science, will join a who's who of Pittsburgh to discuss how to optimize the cit...
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HCII's Human-Watch Interaction Featured in Digital Trends
The HCII's Future Interfaces Group and its work on smartwatch technology were recently featured in the Digital Trends article "Your Smartw...
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The Voice-Activated Future of Shopping
Conversant Labs, a technology startup that works on developing voice-enabled app technology, recently launched an app called Say Shopping ...
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HCII Heads West for CHI 2016
Institute Honored With Seven "Best of CHI" Awards Carnegie Mellon University has a strong presence in Silicon Valley, but the university'...
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Rello Discusses Dyslexia With Wired
Web developer Victor Windell recently created an online simulation that allows viewers to experience what it’s like to have severe dyslexi...
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Cassell Named Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh
Justine Cassell, School of Computer Science associate dean for technology strategy and impact and former HCII director, has been named a c...
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HCII Team Takes First Place in SCS Puzzlehunt
The HCII's "Human-Puzzle Interaction" team took top honors in the School of Computer Science's recent Puzzlehunt.
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Hong Delivers Keynote Address at ICISSP 2016
HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong delivered the keynote address at the 2nd International Conference on Information Systems Security and ...
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Xiao Among CMU's Winning Codebreaker Challenge Team
HCII Ph.D. student Robert Xiao was one of three Carnegie Mellon University students to finish in the top 25 in the National Security Agenc...
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Dey Talks IoT to AV Network
Since last July, Carnegie Mellon researchers have been working with Google to develop a platform to support Internet of Things (IoT) techn...
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Faculty Earn Google Research Awards
Five HCII faculty members have received 2015 Google Faculty Research Awards, which identify and support world-class faculty pursuing cutti...
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HCII Faculty Among LearnLab Experts Who Participate in NSF Meeting
The National Science Foundation recently hosted a three-day conference to celebrate the success of its six Science of Learning Centers, an...
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SweepSense Can Automatically Pause Your Music
For earphone users, pulling your earphones out to address something that's diverted your attention is tedious — it becomes even more tedio...
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Technology Helps Map the World for the Visually Impaired
For the visually impaired, daily tasks like going on a walk, ordering coffee or even navigating a busy college campus to get to class beco...
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Kraut Earns 2016 SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement in Research Award
Herbert A. Simon Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Robert Kraut has been named the recipient of the 2016 SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement...
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Giving a Hand to Those in Need
CMU Research Aims To Revolutionize How Assistive Devices Are Fabricated and Distributed Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer S...
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Dytective Named Semi-Finalist in UAE AI & Robotics Award for Good
A team of HCII researchers has been named semi-finalists for the United Arab Emirates AI and Robotics Award for Good.
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Hong Talks Privacy Day on WESA-FM
How often do you think twice before downloading an app on your smartphone or posting something on the Internet? Chances are, not often. ...