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Kraut Talks Facebook Friends in The Atlantic
More than 70 percent of Internet users are on Facebook. And while the site applies the word "friend" to everyone in a user's network, the ...
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CHI Preview: CMU Leads All Institutions in Accepted Papers
It's still two months away, but Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute is already anticipating a strong showing at the Ass...
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Dow To Explore Collective Innovation Through NSF CAREER Award
Today's big problems — becoming more energy independent or caring for an aging population — can't be solved in a vacuum. And while the Int...
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HCII Director Elected to CHI Academy
Dey Is Institute's Eighth Academy Member HCII Director and Associate Professor Anind Dey has been elected to the CHI Academy — an honorar...
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Anderson To Attend White House Workshop
John R. Anderson, the Richard King Mellon University Professor of Psychology and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon, will participate in ...
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Gizmodo Highlights Skin Button Technology in Best of 2014 List
Gizmodo has named Skin Buttons one of the "Seven Most Important UI and UX Ideas of 2014." The technology — developed by Ph.D. studen...
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Schwarz Named to Forbes "30 Under 30"
HCII Ph.D. student Julia Schwarz has been named to Forbes' "30 Under 30 in 2015 Science" list, which recognizes the movers and shakers who...
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HCII Celebrates Tiniest New Member
The HCII and Entertainment Technology Center's students, faculty and staff gathered recently to mark the impending arrival of the departme...
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Hong Receives HCII Career Development Fellowship
HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong has been awarded the HCII Career Development Fellowship for his research accomplishments and contribut...
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Think Outside the Box? Not So Fast.
Traditional thinking holds that great design concepts stem from sources distant from the original problem. Velcro, for example, came into ...
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Here's to Another 20 Years!
HCII Community Gathers to Celebrate Institute's 20th Anniversary The HCII threw open its doors and welcomed more than 275 of its nearest ...
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Ringly Makes Jewelry Smart
No one wants to be that person constantly looking at a smartphone to check for important text messages or updates. Or the one whose annoyi...
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Harrison, Smart Watch Technology Featured in New York Times
Assistant Professor Chris Harrison was featured in the New York Times article, "In a Small Space, a Big Issue," which discussed current re...
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Privacy Research Makes Headlines
Associate Professor Jason Hong's research into the privacy of smartphone apps has been making news in outlets ranging from the Huffington ...
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Rosé Leads CMU Efforts in $1.6 Million Digital Learning Research Network
Associate Professor of LTI and HCII Carolyn Rosé will lead Carnegie Mellon's contributions to the new Digital Learning Research Network (d...
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Harrison Named Packard Fellow
HCII Assistant Professor Chris Harrison joined 17 of the nation's most innovative early career scientists and engineers as a recipient of ...
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HCII Marks 20th Anniversary With Weekend Celebration
More than 250 faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute will gather this weekend to celebra...
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Hong Leads Effort to Give Apps Privacy Grade
Smartphones wouldn't be so smart without their apps, yet many free apps pinpoint a user's location to deliver targeted ads or share contac...
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MHCI Students Top HackNC
One MHCI team won first place and another received an award at HackNC2014, a software and hardware hackathon at the University of North Ca...