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HCII Researchers Develop New Approaches to Smartwatches
Carnegie Mellon University's Future Interfaces Group is exploring wearable technologies to make information and communication even more ac...
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Cassell Discusses Quantified Self in Scientific American
The HCII’s Justine Cassell discusses the Quantified Self (QS) and how electronic devices that measure and interpret our physical and menta...
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Researchers Find Real-Time Information From Drug-Monitoring Systems Improves Regimen Adherence
Most people want to take medications as prescribed, even if they sometimes need a little help remembering. According to HCII researchers, ...
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CMU@CHI: CMU-Disney Researcher Invents 3D Printing Technique for Making Soft, Cuddly Stuff
Soft and cuddly aren’t words used to describe the plastic or metal things typically produced by today’s 3D printers. But a new type of pri...
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CMU@CHI: Kinetica Converts Tabular Data Into Touch-Friendly Format
Spreadsheets may have been the original killer app for personal computers, but data tables don’t play to the strengths of multi-touch devi...
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CMU@CHI: HCII, Microsoft Research Explore Slow Technology
Storing and instantly accessing thousands of photos online has become a common luxury, but sometimes the sheer size of these photo archive...
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Das, Laput Win 2014 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
HCII PhD students Sauvik Das and Gierad Laput were one of nine teams to win the 2014 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QinF) ...
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Mankoff Co-Authors Chronic Lyme Disease Study
Chronic Lyme disease is associated with a poorer quality of life than most other chronic illnesses, according to a new comprehensive patie...
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CMU Plans Strong Showing at CHI2014
Watch out, Toronto — Carnegie Mellon is on its way. More than 50 CMU faculty members, graduate students and researchers are on the program...
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NYT Highlights Myers’ Role in Popularizing Progress Bars
A recent Innovation column in the New York Times’ “Magazine” section posed the question “Who made that progress bar?” Part of the answer i...
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HCII Research Cited in WEF’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies List
The World Economic Forum has released its 2014 list of the Top 10 Emerging Technologies, and it cites the HCII’s pioneering research in on...
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Harrison Profiled in Pittsburgh Magazine
The March 2014 issue of Pittsburgh Magazine featured a Q&A with HCII Assistant Professor Chris Harrison. In the article, Harrison disc...
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Bigham Named Sloan Research Fellow
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named HCII Assistant Professor Jeffrey Bigham a a winner of a 2014 Sloan Research Fellowship.
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Cassell Assumes Associate Vice Provost Responsibilities
Justine Cassell, the Charles M.
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Klatzky Earns Charles J. Queenan Professorship of Psychology
Roberta Klatzky, professor of psychology with an appointment in the HCII, will receive the Charles J. Queenan Professorship of Psychology ...
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Das, Laput Advance to Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Finals
HCII Ph.D. students Sauvik Das and Gierad Laput advanced to the finals of the 2014 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QInF) for their proposa...
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Forlizzi Named to CHI Academy
Jodi Forlizzi, associate professor of human-computer interaction and design, has been named to the CHI Academy — an honorary group of indi...
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Apple's Mac Still Influences, 30 Years After Debut
The HCII's Brad Myers (bottom, right) and Jim Morris (top, right) were featured in a recent Associated Press article assessing the impact ...