News
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PhD Student’s Twitter Moniker, @BP, Causes Confusion
Bryan Pendleton, a PhD student in HCII, is known on Twitter as @BP. But since the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some Twitter users have...
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Newsmaker: Moira Burke
Moira Burke, HCII PhD student, was the featured “Newsmaker” in the Sunday, May 9 edition of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Moi...
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Small Mobile Devices Can Serve As Own Computer Mice with Minput Sensing Method
The same inexpensive, but high-quality optical sensors employed in the common computer mouse can enable small mobile phones and digital mu...
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Chris Harrison Uses Skin As Input for Mobile Devices
A combination of simple bio-acoustic sensors and some sophisticated machine learning makes it possible for people to use their fingers or ...
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Justine Cassell Named HCII Director
Randal E. Bryant, dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, has announced the appointment of Justine Cassell as the...
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A Little Black Box to Jog Failing Memory
The New York Times reports on work by Anind Dey and Matthew Lee, using Microsoft Research’s SenseCam, to collect images and other digital ...
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CMU to Research Sensors to Track Elderly
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on work by HCII PhD student Matthew Lee and faculty Anind Dey.
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Carnegie Mellon to Test Ability of Embedded Sensors to Detect Onset of Dementia, Infirmity
Carnegie Mellon University researchers in the Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLTC) will embed wireless sensors in the residences of a...
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IEEE Spectrum: Special Report: Robots for Real
HCII PhD student Matthew Lee, along with the QoLT, is included with some of the world’s most creative minds in robotics in the segme...
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Snackbot Featured in New York Times Article
Paul Rybski and Min Kyung Lee work on Snackbot are featured in a New York Times article on “Robo Chefs.”
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Chris Harrison Receives Microsoft Fellowship
HCII PhD student Chris Harrison was one of the recipients of the highly competitive 2010 Microsoft fellowships. There were 176 nominations...
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Aruna Balakrishnan Receives Two IBM Fellowships
HCII PhD student Aruna Balakrishnan received the IBM PhD fellowship and the IBM Fran Allen Fellowship given to just one of the IBM fellows...
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Jason Hong Wins Sloan Fellowship
HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong has been announced as one of the 2010 Sloan Foundation Faculty Fellows. The Sloan Research Fellowships...
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Jodi Forlizzi and Bilge Mutlu’s Work on Robots Featured on New Scientist
The New Scientist featured HCII faculty Jodi Forlizzi and PhD alumnus Bilge Mutlu’s research on domestic and organizational robots in an a...
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Matthew Kam’s MILLEE Project Covered by Times of India and Daily News & Analysis
Both The Times of India and Daily News & Analysis have written about HCII faculty Matthew Kam’s MILLEE project. The Times of India wr...
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HCII Students Invited to CNBC’s Meeting of the Minds
On Monday, November 30, you are invited to attend a free taping on campus of the CNBC special program, Meeting of the Minds. The program w...
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Carnegie Mellon Expands Mobile Learning Project in India
PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University today announced the expansion of its Mobile & Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging ...
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HCII PhD Students Nab Two Top Awards at Yahoo’s Open Hack Day in New York City
Julia Schwarz, Bryan Pendleton, and Chris Harrison hacked together two entries in the 24-hour development period. The team was flown out t...
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Team Wins First Place at UIST 2009 Student Innovation Competition
Julia Schwarz, a first year HCII PhD student, took First Place in the Most Creative category at this year’s ACM UIST Student Innovation Co...
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Chris Harrison Interviewed for The Independent’s “Why touch screens push our buttons”
Chris Harrison, a PhD student in the HCII, was interviewed by The Independent (a British Newspaper) about his work and perspectives on tou...