HCII in the Media

The New York Times reports on work by Anind Dey and Matthew Lee, using Microsoft Research’s SenseCam, to collect images and other digital data that can jog the memories of people suffering early-stage Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on work by HCII PhD student Matthew Lee and faculty Anind Dey.

HCII PhD student Matthew Lee, along with the QoLT, is included with some of the world’s most creative minds in robotics in the segment “A Helping Hand From a Robot,” a profile on his work developing an intelligent memory recorder.

Paul Rybski and Min Kyung Lee work on Snackbot are featured in a New York Times article on “Robo Chefs.”

The New Scientist featured HCII faculty Jodi Forlizzi and PhD alumnus Bilge Mutlu’s research on domestic and organizational robots in an article titled “Learning to love to hate robots.”

Both The Times of India and Daily News & Analysis have written about HCII faculty Matthew Kam’s MILLEE project.

Chris Harrison, a PhD student in the HCII, was interviewed by The Independent (a British Newspaper) about his work and perspectives on touch screens. The article, “Why touch screens push our buttons,” appeared in the September 9, 2009 issue.

Snackbot, Boss, the snake robot, and several other robots were featured in a segment about Pittsburgh and the G20 on CBS national news.

A Technology Review article discusses work by Vassilis Kostakos about online recommendation systems. HCII faculty Nikki Kittur is also interviewed.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review describes HCII faculty Matthew Kam’s work using cell phones games to teach English. ABC News also featured a segment about Kam’s work in India.