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  • Q&A with Jason Hong, HCII professor

    CyLab Q&A with Jason Hong

    As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact countless aspects of everyday life, CyLab researchers are monitoring its effects on people’s ...

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  • Mayank Goel

    Goel Receives 2019 Google Faculty Research Award

    Mayank Goel, assistant professor with the School of Computer Science's HCII and ISR, recently received a 2019 Human-Computer Interaction G...

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  • side by side headshots of Zhu and Chouldechova

    Chouldechova and Zhu Awarded Research Grant on Fairness in Artificial Intelligence

    The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Amazon have announced that two Carnegie Mellon University researchers have been awarded a resear...

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  • collage of the 12 new AAAS Leshner Public Engagement Fellows for 2020

    Rose, Zimmerman Named AAAS Leshner Public Engagement Fellows

      The 2020-21 Fellows are ready to discuss how AI affects our work, decision-making and well-being The American Association for the...

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  • Greg Bunyea

    METALS Alumnus to Lead Team in Rural Panama

    Carnegie Mellon University learning engineers are heading to rural Panama to help teachers improve student outcomes in science, technology...

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  • faculty advisor and student at poster session

    HCII Seeks Applicants for 2020 Summer Research Program

    Carnegie Mellon's Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Human-Computer Interaction program is an opportunity for undergraduate studen...

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  • Block Center Podcast "Episode 9: Paging Dr. Robot"

    Consequential is a podcast that looks at the human side of technological change and develops meaningful plans of action for policymakers, ...

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  • example of meme with text overlay - toddler clenches fist in front of a smug face

    New Technology Makes Internet Memes Accessible for People With Visual Impairments

    CMU Researchers Develop System to Identify and Translate Memes People with visual impairments use social media like everyone else, oft...

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  • Sharing accounts in the workplace is a mess

    Last year, a team of CyLab researchers explored the account-sharing behaviors of romantic couples and found that some of their practices c...

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  • students stack a pile of boxes in the arms of a teammate to illustate the burden of being a caregiver during a capstone presentation

    Inviting Clients for 2020 HCI Capstone Projects

    The Human-Computer Interaction Institute is currently seeking client sponsors for spring semester 2020 projects.

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  • graphic with multicolored stick figures on a black background, representative of an actual classroom of students at their desks

    EduSense: Like a Fitbit for Your Teaching Skills

    While training and feedback opportunities abound for K-12 educators, the same can't be said for instructors in higher education. Currently...

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  • Block Center Podcast "Episode 4: Fair Enough"

    Consequential is a podcast that looks at the human side of technological change and develops meaningful plans of action for policymakers, ...

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  • 5 directors of the HCII stand in front of a banner and hold silver 25 balloons during the HCIIs 25th anniversary celebration

    Celebrating 25 Years of the HCII

    Almost 400 people celebrated the Human-Computer Interaction Institute’s 25th anniversary on October 24 and 25, 2019 at Carnegie Mellon Uni...

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  • guests watch the HCII retrospective video inside the Warhol auditorium

    Retrospective video debuts at HCII 25th anniversary party

    In 1994, a group of Carnegie Mellon University faculty members created an interdisciplinary, collaborative institute (that's us!) to integ...

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  • Patrick Carrington and others working at the ChairJam hackathon

    ChairJam Puts Spin on Hackathon Concept

    Amelia Li is threading wires into bits of hardware scattered on a table. As she alternates between red, yellow, blue and green, the master...

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  • Sven Mayer looks inside an Enigma machine

    Inside the Enigma Machine

    Researchers had a rare opportunity to peek "under the hood" of the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries' two Enigma machines, opening the ...

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  • Five SCS graduate students have been named 2020 Siebel Scholars: Amadou Latyr Ngom, Junpei Zhou and Eric Wong (top), and Ken Holstein and Michael Madaio (bottom).

    SCS Students Named 2020 Siebel Scholars

    Six Carnegie Mellon University students — five of them from the School of Computer Science — have been named 2020 Siebel Scholars, ...

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  • One-dimensional, "line"-shaped plastic structures produced with the A-line system can bend, fold and twist themselves into predetermined shapes when triggered by heat.

    One-Dimensional Objects Morph Into New Dimensions

    A line is the shortest distance between two points, but "A-line," a 4D printing system developed at Carnegie Mellon University, takes a ...

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  • Bruce McLaren

    McLaren Will Promote Educational Technology in Chile on Fulbright

    Fulbright Program Sponsors Three-Month Sojourn in Valparaiso Bruce McLaren believes the moment is right to raise the status of educationa...

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  • image of gym weight room featuring GymCam green rectangle overlays that recognize exercise motions

    GymCam Tracks Exercises That Wearable Monitors Can’t

    Algorithm Enables Cameras To Recognize Distinctive Exercise Motions Wearable sensors such as smartwatches have become a popular motivatio...

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