News & Events
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View our recent news stories below. Looking for an upcoming event? Visit our website calendar to view our public events, including our weekly Seminar Series on Friday afternoons.
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MHCI Students Finalists in ACM SIGCHI 2017 Design Competition
In any given day, how many actions or activities do you complete without pausing to think? Whether it's remembering each step to make a cu...
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HCII Alumnus Jacob Wobbrock to Receive the SIGCHI Social Impact Award at CHI 2017
"Too often, people with disabilities have to adapt themselves to the ‘ability assumptions’ of their computing systems, but I wanted to rev...
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Game Puts You in Berlin During 1943 Women’s Protest of Nazi Germany
It is Feb. 27, 1943, in Berlin. Anneliese Edelman returns home with some fish, a rare treat for dinner. Her husband, Max, should be back ...
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Hong Shares 3 Ways to Check Data Privacy on MSN Money
There's no such thing as a free lunch or a free service that bundles subscriptions, as was recently reaffirmed by Unroll.Me's media covera...
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F17 Human-Centered Courses for CS Students
HUMAN-CENTERED TECHNOLOGY COURSES Designing Human-Centered Software 05-391 Instructor: Chris Harrison
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Meet MHCI Alumnus Dave Luetger
Dave Luetger is a 2013 graduate from the Master of Human-Computer Interaction (MHCI) at Carnegie Mellon University. While completing his u...
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HCII Collects Best Paper and Accessibility Challenge Awards at W4A
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute had a strong presence at the 14th International Web for All (W4A) conference in Perth, Australia,...
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HCII Hosts First Demo Day This Thursday
Have you ever used your skin to adjust the volume for your phone? Can you easily navigate your kitchen appliances without your vision? Whe...
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HCII Ph.D. Student Cole Gleason Receives 2017 NSF Fellowship
Human-Computer Interaction Institute Ph.D. student Cole Gleason will be receiving the 2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) for his ...
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The MHCI Program Welcomes Lee Hillman and Skip Shelly to Leadership Team
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute is excited to announce additional leadership for the Master of Human-Computer Interaction program...
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Mankoff to present “Andy Talk” on Innovation Research at CMU’s Energy Week
Human-Computer Interaction Institute Professor Jen Mankoff will present a 20 minute "Andy Talk" on Wednesday at this year's Energy We...
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Ph.D. Students Bedri and Zhang Finalists in Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
Two Ph.D. students from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute are finalists in the 2017 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship. They are one te...
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Health Tech Insider Features HCII Helping Hands
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute's research project, Helping Hands, made an appearance in a recent Health Tech Insiders article. ...
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Human-to-Heart Interactions: HCI for Cardiovascular Transplant Surgeons
Heart patients who have reached end-stage heart failure may have a pump surgically inserted to help blood flow to the rest of the body. Th...
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EdTech Shares HCII Tool That Helps Make Online Courses More Social
Why are community college students in online classes 4% more likely than their high-performing peers to drop out? This is what Barbara Ill...
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Carnegie Mellon University at CSCW 2017
Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute is headed to Portland, Oregon, for the 20th ACM Conference on Computer-S...
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Hudson Honored With 2017 SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement in Service Award
Professor Scott Hudson, a pioneer in 3D modeling, fabrication and innovative interface technology, has been named the recipient of th...
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Myers Earns 2017 SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement in Research Award
Brad A. Myers, Professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, has been named the recipient of the 2017 SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement...
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Improving Medical Outcomes for Heart Transplants Through HCI
Heart patients who have reached end-stage heart failure may have a pump surgically inserted to help blood flow to the rest of the body. Th...
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3D Printing Summit at Carnegie Mellon University a Success
On January 10 and 11, 2017, the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) co-hosted the first 3D Printing Summit at Carnegie Mellon Univ...
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CMU Social Innovation Fellowship officially launched
This student-driven initiative bridges the colleges of Carnegie Mellon and promotes social innovation for impact
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Students Create App To Help Visually Impaired Identify Email Phishing Attacks
Thanks to screen readers, 285 million visually impaired people worldwide are able to browse the Internet by responding to audio readings o...
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Ogan Attends Third Technology in English Conference
Amy Ogan, assistant professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, joined fellow researchers at the Technology in English event; a...
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Koedinger Discusses K-12 Data Security with CSO
Cybersecurity threats and opportunities around student data in K-12 was the topic of a recent CSO article, featuring Carnegie Learning Chi...
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Kulkarni Shares Talkabout Research on CNBC
In a recent article on CNBC, Assistant Professor Chinmay Kulkarni shared his research that is bringing together individuals with very diff...
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Using a Smartphone to Predict the Onset of Depression
In early October 2016, rapper Kid Cudi made the headlines after writing on Facebook that he entered rehab for treatment for depression and...
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HCII & ETC Student Game Brings Home Best Student Game and People's Choice Award
Alexandra To of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) and Elaine Fath of the Entertainment Technology Institute (ETC) brought ho...
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100% Career Placement Every Year for METALS Graduates
The Master of Educational Technology and Applied Learning Science degree is proud to announce that its most recent graduating cohort succe...
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Rello Recieves 2016 New Researcher IDA Award
HCII postdoctoral fellow Luz Rello received the 2016 New Researcher Award during the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) Conference, ...
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