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  • Jason Hong, Dan Tasse

    Hong, Tasse See Social Media as Urban Planning Tool

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    HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong and Ph.D. student Dan Tasse think that mining data from social media could lead to better urban planning, and their work was recently featured in an art...

  • Sara Kiesler

    Kiesler Weighs In on What Online Comments Say About Us

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    It's easy to think that someone who posts a rude comment on a web article or forum is a probably just a rude person in general, but Hillman Professor of Computer Science and Human-Computer...

  • Skin Buttons

    Gizmodo Highlights Skin Button Technology in Best of 2014 List

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    Gizmodo has named Skin Buttons one of the "Seven Most Important UI and UX Ideas of 2014." The technology — developed by Ph.D. students Gierad Laput, Robert Xiao and Xiang ‘Anthony’ Chen, ...

  • Privacy Grade

    Privacy Research Makes Headlines

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    Associate Professor Jason Hong's research into the privacy of smartphone apps has been making news in outlets ranging from the Huffington Post to NPR. Samples are included below, but check...

  • Smart Watch Technology

    Harrison, Smart Watch Technology Featured in New York Times

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    Assistant Professor Chris Harrison was featured in the New York Times article, "In a Small Space, a Big Issue," which discussed current research into ways to fit technology into small spac...

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    Future Interfaces Group Featured in Wired

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    Smartwatches are growing in popularity, but they’re just small enough to make navigating the interface annoying. Wired recently featured work by Assistant Professor Chris Harrison and his ...

  • Anind Dey

    Dey Weighs In on iPhone 6

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    Want to know if the iPhone 6 is worth it? HCII Director and Associate Professor Anind Dey recently told Pittsburgh’s CBS affiliate that it’s definitely a step up from the 5, but also catch...

  • Tiramisu

    Tiramisu on WTAE-TV

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    The HCII’s Tiramisu project made headlines as part of the Port Authority of Allegheny County’s announcement that 25 percent of its bus routes are included in the authority’s new Real Time ...

  • Justine Cassell, Carolyn Rose

    Rosé, Cassell Discuss Google, CMU Collaboration on WESA-FM

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    HCII Associate Professor Carolyn Rosé and Professor Justine Cassell recently appeared on WESA-FM, Pittsburgh’s NPR affiliate, to discuss Carnegie Mellon’s collaboration with Google to impr...

  • Jason Hong

    Hong's Startup Profiled in Post-Gazette

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    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently profiled Wombat Security Technologies, a spin-off company founded by HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong. “The swelling number of companies seeking to ...

  • The Link Features METALS Program

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    The first class of HCII METALS students are two-thirds of the way through the program. The School of Computer Science’s magazine, The Link, recently caught up with some of the students and...

  • Ken Koedinger

    Koedinger Profiled in SCS Magazine

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    Want to know more about what makes HCII Professor Ken Koedinger tick? What attracted him to Carnegie Mellon? What he does for fun? Check out the “In the Loop” article in the latest issue o...