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  • Tom and Lydia Moran stand behind professors Jessica Hammer and Amy Ogan (seated)

    Hammer, Ogan Accept Moran Professorships

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    Jessica Hammer and Amy Ogan, faculty members in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), received the inaugural Thomas and Lydia Moran Career Development Professorships in Learnin...

  • Kiesler Elected to National Academy of Engineering

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    Sara Kiesler, Hillman Chair Emerita of Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering...

  • side by side images: left image of a seated person hunched over a desk; right image a line drawing of the person with RFID sensor tags on spine

    RFID Tag Arrays Track Body Movements, Shape Changes

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    Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found ways to track body movements and detect shape changes using arrays of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. RFID-embedded clothing ...

  • a colorful lightbulb floats above a hand on a blue background

    Scaling Up Search for Analogies Could Be Key to Innovation

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    AI, Crowdsourcing Can Identify Insights That Lead to Breakthroughs Investment in research is at an all-time high, yet the rate of scientific breakthroughs isn't setting any records. To ...

  • the four team members sit around a square table in the HCII lobby

    HCI students win Bose Challenge, Designing for Augmented Reality with Sound

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    More than 100 Carnegie Mellon University students participated in an on-campus challenge last month, designing solutions for an emerging field so new that the technology, a pair of Bose au...

  • three PhD students hold paper copies of the Computer Scientist issue of the XRDS magazine, standing in the HCII lobby

    PhD students contribute to Fall ACM XRDS issue on The Computer Scientist

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    Four Ph.D. students from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute contributed to the Fall 2018 issue of XRDS (Crossroads), the ACM Magazine by students for students. XRDS is a quarterly pr...

  • 2018 Summer Research Program Group Photo

    Human-Computer Interaction Institute Seeks Applicants for Summer Research Program

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    Information on the upcoming year is available on the 2020 Summer Research Program website. Application Deadline Is January 15, 2019 The Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) i...

  • four MHCI students facing left side of photo, working on large affinity diagram on the wall

    Inviting Clients for 2019 HCI Capstone Projects

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    Sponsors Needed for Student Projects The Human-Computer Interaction Institute is currently seeking client sponsors for spring semester 2019 projects. ...

  • 2 pictures of MaryBeth Kery presenting  at VLHCC; 1 picture of MaryBeth and Brad Myers and receiving the best paper award

    Kery, Myers Win Best Paper at VL/HCC for Verdant Prototype

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    Mary Beth Kery, PhD student, and Brad Myers, professor, won best paper at the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) in Lisbon, Portugal, October 1-4, 2018...

  • team of hackthon student winners hold large check for $5000

    Hacking for the Kids at UPMC, HCII students on 1st and 4th place teams

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    Almost 300 hackers gathered in the new Tepper Quad on October 5, many staying for 24 hours straight. ...

  • MHCI class of 2019 group cohort during Pro Sem class

    HCII Preparing for 24-Hour Charity Gaming Marathon

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    CMU Extra Life team to game for good again in 2018...

  • sensors in the kitchen recognize the sound of someone chopping vegetables and displays "chopping" on laptop screen

    Sound, Vibration Recognition Boost Context-Aware Computing

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    New methods help smart devices detect what’s happening around them Ubicoustics Smart devices can seem dumb if they don’t understand where they are or what people around them are doing. C...