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Hammer, Ogan Accept Moran Professorships
NEWSJessica 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
NEWSSara 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...
RFID Tag Arrays Track Body Movements, Shape Changes
NEWSCarnegie 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 ...
Scaling Up Search for Analogies Could Be Key to Innovation
NEWSAI, 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 ...
HCI students win Bose Challenge, Designing for Augmented Reality with Sound
NEWSMore 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...
PhD students contribute to Fall ACM XRDS issue on The Computer Scientist
NEWSFour 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...
Human-Computer Interaction Institute Seeks Applicants for Summer Research Program
NEWSInformation 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...
Inviting Clients for 2019 HCI Capstone Projects
NEWSSponsors Needed for Student Projects The Human-Computer Interaction Institute is currently seeking client sponsors for spring semester 2019 projects. ...
Kery, Myers Win Best Paper at VL/HCC for Verdant Prototype
NEWSMary 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...
Hacking for the Kids at UPMC, HCII students on 1st and 4th place teams
NEWSAlmost 300 hackers gathered in the new Tepper Quad on October 5, many staying for 24 hours straight. ...
HCII Preparing for 24-Hour Charity Gaming Marathon
NEWSCMU Extra Life team to game for good again in 2018...
Sound, Vibration Recognition Boost Context-Aware Computing
NEWSNew 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...