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Google Sponsors Research To Improve Effectiveness of Online Education
NEWSHCII faculty will play a large role in a new Google-sponsored initiative to unlock the educational potential of massive open online courses (MOOCs)....
Carnegie Mellon Creates Programming Library for Developing Interactive Web Pages in JavaScript
NEWSHuman-Computer Interaction Institute researchers have collaborated with Adobe Research to create a new open-source JavaScript library that makes it easier for developers to create interact...
Carnegie Mellon Names Anind Dey Director of Human-Computer Interaction Institute
NEWSRandal E. Bryant, dean of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, has appointed Anind K. Dey as the new Charles M. Geschke Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Ins...
HCII Researchers Develop New Approaches to Smartwatches
NEWSCarnegie Mellon University's Future Interfaces Group is exploring wearable technologies to make information and communication even more accessible. One of those is a smart watch that allow...
Researchers Find Real-Time Information From Drug-Monitoring Systems Improves Regimen Adherence
NEWSMost people want to take medications as prescribed, even if they sometimes need a little help remembering. According to HCII researchers, an automated system that monitors drug taking and ...
CMU@CHI: CMU-Disney Researcher Invents 3D Printing Technique for Making Soft, Cuddly Stuff
NEWSSoft and cuddly aren’t words used to describe the plastic or metal things typically produced by today’s 3D printers. But a new type of printer developed by Carnegie Mellon and Disney Resea...
Das, Laput Win 2014 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
NEWSHCII PhD students Sauvik Das and Gierad Laput were one of nine teams to win the 2014 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QinF) for their proposal "Everyday Objects for Physical Space Authentic...
CMU@CHI: HCII, Microsoft Research Explore Slow Technology
NEWSStoring and instantly accessing thousands of photos online has become a common luxury, but sometimes the sheer size of these photo archives can be intimidating. Researchers from the HCII a...
CMU@CHI: Kinetica Converts Tabular Data Into Touch-Friendly Format
NEWSSpreadsheets may have been the original killer app for personal computers, but data tables don’t play to the strengths of multi-touch devices like tablets. So HCII researchers developed a ...
Mankoff Co-Authors Chronic Lyme Disease Study
NEWSChronic Lyme disease is associated with a poorer quality of life than most other chronic illnesses, according to a new comprehensive patient survey by LymeDisease.org and HCII Associate Pr...
Cassell, Koedinger Featured at World Economic Forum
NEWSCharles M. Geschke Director of the HCII Justine Cassell and HCII Professor Ken Koedinger gave presentations at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, this past Ja...