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HCII Alums Boost CMU Hackathon Performance
NEWSThree alumni of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute’s Masters Program — Min Zhao, Diana Chen and Asim Mittal — helped Carnegie Mellon University teams dominate the competition at the ...
Hong Named PopTech Fellow
NEWSPopTech, a global social innovation incubator and thought leadership network, has named Jason Hong, associate professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, as one of 11 PopTech Sc...
Cassell Assumes Associate Vice Provost Responsibilities
NEWSJustine Cassell, the Charles M. Geschke Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute and co-director of The Simon Initiative, has taken on additional responsibilities as the uni...
Das, Laput Advance to Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Finals
NEWSHCII Ph.D. students Sauvik Das and Gierad Laput advanced to the finals of the 2014 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QInF) for their proposal "Everyday Objects for Physical Space Authenticat...
Klatzky Earns Charles J. Queenan Professorship of Psychology
NEWSRoberta Klatzky, professor of psychology with an appointment in the HCII, will receive the Charles J. Queenan Professorship of Psychology on Wednesday, Feb. 5, in recognition of her outsta...
Forlizzi Named to CHI Academy
NEWSJodi Forlizzi, associate professor of human-computer interaction and design, has been named to the CHI Academy — an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to...
HCII Ph.D. Students Win Best Paper Award at UbiComp
NEWSPhD students Sauvik Das and Eiji Hayashi, along with their advisor Jason Hong, won a best paper award at the 2013 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (...
Myers Once Again Wins “Most Influential” Award
NEWSBrad A. Myers, professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, will be honored for the second year in a row as the author of a Most Influential Paper at the IEEE Symposium on Visual...
Myers To Lead Multi-University NSF Grant
NEWSThe National Science Foundation has awarded researchers Brad Myers (Carnegie Mellon University), Margaret M. Burnett and Martin Erwig (Oregon State University), Gregg Rothermel and Anita S...
Three HCII PhD Students Win Awards During International Conferences
NEWSHCII students Martina Rau, Samantha Finkelstein, and Yanjin Long are first authors on three award-winning papers during recent international conferences....
Jeff Rzeszotarski Receives Microsoft Fellowship
NEWSHCII PhD student Jeff Rzeszotarski was one of the recipients of the highly competitive 2013 Microsoft fellowships. There were 148 nominations for these fellowships worldwide, and only 12 w...
Most Internet Users Seek Anonymity Online
NEWSA new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project and Carnegie Mellon University finds that most Internet users would like to be anonymous online, but many think it is not possibl...