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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...
HCII Researchers Develop Zooming Technique For Entering Text Into Smartwatches
NEWSTechnology blogs have been abuzz that smartwatches may soon be on their way from companies such as Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft. But as capable as these ultra-small computers may b...
Engaging Online Crowds in the Classroom Could Be Important Tool for Teaching Innovation
NEWSOnline crowds can be an important tool for teaching the ins and outs of innovation, educators at Carnegie Mellon University and Northwestern University say, even when the quality of the fe...
With Wave of the Hand, HCII Researchers Create Touch-based Interfaces on Everyday Surfaces
NEWSResearchers previously have shown that a depth camera system, such as Kinect, can be combined with a projector to turn almost any surface into a touchscreen. But now researchers at Carnegi...
Lomas’ Playpower Scores in McGinnis Venture Competition
NEWSPlaypower Labs, a company co-founded by Derek Lomas, a Ph.D. student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, was one of three companies receiving top honors in the 2013 McGinnis Ventu...
Carnegie Mellon Student Startup Places Payments at Users’ Fingertips
NEWSIt may take two to tango, but payments now are as easy as one touch....