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Carnegie Mellon Develops Touchscreen Technology That Distinguishes Taps by Different Parts of Finger
NEWSSmartphone and tablet computer owners have become adept at using finger taps, flicks and drags to control their touchscreens. But Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found that thi...
Wearable Depth-Sensing Projection System Makes Any Surface Capable of Multitouch Interaction
NEWSOmniTouch, a wearable projection system developed by researchers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University, enables users to turn pads of paper, walls or even their own hands, a...
Raju Named 2012 Siebel Scholar
NEWSThe Siebel Scholars Foundation has announced that Preethi Raju, a master’s student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, and four other Carnegie Mellon graduate students are a...
Cassell Will Speak at “Summer Davos”
NEWSJustine Cassell, director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, will be among four Carnegie Mellon University faculty members who will make presentations and be part of a mini-docum...
PhD Student Jason Wiese Wins a Yahoo! 2011 Key Scientific Challenges Program Award
NEWSBig congratulations to PhD student Jason Wiese, who has just won a Yahoo! 2011 Key Scientific Challenges Program Award. Jason won for his work on Internet Experience. He is the 3rd HCII st...
Carnegie Mellon Develops iPhone App That Predicts When Bus Will Arrive
NEWSEverybody who waits at a bus stop wants to know one thing: Where’s the bus? Thanks to Tiramisu, a new iPhone application developed at Carnegie Mellon University, transit riders in Pittsbur...
Symposium Explores How Computer Programs Can Be Made Easier to Write and Understand
NEWSComputers may be a common part of modern life and work, but the languages and methods used to program those computers continue to confound most people. Researchers who are developing ways ...
Virtual Possessions Have Powerful Hold on Teenagers
NEWSDigital imagery, Facebook updates, online music collections, email threads and other immaterial artifacts of today’s online world may be as precious to teenagers as a favorite book t...
Myers Receives Microsoft Research SEIF Award
NEWSBrad A. Myers, professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, is one of 10 recipients chosen by Microsoft Research for its 2011 Software Engineering Innovation Foundation (SEIF) Aw...
Cassell Featured in Technology Town Hall Meeting
NEWSJustine Cassell, director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, will join experts from the news media and industry to discuss how technology is transforming our culture during a Pit...
HCII’s Lomas Wins National Prize for “Numbaland!” Game
NEWS“Numbaland!,” a collection of math games developed by Human-Computer Interaction Institute PhD student Derek Lomas and two colleagues, won the Collegiate and Impact prizes in the first Nat...
Crowd Workers Are Not Online Shakespeares, But HCII Researchers Show They Can Write
NEWSWriting can be a solitary, intellectual pursuit, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that the task of writing an informational article also can be accomplished by doze...