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Using a Smartphone to Predict the Onset of Depression
In early October 2016, rapper Kid Cudi made the headlines after writing on Facebook that he entered rehab for treatment for depression and...
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HCII & ETC Student Game Brings Home Best Student Game and People's Choice Award
Alexandra To of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) and Elaine Fath of the Entertainment Technology Institute (ETC) brought ho...
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100% Career Placement Every Year for METALS Graduates
The Master of Educational Technology and Applied Learning Science degree is proud to announce that its most recent graduating cohort succe...
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Rello Recieves 2016 New Researcher IDA Award
HCII postdoctoral fellow Luz Rello received the 2016 New Researcher Award during the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) Conference, ...
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Hong on Privacy Concerns after DDoS Attack
HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong, a researcher on privacy and security, calls the recent DDoS attacks a very serious concern.
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HCII at UIST 2016
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute had a strong showing at this year's ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST...
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VizLens –An Interactive Smartphone App for the Blind
Think about the number of electronic appliances you encounter on a daily basis – using a microwave, adjusting the thermostat in your home,...
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ViBand Wins Best Paper at UIST 2016
Human-Computer Interaction Institute Ph.D. students Robert Xiao and Gierad Laput along with Assistant Professor Chris Harrison won a Best ...
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Alumni Spotlight: Sandhya Pillalamarri, MHCI '05
Bringing together computer science, behavioral sciences and design is a signature combination of the Master of Human-Computer Interaction ...
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Rosé Gets MOOCs More Social
Why do so many students drop out of MOOCs before completing the class? This is a question that has interested Carolyn Rosé, associate prof...
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McLaren on Robots: Lifesavers or Terminators?
A recent CNN news article questioned the future of autonomous machines: are they out of control demons or lifesaving robots? While self-dr...
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HCII Ph.D. Jennifer Olsen Recognized as Siebel Scholar
Jennifer Olsen, a fifth year Ph.D. student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), will be joining five other Carnegie Mellon ...
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Twitch Plays Game Design: Audience Participation in Games
To anyone who has played a family board game or turned on a video game with a group of friends in the basement, the idea of watching games...
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Guo Receives Honorable Mention at MobileHCI 2016
Anhong Guo, a Ph.D. student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), received an Honorable Mention at the 2016 MobileHCI confer...
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EM-Sense Wins Fast Company Innovation by Design Award
EM-Sense, a technology developed by Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research for automatically identifying an electrical or electrom...
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Friends Help Friends Feel Better on Facebook
Personal interactions on Facebook can have a major impact on a person's feelings of well-being and satisfaction with life just as much as ...
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Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor Chinmay Kulkarni
Meet Chinmay Kulkarni, who joined the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) faculty last year. Kulkarni shares his background, resea...
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In the Loop: Jessica Hammer
Jessica Hammer is an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, with a joint appointment between the Human-Computer Interaction In...
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Human-Computer Interaction Institute T-Shirt Competition
In the last week of August, the Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) at Carnegie Mellon University welcomes the newest students int...