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Cassell Delivers Keynote at CyberLearning 2015
HCII Professor and Associate Vice-Provost for Technology Strategy and Impact Justine Cassell delivered a keynote address at CyberLearning ...
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Rose Delivers Keynotes in Atlanta, Munich
Associate Professor Carolyn Rosé is on the lecture circuit this semester. The keynote lecture circuit, that is.
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Louw Wins IxDA Interaction Award for Engagement
Marti Louw, HCII faculty member and director of the Learning Media Design Center, took home the Best in Category award for "Engaging" at I...
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Kiesler Weighs In on What Online Comments Say About Us
It's easy to think that someone who posts a rude comment on a web article or forum is a probably just a rude person in general, but Hillma...
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Medical Price Matters … It Pratters
Forlizzi's Startup Allows Consumers to Compare Medical Costs When it's time to buy a new appliance, like a stove, few consumers just rush...
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Researchers Offer Insight Into How Brain Understands Data Gathered From Fingers
What if the touchscreen of your smartphone or tablet could touch you back? Roberta Klatzky, the Charles J. Queenan Jr. Professor of Psycho...
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Hong, Tasse See Social Media as Urban Planning Tool
HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong and Ph.D.
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Kraut Talks Facebook Friends in The Atlantic
More than 70 percent of Internet users are on Facebook. And while the site applies the word "friend" to everyone in a user's network, the ...
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CHI Preview: CMU Leads All Institutions in Accepted Papers
It's still two months away, but Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute is already anticipating a strong showing at the Ass...
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HCII Director Elected to CHI Academy
Dey Is Institute's Eighth Academy Member HCII Director and Associate Professor Anind Dey has been elected to the CHI Academy — an honorar...
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Dow To Explore Collective Innovation Through NSF CAREER Award
Today's big problems — becoming more energy independent or caring for an aging population — can't be solved in a vacuum. And while the Int...
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Anderson To Attend White House Workshop
John R. Anderson, the Richard King Mellon University Professor of Psychology and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon, will participate in ...
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Gizmodo Highlights Skin Button Technology in Best of 2014 List
Gizmodo has named Skin Buttons one of the "Seven Most Important UI and UX Ideas of 2014." The technology — developed by Ph.D. studen...
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Schwarz Named to Forbes "30 Under 30"
HCII Ph.D. student Julia Schwarz has been named to Forbes' "30 Under 30 in 2015 Science" list, which recognizes the movers and shakers who...
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HCII Celebrates Tiniest New Member
The HCII and Entertainment Technology Center's students, faculty and staff gathered recently to mark the impending arrival of the departme...
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Hong Receives HCII Career Development Fellowship
HCII Associate Professor Jason Hong has been awarded the HCII Career Development Fellowship for his research accomplishments and contribut...
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Think Outside the Box? Not So Fast.
Traditional thinking holds that great design concepts stem from sources distant from the original problem. Velcro, for example, came into ...
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Here's to Another 20 Years!
HCII Community Gathers to Celebrate Institute's 20th Anniversary The HCII threw open its doors and welcomed more than 275 of its nearest ...
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Ringly Makes Jewelry Smart
No one wants to be that person constantly looking at a smartphone to check for important text messages or updates. Or the one whose annoyi...