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CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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We apply HCI methods to solve real-world problems. We are the Human-Computer Interaction Institute @CarnegieMellon @SCSatCMU. #cmuhcii
Pittsburgh, PA
hcii.cmu.edu
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Mar 31, 2021
    Excited to virtually welcome our next HCII Seminar guest: @TimnitGebru, co-founder @black_in_ai 🎙️ "The Hierarchy of Knowledge in Machine Learning and Related Fields and Its Consequences" 🗓️ Friday, April 2 🕜 1:30pm EDT 🔗 Details & livestream URL: hcii.cmu.edu/news/seminar/e…
    Timnit Gebru
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Mar 5, 2019
    What a gesture! Professor Jason Hong & his wife have endowed 2 new junior professorships @SCSatCMU and named them in honor of longtime @cmuhcii faculty and mentors to many -- Dan Siewiorek and Robert Kraut. Learn more about this generous #hci donation: hcii.cmu.edu/news/2019/new-…
    Jason Hong, Shelley Zhang, Robert Kraut and Dan Siewiorek standing side by side smiling and chatting during a recent HCII event
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Apr 21, 2020
    Congrats to Assistant Professor Jessica Hammer on receiving an @NSF CAREER Award of $550,000 (their most prestigious award for young faculty)! She will use her expertise in #learningsciences & #educationalgames to improve the @Twitch #learning environment: hcii.cmu.edu/news/2020/hamm…
    Jessica Hammer assistant professor
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Feb 21, 2024
    Five from the CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute named 2024 Microsoft Research @MSFTResearch AI & Society Fellows: Hong Shen @hongshenus, Wesley Hansen Deng @wes_deng, Motahhare Eslami @meslami2, Ken Holstein @d19fe8 & Jason Hong @jas0nh0ng! 🔗 hcii.cmu.edu/news/five-name…
    Text on the left side of the graphic: "Microsoft Research AI & Society Fellows program" Images on the right: images of the 5 HCII researchers named to the AI & Society Fellows program, their headshot photos are cropped in circles include Shen, Deng, Eslami, Holstein and Hong
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Oct 2, 2024
    Please join us in congratulating longtime staff member, Queenie Kravitz, on her retirement today. She started @CarnegieMellon in 1993 and the HCII in 2004, and as graduate program coordinator certified our very first HCI PhD and master's degrees. Congrats, Queenie! #CMUhcii
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Jan 24, 2024
    Join us Friday! Our next #HCIISeminarSeries guest will be @parastooabtahi, Assistant Professor of Computer Science @Princeton. 🎙️"From Haptic Illusions to Beyond Real Interactions in Virtual Reality" 📅Fri., Jan. 26 🕜1:30pm 📍NSH 1305 + livestream 🔗hcii.cmu.edu/news/on/event/…
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    May 11, 2020
    Proudly announcing the new @SCSatCMU undergraduate degree in Human-Computer Interaction, beginning Fall 2020.🎉 If you're interested in "making technology do the right thing in a way that helps humans, this is the degree for you." BS in #HCI: hcii.cmu.edu/academics/hci-…
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    CMU School of Computer Science
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    May 11, 2020
    Want to develop digital technologies that solve problems and benefit people? SCS this fall will launch a new undergraduate degree in human-computer interaction. bit.ly/3cirT0d @cmuhcii @CarnegieMellon
    Image of a smartphone displaying the phrase, "The user is not you."
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Oct 19, 2023
    We're hosting a virtual event Nov. 12-14 for prospective human-computer interaction PhD students. Drop in to meet our faculty, talk to current students, & learn more about admissions (HCI PhD app is open til December). Register: bit.ly/hci-phd-preview #CarnegieMellon #cmuhcii
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Jan 20, 2022
    Join us tomorrow for the HCII Seminar Series. We are excited to welcome our virtual guest, Ethan Zuckerman! 🎙️ "The Good Web: Competing Visions for the Future of Social Media" with @EthanZ 📅 Fri, Jan. 21 🕜 1:30pm 💻 Livestream only 🔗 Details: hcii.cmu.edu/news/seminar/e…
    Ethan Zuckerman
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Dec 1, 2021
    This Friday we welcome HCII Seminar Series guest @amypavel! Her goal is to make technology-mediated communication more efficient & accessible. #a11y 🎙️"Human-AI Systems for Making Videos Useful" 📅Fri., Dec. 3 🕜1:30pm EST 📍NSH 1305+livestream 💻Details: hcii.cmu.edu/news/seminar/e…
    Amy Pavel
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Apr 14, 2020
    Please join us in congratulating #cmuhcii PhD student @mbkery!🎉 Mary Beth was named the 2020 Alan J. Perlis Graduate Student Teaching Award @SCSatCMU for her work co-teaching the course Human-AI Interaction (humanaiclass.org) w/ @chinmay in Fall 2019. #humanAIinteraction
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Dec 16, 2021
    Congratulations to SCS faculty Jodi Forlizzi, Lining Yao @liningy, Keenan Crane @keenanisalive, and Jian Ma @jmuiuc on the announcement of these endowed professorships. We look forward to celebrating with you all in the spring! Details from @SCSatCMU: scs.cmu.edu/news/2021/facu…
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Apr 24, 2019
    Four #cmuhcii faculty received @GoogleAI Research Awards in #HCI this year: @nkittur complex search on mobile; @bradamyers improving #usability of APIs w/ @isrcmu; Ken Koedinger scaling teacher expertise; @jeffbigham accessibility #a11y work. Details: bit.ly/2vkmTo7
    4 photos of faculty award winners arranged in a square, clockwise from top left: Kittur, Bigham, Myers, Koedinger
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    CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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    Feb 17, 2020
    Congrats to @Haiyi_Zhu of @cmuhcii & Alexandra Chouldechova of @HeinzCollege @CMUBlockCenter, the 2 @CarnegieMellon faculty co-PIs on a project from @NSF & @amazon to advance #fairness in #ArtificialIntelligence w/ human-algorithm collaborations. #AI #ML hcii.cmu.edu/news/2020/chou…
    side by side headshots of Haiyi Zhu and Alexandra Chouldechova of CMU