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We apply HCI methods to solve real-world problems. We are the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. #cmuhcii
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🚀💫 I’m on the job market for academic (tenure-track) and industry research positions!

👋I am a Postdoc Fellow at @hcii.cmu.edu working at the intersection of human-AI interaction, cognitive science, responsible AI, design, and social computing. I earned my PhD from @gtresearch.bsky.social in 2024.
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Our next #HCIISeminarSeries guest will be, Polo Chau, Professor at Georgia Tech. polochau.bsky.social

🎙️ "Visual and Algorithmic Interpretation for Responsible AI"
📅 Friday, November 14, 2:00 pm
📍NSH 1305 + livestream
🔗 https://hcii.cmu.edu/news/event/2025/11/hcii-seminar-series-polo-chau
HCII Seminar Series - Polo Chau | Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Duen Horng (Polo) Chau is a Professor at Georgia Tech’s School of Computational Science and Engineering, holding a Machine Learning (ML) Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University (Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention). He co-directs the MS Analytics program. He was the Director of Industry Relations at…
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November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Wonderful evening at the #BostonCHI November 2025 Talk with Katelyn Morrison from the @hcii.cmu.edu , on Expanding the Design Space for Explainable AI in Human AI Interactions.

Grateful to the Center for Design at CAMD, for hosting us, and to the team for leading an inspiring BostonCHI session.
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Don't miss our @dig.cmu.edu authors and their work at IEEE VIS this week. Visit the link in the post below for details.

@frank.computer, @perer.org, @domoritz.de
#cmuhcii #ieeevis #VIS2025 #DataVisualization #AccessibleVisualization #a11y #DataViz #DataVis @ieeevis.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Does Compute Podcast: Nik Martelaro and Sarah Fox (@hcii.cmu.edu) are working with public transit operators and riders across the country to help design the future of public transit systems, and create a model for safely and effectively bringing AI into the workplace.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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After watching a friend struggle with finger braces worn for arthritis, @hcii.cmu.edu Ph.D. student Yuyu Lin was inspired to create a solution.

Lin worked with fellow researchers in the Interactive Structures Lab to create the first 3D-printed finger brace that easily shifts from rigid to flexible.
October 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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BostonCHI Talk – Nov 3, 2025
Expanding the Design Space for Explainable AI in Human–AI Interactions
Speaker: Katelyn Morrison (PhD Candidate, CMU)

6–8 PM at the Center for Design, Northeastern University
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/expanding-...

#BostonCHI #ExplainableAI #HumanAI #AIUX
October 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Now at #CSCW2025! The paper authors in the Community-Engaged Research session explore the tensions, responsibilities and future directions for transparent, sustainable and ethical relationships and outcomes between researchers, universities, and communities.
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Thank you to all who participated in CHI PLAY 2025! Your contributions are shaping the future of player-computer interaction. Stay turned for details dropping this week about next year’s event! 🧑‍💻💾⛹️
#chiplay #chiplay2025
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October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Kicking off #CSCW2025! The ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing is in progress in Norway this week. Preview the contributions from Carnegie Mellon authors here: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/se...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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👋 Hello #CSCW2025! I’ll be presenting my paper on tech worker organizing on Monday at 4:30pm in the Advocacy Work session and my dissertation work “From the Future of Work to the Future of Labor: Centering Worker Resistance in Age of AI and Automation” at the demos/posters reception! Please say hi!
cellllla.bsky.social Cella (is on the job market) @cellllla.bsky.social · Aug 28
What can #CSCW learn from tech workers who have been involved in collective action and unionization about how to make transformative change within our field?

My new #CSCW2025 paper with Mona Wang, Anna Konvicka, and Sarah Fox seeks to answer this question.

Pre-print: arxiv.org/pdf/2508.12579
Screenshot of the CSCW 2025 paper "The Future of Tech Labor: How Workers are Organizing and Transforming the Computing Industry" CELLA M. SUM, Carnegie Mellon University, USA ANNA KONVICKA, Princeton University, USA MONA WANG, Princeton University, USA SARAH E. FOX, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Abstract: The tech industry’s shifting landscape and the growing precarity of its labor force have spurred unionization efforts among tech workers. These workers turn to collective action to improve their working conditions and to protest unethical practices within their workplaces. To better understand this movement, we interviewed 44 U.S.-based tech worker-organizers to examine their motivations, strategies, challenges, and future visions for labor organizing. These workers included engineers, product managers, customer support specialists, QA analysts, logistics workers, gig workers, and union staff organizers. Our findings reveal that, contrary to popular narratives of prestige and privilege within the tech industry, tech workers face fragmented and unstable work environments which contribute to their disempowerment and hinder their organizing efforts. Despite these difficulties, organizers are laying the groundwork for a more resilient tech worker movement through community building and expanding political consciousness. By situating these dynamics within broader structural and ideological forces, we identify ways for the CSCW community to build solidarity with tech workers who are materially transforming our field through their organizing efforts.
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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I am beyond trilled to present two 🏆 award-winning papers 🏆 @acm-cscw.bsky.social this year CSCW in beautiful Bergen, Norway!! Broadly, I'm excited to chat about responsible AI, AI auditing and red-teaming, and human-AI interaction. Say hi if we run into each other!
October 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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CHI PLAY's Work In Progress (WIP) contributions provide a unique opportunity for authors to present reports on original yet incomplete work that seeks to advance our current knowledge in games and play through innovative or thought-provoking ideas. Great work all who presented! tinyurl.com/y27zs65w
Woman presenting a poster at CHI PLAY 2025
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Congrats @lukeguerdan.bsky.social and co-authors of "Measurement as Bricolage: Examining How Data Scientists Construct Target Variables for Predictive Modeling Tasks."

#cscw2025 #cmuhcii #HCI #DataScience #ML #PredictiveModeling #ComputerScience
lukeguerdan.bsky.social Luke Guerdan @lukeguerdan.bsky.social · 29d
A subtle aspect of predictive modeling is target variable construction: the process of translating a latent, unobservable concept like "healthcare need" into a prediction target

But how does target variable construction unfold in practice, and how can we better support it going forward? #CSCW2025 🧵
October 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Don't miss 3 TechFest sessions with @hcii.cmu.edu faculty:
-"What can AI do for UX? Separating fact from fiction" Sauvik Das @sauvik.me
-"The Promise and Peril of AI for Products" Jason Hong @jas0nh0ng.bsky.social
-"Rapid Research Methods: Assumption Artifacts" Raelin Musuraca @raelinm.bsky.social
teppercmu.bsky.social Tepper School of Business @teppercmu.bsky.social · Oct 13
We’re proud to host the 2025 Pittsburgh TechFest, presented by the Pittsburgh Technology Council, in the Tepper Quad on Friday, October 24. Learn more and register through the Pittsburgh Technology Council: cmu.is/46VbEVP

#CMUTepper #CMUTepper##TechFesty#TechnologyCareersh#PittsburghTech
2025 Pittsburgh TechFest
<p>Pittsburgh TechFest is an event where software development professionals from Southwestern Pennsylvania and surrounding areas will convene to explore and elevate through professional development. </p>
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October 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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✨I’m on the academic job market ✨

I’m a PhD candidate at @hcii.cmu.edu studying tech, labor, and resistance 👩🏻‍💻💪🏽💥

I research how workers and communities contest harmful sociotechnical systems and shape alternative futures through everyday resistance and collective action

More info: cella.io
Cella M. Sum –
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October 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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New work from the Future Interfaces Group at #UIST2025: "Kinethreads" is a new full-body haptic exosuit design built around string-based motor-pulley mechanisms. This lightweight suit delivers distributed and forceful effects.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ev0...
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Kinethreads: Soft Full-Body Haptic Exosuit using Low-Cost Motor-Pulley Mechanisms
YouTube video by Future Interfaces Group
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October 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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🎉 Highlights from Day 2 at #UIST2025!

🎙️ Paper sessions
🏭 Industry session
🙋‍♂️ Posters
Talk on Project Aria from Meta at the industry session Poster session: two attendees standing in front of the poster. Attendee asking question during a paper session Attendees eating food at the industry session
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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In case you missed this work at #UIST2025 this week, you can learn more about these personalized finger braces below.
youtu.be/2-JZrDFOS8s

#InteractiveStructures #PhysicalInterfaces #Healthcare #Fabrication
October 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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🌟 If you’re applying to CMU SCS PhD programs, and come from a background that would bring additional dimensions to the CMU community, our PhD students are here to help!

Apply to the Graduate Applicant Support Program by Oct 13 to receive feedback on your application materials:
Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science Graduate Application Support Program. Apply by October 13, 2025.
September 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Are you interested in partnering with us on an HCI Capstone project? You'll gain access to a dedicated team of talented students, guided by our faculty experts. Together, they'll spend 1 or 2 semesters researching & addressing your organization's challenges. Details: www.hcii.cmu.edu/news/hcii-re...
METALS students during a brainstorming session
September 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Our next #HCIISeminarSeries guest will be Aditya Vashistha @imadityav.bsky.social of Computing & Information Science at Cornell University.
🎙️ Talk: “Towards Global Equitable AI”
📅 Date: Friday, September 26
🕜 Time: 2:00pm
📍 Location: NSH 1305 + livestream
🔗 Details: www.hcii.cmu.edu/news/event/2...
HCII Seminar Series - Aditya Vashistha | Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Aditya Vashistha is an Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University, where he directs the Cornell Global AI Initiative, an interdisciplinary, university-wide effort t...
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September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Happy Birthday, Smiley! :-)
cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University @cmu.edu · Sep 19
43 years ago today our digital vocabulary expanded tremendously through a simple :-) or :-(

On Sept. 19, 1982, Scott Fahlman, a research professor in
@scsatcmu.bsky.social, proposed the use of smiley emoticons "for joke markers."

That makes us :-)

➡️ cmu.is/Smiley-Emoticon | #Emoticon
Scott Fahlman
September 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Congratulations, Franky!! 🎉
perhaxis.bsky.social Sarah Fox @perhaxis.bsky.social · Sep 16
Couldn’t be prouder of Franky Spektor, who successfully defended her dissertation today: "Documentation as Direct Action: Alternative Data Practices for the Labor Movement"! 🎉Her work surfaces the risks of data-driven evidentiary standards that too often obscure, rather than reveal, workplace harm.
September 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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SCS faculty member Mayank Goel is dedicated to providing individuals with first-hand access to their health data and to helping them maintain their health at home.
CMU Technology Helps People Maintain Health at Home
SCS faculty member Mayank Goel is dedicated to providing individuals with first-hand access to their health data and to helping them maintain their health at home.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM