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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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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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The HCII is at the forefront of the conversation about AI & education. Last month, we had a strong presence at 3 ed tech conferences in Italy:
-Educational Data Mining (EDM)
-Learning at Scale (L@S) and
-Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED).

🔗 Details: hcii.cmu.edu/news/whats-n...
Professor Ken Koedinger speaks into a microphone during the conference Michael Asher presenting "Validating a New Approach for Measuring Student Engagement in Remote, Resource-Limited Learning Environments" which received a best paper award at Learning@Scale 2025
August 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Another 🆕 Professional Education Workshop from the HCII: “New Techniques for Designing for AI: Identify High Value, Low Risk Opportunities”
📅 Friday, September 12, 2025
🕚 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT
💻 Virtual workshop
🔗 hcii.cmu.edu/designforai
August 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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HCII faculty are offering a new Professional Education workshop for designers, product managers and researchers​: "Rapid Research Methods: Reduce Risk & Drive Value with Assumption Artifacts"

📅 Tuesday, August 19, 2025
🕐 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. EDT
💻 Virtual workshop
🔗 hcii.cmu.edu/rapidresearch
this bright hallway inside the Tepper building has a large CMU logo carved into the wooden panels of the wall
July 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Today we welcome the 150 bright minds & mentors starting the @cmu.edu 2025 LearnLab Summer School! During this intensive 1-week experience, participants will gain valuable hands-on experience in building next-gen learning solutions with real-world impact.
#EdTech #LearningSciences #LearningAnalytics
View from the back of the conference room. About 150 people are seated in red chairs while listening to Professor Ken Koedinger. Ken stands at a podium at the front right of the room. A large digital screen projects his powerpoint slide at the front of the room.
July 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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HCII Assistant Professor Sarah Fox @perhaxis.bsky.social has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to support her research on artificial intelligence in the workplace. Congratulations, Sarah!
Sarah Fox
July 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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The data vis project "Mosaic: An Architecture for Linking Databases and Scalable Interactive Visualizations" received a SIGMOD Best Demo Runner Up award at the ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data in Berlin, Germany.

Congrats to the Mosaic team on this recognition! 📊🎉
July 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), friends! We celebrated GAAD today with an extra special guest. Jennison Asuncion, co-founder of GAAD and head of accessibility engineering evangelism at LinkedIn, chatted with @jeffreybigham.com, HCII associate professor, at the @cmu.edu event.
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The keynote portion of the event featured an on-stage chat between Jennison Asuncion and Jeffrey Bigham. The 2 are seated in black leather chairs on a stage. They are both grinning and laughing, probably reminiscing about something fun. A large screen behind them has the Carnegie Mellon University and Global Accessibility Awareness Day logos.
May 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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“'I am a Technology Creator': Black Girls as Technosocial Change Agents in a Culturally-Responsive Robotics Camp"
May 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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"AMUSE: Human-AI Collaborative Songwriting with Multimodal Inspirations"
May 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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"Conversational Agents on Your Behalf: Opportunities and Challenges of Shared Autonomy in Voice Communication for Multitasking"
May 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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"Relational AI: Facilitating Intergroup Cooperation with Socially Aware Conversational Support"
May 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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"Letters from Future Self: Augmenting the Letter-Exchange Exercise with LLM-based Agents to Enhance Young Adults' Career Exploration"
May 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Yokohama (and virtual attendance), here we come! ✈️

We're excited to share that @cmu.edu authors contributed to 50+ papers (with 12 award-winning!) at the #CHI2025 Conference.

Check out this overview of our involvement here
➡️ hcii.cmu.edu/news/cmu-chi...

Stay tuned, more CHI highlights to come.
Illustration of a city with a ferris wheel, and there is a tiny boat in the water that says "CHI". Text reads CHI 2025, April 26-May 1, 2025 in Yokohama, Japan.
April 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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So excited to announce @cmu.edu's new Human-Centered AI (HCAI) Research Center with Seoul National University. We aim to pioneer innovative #HumanCenteredAI solutions while prioritizing human well-being, accessibility & social responsibility.

🔗: hcii.cmu.edu/news/cmu-snu...

#a11y #ResponsibleAI
A group of 14 faculty from SNU and CMU stand in front of a banner announcing the Opening Ceremony of the research center during a meeting in Seoul.
April 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Join us this Friday for our next #cmuhcii #HCIISeminarSeries with David Gagnon from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at UW Madison.
🎙️ “Developing a New Public Media & Open Research Platform with Video Games”
📅 April 11
🕜 1:30pm
📍 NSH 1305 + livestream
🔗 hcii.cmu.edu/news/event/2...
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April 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Is it a web page, or is it cake? We invited MHCI students to design our new 404 error page and then we popped into class with this cake to announce the contest winner. This design by Sanjna (MHCI ‘25) debuts on our site today, 404 day! (April 4) #404error #404day #cmuhcii
This rectangular sheet cake announced the winner of a contest. There is an edible image of the winning 404 error page design in the center. The writing on the cake is in red icing and says "HCII web page not found" and "Happy 404 Day"
April 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Excited to see these @carnegiemellon.bsky.social faculty presenting at @sxsw.com:

➡️ How To Be a Smarter AI User
Maarten Sap & Sherry Tongshuang Wu
Mar 12 at 10–11am CT

➡️ Creating Safer, More Equitable Public Transit Systems
Sarah Fox & Nikolas Martelaro
Mar 13 at 1–2pm CT

#SXSW2025 #cmuhcii
A SXSW 2025 slide image for the talk "How to be a smarter AI user" with Carnegie Mellon University faculty Maarten Sap and Sherry Tongshuang Wu. The image has headshot photos of the 2 faculty on a background of CMU tartan plaid. A SXSW 2025 slide image for the talk "Creating Safer, More Equitable Public Transit Systems" with Carnegie Mellon University faculty Sarah Fox and Nikolas Martelaro. The image has headshot photos of the 2 faculty on a background of CMU tartan plaid.
March 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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It was great to see so many attendees at the seminar from Michael Bernstein on Friday. Thanks for visiting, @mbernst.bsky.social.

The recording of "Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior" is available at the web page below.

@kenholstein.bsky.social @bradamyers.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM