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HCII Impacts

Measuring 30 Years of Impact and Innovation from the HCII

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NoRILLA Interactive Mixed-Reality Science for Kids

Creating Accessible Visualizations with Chartability

Improved Math Mastery with the Decimal Point Game

Supporting Developers So They Can Build More Responsible AI

Understanding the Impacts of AI in Child Welfare

Protecting Millions of People from Phishing Scams

Grading Your Smartphone Apps on Their Privacy Practices

Designing Teacher-AI Collaboration Systems

TapSense Improved Touch Detection on Millions of Smartphones

Millions Learned More Math with Our AI Tutor

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    CMU at CHI 2025

    Our halls are abuzz with talk of “CHI” (pronounced “kai”), the nickname for the upcoming conference on computer human interaction (CHI). ...

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    Up Next in Special Topics

    Our Special Topics courses provide the opportunity to explore the future of HCI, guided by the experts who are shaping the field. These dy...

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    CMU Launches Human-Centered AI Research Center with Seoul National University

    Carnegie Mellon University and Seoul National University (SNU) have announced a new collaboration to advance human-centered artificial int...

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    VR/AR Could Help People Manage Everyday Stressors

    Everyday situations can sometimes feel like big stressors, whether it's delivering an important work presentation, attending a party full ...

Latest Projects

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    Inkspire

    With recent advancements in the capabilities of Text-to-Image (T2I) AI models, product designers have begun experimenting with them in their work. However, T2I ...

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    VideoMap

    Video editing is a creative and complex endeavor and we believe that there is potential for reimagining a new video editing interface to better support the crea...

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    Auptimize

    Spatial audio in Extended Reality (XR) provides users with better awareness of where virtual elements are placed, and efficiently guides them to events such as ...

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    PrISM: Procedural Interaction from Sensing Module

    There are numerous complex tasks in everyday life, from cooking to medical self-care, that involve a series of atomic steps. Properly executing these step...