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NoRILLA Interactive Mixed-Reality Science for Kids
Protecting Millions of People from Phishing Scams
Grading Your Smartphone Apps on Their Privacy Practices
TapSense Improved Touch Detection on Millions of Smartphones
Millions Learned More Math with Our AI Tutor
Human-Centered Privacy for the Internet of Things
Improved Math Mastery with the Decimal Point Game
Zensors Turns Cameras Into Smart Sensors
Latest News
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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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Using Virtual Reality to Connect Players With Ocean Ecosystems
Fewer people have been to the deepest parts of the ocean than have walked on the surface of the moon. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon Unive...
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Howse, Tsui Receive 2025 Stehlik Scholarship
School of Computer Science seniors Gabriella Howse and Connor Tsui both walk the halls of the Gates-Hillman Centers and mentor their fello...
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...