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Awards | National Academy of Engineering
Abigail Sellen elected to National Academy of Engineering
Abigail (Abi) Sellen, Deputy Director and Principal Researcher, was elected as an international member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), “for contributions that ensure consideration of human capabilities in the design of computer systems.” The NAE membership honors those who…
Meredith (Merrie) Ringel Morris, Sr. Principal Researcher & Research Manager, and Steven Drucker, Partner Research Manager, were both inducted into the CHI Academy. The CHI Academy is an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field…
In the news | Wallpaper
Jenny Sabin’s brainy AI sculpture learns to smile at Microsoft HQ
Pioneering mathematician Ada Lovelace inspires the giant, semi-sentient being that has landed in Microsoft’s Redmond campus.
In the news | designboom
ada by jenny sabin is an installation that translates people’s expressions into light and color
In collaboration with Microsoft Research, artist-in-residence Jenny Sabin has designed the “ada” installation – an architectural pavilion that incorporates AI to create a wholly immersive experience that transforms personal data into light and colors.
In the news | SciTechDaily
Sabin Installation Turns AI Into Art at Microsoft Research Atrium
For Project Ada, Sabin and her team at Jenny Sabin Studio collaborated with a group of engineers, data scientists, and designers at Microsoft Research to create a responsive, immersive space that uses AI to process facial patterns and the emotions…
Making the most of micro-moments with Dr. Shamsi Iqbal
If you’ve recently found it more difficult to focus your attention for a lengthy stretch of time in order to get a complex task done… or worse, found it difficult even to find a lengthy stretch of time in which…
CHI squared with Dr. Ken Hinckley and Dr. Meredith Ringel Morris
Episode 74, May 1, 2019 – If you want to know what’s going on in the world of human computer interaction research, or what’s new at the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, you should hang out with…
Making ‘micromoments’ work for you
| Shamsi Iqbal
Imagine you’ve been asked to write a crucial document for your company, perhaps a detailed outline of its long-term strategy. You’re excited, but don’t know when you’ll find the time to write it. As you sit in a meeting later…
Guidelines for human-AI interaction design
| Saleema Amershi, Mihaela Vorvoreanu, and Eric Horvitz
The increasing availability and accuracy of AI has stimulated uses of AI technologies in mainstream user-facing applications and services. Along with opportunities for infusing valuable AI services in a wide range of products come challenges and questions about best practices…