Transforming Society through Technological Innovation

For Carnegie Mellon researchers, the next wave of technology is already here. Technological advancements are giving today’s scientists access to vast amounts of data never before accessible – creating new frontiers and new challenges in computing.

Carnegie Mellon is at the center of this next generation of computing in a variety of ways. Check out some of our stories:

Fall 2014

• Clued In: Jeopardy! and CMU
• Lunar Rover Wows XPRIZE Judges: Andy the Lunar Rover
• Colossal Collaboration: Ray Li (S'17) & Po-Shen Loh
• App Aptitude: PrivacyGrade
• Creative Dimension: PieceMaker Technologies' PieceMaker Factory™
• Eye on the Sky: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
• Hockey Stats Revolution: Sam Ventura and WAR-On-Ice.com
• Panoramic Vision: 360fly
• Urban Computing: Justin Cranshaw & "Journeys and Notes"
• Youthful Impact: John M. Cohn
• Data-Driven Discovery Award: Carl Kingsford Receives Moore Foundation Investigators Award
• Hard, Valuable, Fun: Max Levchin's University Tech Tour
• Life's a Beach: Sandpiles — CMU Alumnus Charles Smart (S'02, CS'02)
• CyberCorps Scholarships: Allison Boos
• The Future is Here: 25th Anniversary of the School of Computer Science
• CMU Takes Learning Science To Next Level: NSF Funding

Summer 2014

• White House Game Jam: The ETC at the White House Inaugural Educational Game Jam
• Animated Photos: 3D Object Manipulation in a Single Photograph
• High Stakes: Tartanian7, Poker-Playing AI Takes Top Honors
• #OriginStory: Chris Messina
• Performance Parking: Mark Fichman and Stephen Spear
• Movie Magic: LiveLight
• Explorable Inequality: CREATE Lab website allows exploration and study of the World Top Incomes Database
• CMU To Partner With University of Warwick: $10 Million Research and Education Collaboration
• Google To Sponsor MOOC Research: Massive Open Online Courses

Spring 2014

• Nation of Makers: President Barack Obama and the White House Maker Faire
• Stage Presence: HERB the Robot does live theater
• Fun and Games: Intelligent Tutors
• Entwined in Education: PlayStation Pixelopus & ETC
• Watchful Interactions: CMU's Future Interfaces Group
• Engineered Designs: Biomedical Engineering Design
• Dirty and Dangerous: Platypus LLC
• Commited to 'EXCEL': Charles Swanson
• Reality Rift: Project Spearhead
• RaceJoy: James Harris
• Storage Science: Mark Kryder
• Verified Research: Edmund M. Clarke
• Career Connections: Digital Career Fair
• Master Inventor: Lisa DeLuca
• Twists and Turns: David Rollinson and Howie Choset
• SCRABBLE Score: Victor the Gamebot

Winter 2014

• Hamming Things Up: Wireless Innovators
• Top Dog: Neil Druckmann
• Global Laptop Orchestra: Roger Dannenberg
• Project InMind: Yahoo Labs
• Wheeled Wonder: CoBots

Fall 2013

• Showing Their Mettle: CHIMP at the DARPA Robotics Challenge
• Garfield & Friends: Alice Project
• Robotic Smiles: Amna AlZeyara & Hala
• Finches Take Flight: BirdBrain Technologies
• Too Much Information: How your social networking behavior can impact employers' hiring behavior.
• Expressive Search: ExpressionBlast
• Robotics Initiative: NSF awards more than $7 million to CMU researchers
• Passion for Science: Franklin Institute Awards
• Searching for Privacy: Norman Sadeh
• Thought Processor: Cognitive Computing
• Awarding Excellence: Siebel Scholars
• Winning Research: Chris Dyer
• AppCertain: Spencer Whitman

Summer 2013

• The Sky Isn't the Limit: Jason Lohn & NASA's robotic LADEE mission
• Graphic Achievement: Katayanagi Prizes
• North American Champs: ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
• An Extraordinary Ride: CMU's autonomous car
• Nowhere to Hide: Alessandro Acquisti
• Game Changer: Jesse Schell
• Search Results: Bhavana Dalvi Mishra
• Apportable Entrepreneurship: Collin Jackson and Ian Fischer
• SIGGRAPH Highlights: CMU at SIGGRAPH 2013
• Open for Cooperation: Openray
• Technological Wizardry: CareMedia Project

Spring 2013

• Off To The Races: Anki Drive
• Polly Wants ... to Give Information: Ronald Rosenfeld and Agha Ali Raza
• Inter(Facing): WorldKit and ZoomBoard
• Beyond the Oreo: HERB
• Partnering Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• 'Mathletes' Excel Again: William Lowell Putnam Competition
• CHIMP to the Rescue: CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform robot
• Filling the Pipeline: Kurt Luther
• 'Robopocalypse' Author Returns: Daniel Wilson
• Hackers Compete: picoCTF 2013 Competition
• Avoiding Sand Traps: William "Red" Whittaker

Winter 2013

• Cookie vs. Creme: A Robotic Twist: HERB
• Big Data Engineering: Learning Science and Engineering Professional Master's Degree Program
• Partners for Mine Safety: Robotics Institute
• Shedding Light Behind-the-Scenes: Drew Olbrich
• Robotic Reality: "Robot Combat League"
• Super Bowl Play: YinzCam
• Grammar Check: Ashwini Rao
• Distinguished Educator: Wanda Dann
• Bridging Gaps: 9.3M NIH grant establishes the Biomedical Technology Research Center

Fall 2012

• Follow the Eyes: Determining "Social Saliency"
• New NOOK App: Neha Sinha, Sheng-Hao Tsao and Xiao Pan
• Mars Adventure: Nora Swisher and Diane Turnshek
• Early Career Award: Onur Mutlu
• Virtual Crowd Pleaser: Building Virtual Worlds 2012
• Lighting the Way: Color Kinetics
• Paint-Stripping Robots: Automated laser decoating
• Preferred Programmers: Nathaniel Barshay, Yan Gu and Jonathan Paulson
• The Business of Robots: RoboBusiness Leadership Summit
• DARPA Robotics Challenge: The Robotics Institute
• One-of-a-Kind Center Opens: PRObE
• Women in Technology: The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference
• New Master's for Privacy Engineers: MSIT-Privacy
• Additional Major in Robotics: Robotics Institute
• Drilling for Lunar Ice: Astrobotics
• Smart Traffic Signals: Stephen Smith
• Automating Translation: Safaba

Summer 2012

• Voice Security: Raj and Manas Pathak
• Unique Access: Ion Personal Genome Machine
• The Look of Paris: SIGGRAPH 2012
• Exploring Earth: Google Earth Engine
• From Craft to Bot: Hummingbird
• Robots in Retail: AndyVision
• Here Comes the Bus: Tiramisu
• Smart Headlights: Srinivasa Narasimhan
• GigaBlitz: CREATE Lab

Spring 2012

• Translating the Web: Duolingo
• Navigating Inspiration: Brian DeVincentis
• Got an App for That?: Developing iPad Applications
• Managing Cyber Risks: Jody Westby
• Young Pioneers Recognized: Emma Brunskill and Andreas Krause
• Touché: Ivan Poupyrev
• Livehoods: Justin Cranshaw
• Driver Safety: Haptic steering wheels
• Cyborg Cabaret: Heather Knight and Dan Wilcox
• A Flash of Inspiration: Carlos Guestrin and Seth Goldstein
• Win-Win: Nick Gianopoulos
• Robotics Excellence: National Robotics Week
• Pocket-sized Robot: Piccolo
• Giga-Paleontology: Faysal Bibi

Winter 2012

• SafeSlinger: Adrian Perrig and Michael W. Farb
• Transportation Research: University Transportation Center
• TEDx at CMU: Jeesoo Sohn
• Scrabble, Anyone?: Andrew C. Thomas
• Hollywood vs. Reality: Daniel Wilson
• Plaid Ingenuity: TartanHacks
• Robotics Cubed: Eric Schweikardt
• The Human Factor: Justine Cassell
• iPad Course: Niki Kittur
• Mathematics Mentor: Irene Fonseca
• Build-a-Bot: Romibo
• Defensive Maneuvers: Norman Sadeh

Fall 2011

• Siri's Origins: Alex Rudnicky
• Shedding Light: Black Holes
• Cloud Work: Matthew Swanson
• An Epic Tale: Stacey Monk
• Randy Pausch Day: Mayor Luke Ravenstahl
• Third Time's a Charm: LinkedIn Acquisitions
• Vision: Hans Moravec
• SideBySide: Disney Research
• OmniTouch: Chris Harrison
• Wi-Fi Origins: Alex Hills
• White House Honor: David Brumley
• A Leap Ahead: Matthew Woodward

Summer 2011

• DIY Pop App: Kothanda Ramakumar, Dinesh Ramadoss and Ramkumar Nagarajan
• Magic Kingdom: Disney Research, Pittsburgh
• A Simple Gesture: Lan Xue
• Dijital Progress: Jeremy Toeman
• Aww Eggplant!?: Alex Kowalski, Tyler Emptage and Anthony Palma
• Exploring Civil War Sites: GigaPan Magazine
• Where's the Bus?: Tiramisu
• Google Picks Up PittPatt: Dr. Henry Schneiderman
• Read the Label: Lorrie Cranor
• User Experience: Noah Levin
• Safety Check: Andre Platzer
• Robopocalypse: Daniel Wilson

Spring 2011

• GigaBlitz: CREATE Lab
• Assembly Complete: William "Red" Whittaker
• Innovative Polling: William Oberman
• Classroom Salon: Ananda Gunawardena and David S. Kaufer
• Pre-K Identity Theft: Richard Power
• Deeply Creative: Nathan Martin
• A BirdBrain Idea: Tom Lauwers
• Virtual Possessions: John Zimmerman
• Predicting Change: Kathleen Carley
• Lesson in Success: Avrim Blum
• GroupMe: Steve Martocci
• Girl Powered: Girls of Steel
• Gigapan Time Machine: Illah Nourbakhsh
• If the Shoe Fits: Shoefitr
• PSC Celebrates 25 Years: Michael Levine & Ralph Roskies
• Computer Science at Work: Ben Maurer
• Investing in the Future: Manu Kumar
• EyeSee360: Amey Kanade
• CardMunch: Bowei Gai and Sid Viswanathan

Winter 2011

• Pothole Patrol: RODAS
• Reefbot: Children Learning through Education and Observation
• Teaching Gets Smarter: Ken Koedinger
• This is Jeopardy: Watson
• Fruit Fly Efficiency: Ziv Bar-Joseph
• Twitter Dialects: Jacob Eisenstein
• Gaming Goes Molecular: EteRNA

Fall 2010

• Cell Phone Disco: Robert Unetich
• The Gift of Life: Transplant Algorithm
• BVW 2010: Building Virtual Worlds
• Computing K-12: Mark Stehlik
• InterACT Presidential Summit: Preparing Students
• Counting Robots: Heather Knight
• InterACT Presidential Summit: Silicon Valley
• Saving Lives: Algorithm Matches Patients w/ Donors
• Gigapixel Conference: Science Like You've Never Seen
• Flying Cars: Could Aid Military Rescue Workers
• NELL: The Computer that Learns
• Engineering Facebook: Founding Engineers are CMU Alums
• Technology of the Future: Maglev Haptic Interfaces
• Driven to Innovate: The Google Car
• Internet Safety Awareness: The Alice Project
• Making Sci-Fi a Reality: Michio Kaku Visits Pei Zhang
• What a Play! YinzCam for the NFL
• Fantasy Hockey: Game Created by CMU Students
• Mastering the Business of Robotics: Bringing an Idea to Market

Summer 2010

• Human-Robot Teams: Cooperation & Communication
• Robot Diaries: A Means of Expression
• Jonathan Betz: Degree, Connections Open Doors
• CSI: Carnegie Mellon: Researchers Solve Cold Case
• Acquisti & Brandimarte: Studying the Behavior of Privacy
• Unprecedented Feat: Pilot-less Helicopter Demo Successful
• Dark Energy Theory: Closer to Unraveling the Mystery
• Game On: Alum's Work on Farmville, Mafia Wars
• Images on Water: New Technology for 3D Effects
• A Student Mentor: Bringing Robotics to Area Teens
• Yahoo! Student Selected as iStep Fellow
• Synthetic Abe: New Interactive Exhibit
• RoboCup 2010: Out-dribbling the Opponent

Spring 2010

• Ryan Caloras: Digital Music Stands
• Game-Changing Impact: Experts Discuss Innovation in DC
• Fighting Cyber Crime: Alum Leads Efforts in India
• From Arabic to English: New Translation App for iPhone
• Facebook Fellows: Two of Five from Carnegie Mellon
• Open Cirrus: Intel & Carnegie Mellon Partner
• Marullus Williams: Celebrating INI's 20th Anniversary
• 'Opportunity' Seized: Mars Up Close & Personal
• Making Ideas Happen: Students Host TEDx Event
• Google Fiber: Bring Ultra-Fast Net to Pittsburgh

Winter 2010

• Smart Sports: A New Course in Sports Technology
• Detecting Dementia: Testing Embedded Sensors
• Skinput: Harrison's Touchscreen Revolution
• Excellence Honored: NAE Elects Three from CMU
• Aruna Balakrishnan: Wins IBM Fran Allen Scholarship
• Climbing to New Heights: Robots Modeled After Nature
• Customer Support: Students Boost GE Productivity
• Eric Giler Unplugged: Alum on Wireless Electricity
• SEI Celebrates 25 Yrs: Driving the Future
• SensorFly: Students Awarded for Innovation
• The Perfect Blend: Videos Give 'See-Through' illusion

Fall 2009

• A Must-See Event: The Building Virtual Worlds Show
• Working in Harmony: The Brain's Response to Music
• Mirror, Mirror: Technology: Your Personal Shopper
• Seth Covitz: Developing the New Google Wave
• Ed Frank: Home is Where the Heart Is
• Awarded Dantzig Prize: Cornuejols Pioneers New Solutions
• PopSci's Brilliant 10: Platzer Honored for Systems Research
• Academic Excellence: Khosla Wins Prestigious Award
• It Takes Two: Adobe Co-Founder Talks Success
• Charge & Go: Entrepreneur's Kiosk in Action
• iBurgh: First in e-Democracy
• Bill Gates Speaks: Dedicates Gates & Hillman Centers

Summer 2009

• Perfect Fit: Google Acquires reCAPTCHA
• Distracted Drivers: Lawmakers Consider Cell Phone Ban
• Hitting the Pavement: Bot Chalks Tweets, Raises Awareness
• Movie App-preciation: Student Seizes iPhone Opportunity
• Eric Nyberg: This is Jeopardy!
• Pogopalooza: Robotic Leg Takes Flight
• Alice 3 Released: Features The Sims2
• Carlos Guestrin: Presidential Early Career Award
• WiFi Origins: Carnegie Mellon's Starring Role
• Most Influential: Alice Wins Duke's Choice Award
• Joel Stiles: Lights, Camera ... Science
• Gamers Abuzz: XBox 360 Meets Facebook, Twitter

Spring 2009

• Barry Luokkala: Science Fiction or Fact?
• Gates Returns: To Visit University for Dedication
• YinzCam: did You See That?!
• Commencement 2009: Congrats to the New Grads
• Lenore Blum Honored: Carnegie Science Center Awards
• Botball Workshop: Middle East High Schools Computing
• INI's Forensics Track: Securing Knowledge
• Commencement Speaker: Google's Eric Schmidt to Speak
• Smiley Award Winner: A Twitter-based Graphing Tool
• Where Are You Now? New Location-Sharing App

Winter 2009

• STaSIS Engineering: Alums Passion Breeds Performance
• Gone Digital: Gloriana St. Clair Honored
• Paving the Way: For a Safe Lunar Landing
• InspectTech: Bridging Information Flow
• SketchCAD: New Software Improves Design Tools
• New Disney Fellowship: Randy's Passion, Energy Recognized
• Staying Connected: Recent Grad Funds Scholarship
• Smart Football: Narisimhan's Team Opens Doors
• Jennifer Mankoff: Addressing Global Climate Change
• Wielding Promise: Luis von Ahn in Discover's Top 50
• Alice 3 Software: Beta Testing Begins

Fall 2008

• Opportunities Await: Hard Work Pays Off
• A Real Crowd-Pleaser: Students Showcase Virtual Worlds
• Kenji Shimada: Solutions with Impact
• Onward with Alice: Sun Microsystems Supports Project
• Field Robotics: Celebrating 25 Years
• Aloha, Hawaii: Lunar Robot Testing on Mauna Kea
• Precise Intervention: Biosensors in the Body
• A Holistic Approach: Privacy & Social Networking
• Wired's NextFest: Futuristic Exhibits on Display
• Global Impact: INI's Woman of Influence
• Perspectives: Thwarting Internet Eavesdropping

Summer 2008

• One Year Later: Remembering Pausch's Last Lecture
• The Long Tail: From Niches to Riches
• Testing the Theory: Six Degrees of Separation
• Bill Elliott: Carnegie Mellon's Story Keeper
• An Enduring Legacy: Randy Pausch Inspired Millions
• You're Surrounded: 'Robot 250' City-wide Display
• Wiitty One: Johnny Chung Lee
• Advancing the Field: New Autonomous Driving Lab
• Games with a Purpose: Website Taps into Human Factor

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