Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering

Advancing the Science of Engagement in Digital Safety Research

On Jan. 16, the Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design convened an interdisciplinary group of bold thinkers to ...
The New York Times

Students Are Skipping the Hardest Part of Growing Up

Mr. Shirky, a vice provost at New York University, has been helping faculty members and students adapt to digital tools since 2015. Back in 2023, when ChatGPT was still new, a professor friend had a ...
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Computer Science Majors Prepare to Publish Human-Robot Interaction Research

Computer Science majors Owen McGann ’26 and Yousef Sengal ’27 spent last summer conducting research on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and how the language used to introduce robots can shape human ...
The New York Times

Researchers Are Using A.I. to Decode the Human Genome

AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery. By Carl Zimmer In 2024, two scientists from Google DeepMind ...
CNN

Trump administration halts use of human fetal tissue in NIH-funded research

The Trump administration announced Thursday that human fetal tissue derived from abortions can no longer be used in research funded by the National Institutes of Health. The policy, long urged by anti ...
Psychology Today

3 Recent Research Findings on Human-AI Interaction

As AI becomes increasingly integrated into our daily lives, it can be hard to know where to focus in trying to understand the changing world. Still, it is important to have thought-provoking ...
Reuters

China issues draft rules to regulate AI with human-like interaction

BEIJING, Dec 27 (Reuters) - China's cyber regulator on Saturday issued draft rules for public comment that would tighten oversight of artificial intelligence services designed to simulate human ...
NPR

Scientists learn more about how human embryos implant using artificial wombs

Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at how the human embryo implants in a uterus. They did this by creating very primitive, womb-like environments in the lab. "This is really important work ...
kr-asia

How far are brain-computer interfaces from restoring and extending human ability?

Li Xue (left) and Zhao Zhengtou (center), co-founders of StairMed, conduct preoperative planning with Lu Junfeng at Huashan Hospital, Fudan University. The team was preparing for a clinical trial ...
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Silicon chips on the brain: Researchers develop new generation of brain-computer interface

A new brain implant stands to transform human-computer interaction and expand treatment possibilities for neurological conditions such as epilepsy, spinal cord injury, ALS, stroke, and ...