I'm a fifth year Ph.D. student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University advised by Scott Hudson. I'm also a Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellow and editor-in-chief of XRDS, ACM's flagship magazine for students.

My research focuses on mobile interaction techniques and input technologies - especially those that allow people to interact with small devices in big ways. Please see my research brief for more details. I've also begun a new thread of research called instinctive interaction. I use this site as a repository for my research and hobbies.

My idea of the good life is one of education, creation, and adventure.

Chris Harrison
5000 Forbes Avenue
CMU, HCII, NSH 3508
Pittsburgh, PA 15213


May 17Kitchen finally functional again!
May 13Sleep in again. Off to Vegas for one night.
May 12Sleep in. Hike and repel Keyhole.
May 11Up early, grab equipment, hike Subway.
May 10Present touchscreen shear paper. Jet to Zion National Park.
May 9Iconic light behaviors and Phone as Pixel papers presented.
May 7Touché presentation. Video goes viral.
May 5Fly to Austin, Geordie Live Party, hang with Bartindale.
April 29Weld elephant with Amy.
April 28Thai feast with Amporn and David.
April 24Qualcomm QinF presentation. Drinks and brainstorm with Robert.
April 23UCSD CSE Colloquium talk. Red-eye to NJ.
April 21Brunch in San Francisco with ol' HCII crew.
April 20Speak at Stanford HCI seminar series.
April 19Catch up with Johnny. Give Google Tech Talk.
April 17All kitchen cabinets installed.
April 13UIST deadline; first Friendship paper.
March 30Lunch with Bryan at Google PGH.
March 29Ian going away party :(
  
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