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In many instances their creations have been commercialized
by companies or incorporated into the research agendas of
government agencies like NASA, the Department of Defense and
the Department of Energy.
SCS theorists have developed award-winning programs that
find errors in digital circuitry. Researchers in our Human-Computer
Interaction Institute have developed more than 16 generations
of wearable computers, systems that are combining wireless
with handheld technologies, and soon will unveil a ubiquitous
computing system where voice and gesture will govern your
computer, instead of keyboard and mouse.
Carnegie Mellon robots have explored volcanoes, discovered
meteorites in Antarctica and helped clean up Three Mile Island.
Now other researchers are creating virtual worlds through
a new degree program in entertainment technology. Our speech
translation systems have aided the military and enabled people
speaking six different languages to communicate easily with
each other by talking into translating computers. Our intelligent
computer tutors are improving students' skills in reading,
algebra and geometry, and we've spun off companies that are
carrying our courses in software development to non-traditional
audiences at community colleges, the military and executive
training courses at corporations.
Currently, the School of Computer Science hosts
six departments, centers and institutes of education and research:
 The Machine Learning Department pursues basic
science in automated learning methods, including data mining,
statistical methodology, and knowledge discovery.
The Computer
Science Department (CSD), the oldest degree-granting unit
in SCS, provides a solid foundation in the practical and theoretical
aspects of building and maintaining systems as well as the
tools needed to adapt easily to changing technologies.
The Human-Computer
Interaction Institute (HCII), the largest and most diverse
group of HCI researchers anywhere in the world, is devoted
to the design, implementation, and evaluation of interactive
computer-based technology.
The Institute
for Software Research (ISR) creates innovative solutions to
the problems of practical, large-scale, and high-quality software-intensive
systems.
The Language
Technologies Institute (LTI) draws on Carnegie Mellon's
longstanding accomplishments in the natural language processing
of written and spoken language and information management.
The
Robotics Institute (RI), founded in 1979 to conduct basic
and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to
industrial and societal tasks, and it is recognized worldwide
as one of the premier organizations of its kind.
In addition, SCS jointly sponsors the Entertainment
Technology Center (ETC) along with the College of Fine Arts.
ETC offers a two-year Masters of Entertainment Technology degree
in which technologists and fine artists work together on projects
that produce artifacts that are intended to entertain, inform, inspire,
or otherwise affect an audience/guest/player/participant.
An esteemed group of local and nationally known leaders in the
high tech industry work with Randal
Bryant the present dean, on several key university-wide initiatives,
as well as helping to set the future direction of the School: The
SCS Advisory Board
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