About HMHI
HMHI stands for Human-Machine Harmony for Infrastructure. We are a research group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
The name "Human-Machine Harmony" reflects our core belief: that future infrastructure systems must be designed not just for automation, but for seamless collaboration between humans and intelligent machines.
We study how people and intelligent systems can work together to improve the safety, resilience, and efficiency of infrastructure. Our work lies at the intersection of human cognition, AI, and infrastructure operations.
We focus on:
- Human-AI decision intelligence and trust calibration
- Data-driven safety diagnostics and anomaly detection
- Knowledge representation using graphs, ontologies, and procedural modeling
- Immersive training and tacit knowledge transfer using XR technologies
From nuclear energy and transportation to remote construction and urban operations, we aim to build systems that are adaptive, explainable, and deeply human-aware.
Want to learn more about what we do? Visit the Research page to explore our current projects.