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Introduction

The AIM Research Group at the University of Washington comprises Ph.D. students in Information Science and Computer Science working with Dr. Jacob O. Wobbrock on accessibility, interaction, and mobility within the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). We are active members of the DUB Group, the multi-departmental HCI and Design group on campus.

Objective

To create effective and useful interactive technologies that improve people's access to and interaction with computers and information, particularly for constrained users or users in constraining situations.

Themes

• Accessibility: By forcing software to better accomodate people's motor and vision capabilities, we can make commodity input devices more effective, lowering barriers to access.
  
  
• Interaction: By using careful analyses of users' performance, we can create new interaction techniques and technologies.
  
  
• Mobility: By recognizing the common ground between mobile and accessible design—which calls for an understanding of users' abilities in different contexts—we can develop better interfaces for use "on the go."
  
  

Contact

Dr. Jacob O. Wobbrock