Introduction

The AIM Research Group at the University of Washington comprises Ph.D. students in Information Science and Computer Science & Engineering working with Professor 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.

If you are a current or prospective student at the University of Washington interested in working on HCI research projects with the AIM group, please first read the materials on this web site, including some of our papers, and then contact Prof. Wobbrock if you think your skills and interests are a match.

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 rethinking current designs, we can demonstrate how users with disabilities can have better access to computers and information, often by coupling commodity devices with software better suited to their abilities.
  
  
• Interaction: By better understanding users' performance, contexts, perceptions, and behavior, we can create new interactive technologies and improve existing ones.
  
  
• 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

Professor Jacob O. Wobbrock