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 accessible, interactive, and mobile 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 impaired users or users in impairing situations.
Themes
- Accessible: We create software that maximizes people's motor and vision abilities, making commodity devices more useful and lowering barriers to access.
- Interactive: We adopt a highly iterative, prototype-driven interaction design process to invent new interactive technologies. We also study human performance with
interactive technologies, providing the science essential to support design.
- Mobile: We view mobile interaction as partly an accessibility issue; we study and develop mobile user interfaces for people with physical impairments or
people experiencing situational impairments while "on the go."
Contact
Dr. Jacob O. Wobbrock
