Click to enlarge
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: We create software that better accomodates people's motor and vision abilities, making commodity devices more useful and lowering barriers to access.

  • Interaction: We adopt a highly iterative, prototype-driven interaction design process to invent new user interface technologies. We also study human performance with existing technologies, providing the science essential to support design.

  • Mobility: We view mobility as an accessibility issue; we study and develop mobile user interfaces for people experiencing situational impairments while "on the go."


Contact

Dr. Jacob O. Wobbrock