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Affiliate Positions

  • Adjunct Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
  • Director, ACE Lab

Specializations

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Accessible Computing
  • Mobile Computing

Research Areas

Biography

Jacob O. Wobbrock is a Professor of human-computer interaction (HCI) in the Information School and, by courtesy, in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. In 2019, U.S. News ranked the University of Washington as a whole #10 in the world, just after Princeton and just before Yale.

Prof. Wobbrock directs the ACE Lab and is a founding member of the DUB Group and the Master of Human-Computer Interaction & Design program.

Prof. Wobbrock's research seeks to scientifically understand people's experiences of computers and information, and to improve those experiences through design and engineering, especially for people with disabilities. His specific research topics include input & interaction techniques, human performance measurement & modeling, HCI research & design methods, mobile computing, and accessible computing.

He has co-authored ~160 peer-reviewed papers and received 24 paper awards, including 7 best papers and 8 honorable mentions from ACM CHI, the flagship conference in HCI. For his contributions to accessible computing, he received the 2017 SIGCHI Social Impact Award and the 2019 SIGACCESS ASSETS Paper Impact Award. In 2018, he was ranked #1 on AMiner's Most Influential Scholars in HCI, which used an algorithmic ranking scheme based on citation networks to infer influence from 2007 – 2017. In 2019, he was inducted into the prestigious CHI Academy at CHI 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland for his overall contributions to HCI. He is also a Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery.

Prof. Wobbrock's work and ideas have been reported in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, M.I.T. Technology Review, PC World, Self Magazine, USA Today, and other outlets.

He is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award and 7 other National Science Foundation grants. He is on the editorial board of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. His advisees have been hired at Harvard, Cornell, Colorado, Washington, Brown, Simon Fraser, and elsewhere.

Prof. Wobbrock is also an entrepreneur. He was the venture-backed co-founder and CEO of AnswerDash for nearly three years, during which time he raised over $2.5M in venture capital, launched a multi-platform SaaS product, signed 35 corporate customers, and built a team of 15 employees. AnswerDash still operates today, over 7 years after its founding.

Jacob O. Wobbrock received his B.S. with Honors in Symbolic Systems (1998) and his M.S. in Computer Science (2000) from Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction (2006) from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Upon graduation, he was honored with CMU's School of Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award.

Education

  • Ph D, Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University, 2006
  • MS, Computer Science, Stanford University, 2000
  • BS, Symbolic Systems, Stanford University, 1998

Awards

  • ACM SIGCHI Academy 2019 - Association of Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, 2019
  • SIGACCESS ASSETS Paper Impact Award - Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing, 2019
  • Best Paper Nominee - ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2018), 2018
  • Honorable Mention Paper - ACM Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2018), 2018
  • Honorable Mention Paper - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2018), 2018
  • ACM SIGCHI Social Impact Award 2017 - Association of Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, 2017
  • Best Paper Nominee - ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2017), 2017
  • PROF Award Nominee - University of Washington Information School, 2017
  • Best Paper Winner - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016), 2016
  • Best Paper Winner - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2015), 2015
  • Cool Vendor Award for CRM Customer Service and Support - Gartner, 2015
  • Honorable Mention Paper - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2015), 2015
  • Presidential Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellow (2014-2016) - University of Washington, 2015
  • “Innovation through Collaboration” Award - kynamatrix Research Network, 2014

Memberships

  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing
  • Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

Publications and Contributions

  • Conference Paper
    Adaptive support for collaboration on tabletop computers (2019)
    Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL '19) Authors: Abigail Evans, Katharine Davis, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Workshop Paper
    Addressing the challenges of situationally-induced impairments and disabilities in mobile interaction (2019)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’19) Authors: G.W. Tigwell, Z. Sarsenbayeva, B.M. Gorman, D.R. Flatla, J. Goncalves, Y. Yesilada, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Cluster Touch: Improving smartphone touch accuracy for people with motor and situational impairments (2019)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’19) Authors: Martez Mott, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Crowdlicit: A system for conducting distributed end-user elicitation and identification studies (2019)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’19) Authors: Abdullah Ali, Meredith Ringel Morris, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Text entry throughput: Towards unifying speed and accuracy in a single performance metric (2019)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’19) Authors: Mingrui Zhang, S. Zhai, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    $Q: A super-quick, articulation-invariant stroke-gesture recognizer for low-resolution devices (2018)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI ’18) Authors: Radu-Daniel Vatavu, Lisa Anthony, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Ability‐Based Design (2018)
    Communications of the ACM, Volume 61, Issue 6 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, K Z Gajos, S K Kane, G C Vanderheiden
  • Conference Paper
    Crowdsourcing similarity judgments for agreement analysis in end-user elicitation studies (2018)
    Proceedings of the 31st Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2018) Authors: Abdullah Ali, Meredith Ringel Morris, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Drunk User Interfaces: Determining blood alcohol level through everyday smartphone tasks (2018)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18) Authors: Alex Mariakakis, Sanya Parsi, Shwetak N Patel, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Examining image-based button labeling for accessibility in Android apps through large-scale analysis (2018)
    Proceedings of The 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '18) Authors: Anne Spencer Ross, Xiaoyi Zhang, James Fogarty, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Incorporating social factors in accessible design (2018)
    Proceedings of The 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '18) Authors: Kristen Shinohara, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Wanda Pratt
  • Workshop Paper
    Lost in transition: The importance of conceptualizing aging as a process in accessibility research (2018)
    ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’18): “Designing Interactions for the Ageing Populations” Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    RainCheck: Overcoming capacitive interference caused by rainwater on smartphones (2018)
    Authors: Ying-Chao Tung, Mayank Goel, Isaac Zinda, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Technical Report
    Technical Report UW-CSE-18-10-01: Comparing spatial interaction modalities for 2D-widgets in productivity applications in virtual reality (2018)
    , Page 12 Authors: Y. -C. Tung, S DiVerdi, A. Hertzmann, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Tenets for Social Accessibility: Towards humanizing disabled people in design (2018)
    ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, Volume 11, Issue 1 Authors: Kristen S Shinohara, C L Bennett, Wanda Pratt, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    “Suddenly, we got to become therapists for each other”: Designing peer support chats for mental health (2018)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '18) Authors: Katie O'Leary, S Schueller, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Wanda Pratt
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Comparing speech and keyboard text entry for short messages in two languages on touchscreen phones (2017)
    Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, Volume 1, Issue 4, Page Article No. 159 Authors: S Ruan, Jacob O. Wobbrock, K Liou, A Ng, James Landay
  • Conference Paper
    Design opportunities for mental health peer support technologies (2017)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW '17) Authors: Katie O'Leary, Arpita Bhattacharya, Sean Munson, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Wanda Pratt
  • Conference Paper
    Epidemiology as a framework for large-scale mobile application accessibility assessment (2017)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’17), Page 2-11 Authors: Annie Ross, Xiaoyi Zhang, James A. Fogarty, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Group Touch: Distinguishing tabletop users in group settings via statistical modeling of touch pairs (2017)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17) Authors: Abigail Evans, Katharine Davis, J. Fogarty, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Improving dwell-based gaze typing with dynamic, cascading dwell times (2017)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17) Authors: Martez Mott, S. Williams, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Meredith Ringel Morris
  • Conference Paper
    Interaction proxies for runtime repair and enhancement of mobile application accessibility (2017)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17) Authors: X. Zhang, A. Ross, A. Caspi, J. Fogarty, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Teaching accessibility in a technology design course (2017)
    Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL '17) Authors: Kristen S Shinohara, C L Bennett, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Wanda Pratt
  • Workshop Paper
    The relevance of nonparametric and semi-parametric statistics to HCI (2017)
    Workshop on Moving Transparent Statistics Forward. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '17) Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Modeling collaboration patterns on an interactive tabletop in a classroom setting (2016)
    ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW ’16), Page 860-871 Authors: Abigail Evans, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Katharine Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Between‐subjects elicitation studies: Formalization and tool support (2016)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16) Authors: Radu -Daniel Vavatu, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Gestures by children and adults on touch tables and touch walls in a public science center (2016)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’16) Authors: L Anthony, K A Stofer, A Luc, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    How designing for people with and without disabilities shapes student design thinking (2016)
    ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '16) Authors: Kristen S Shinohara, C.L. Bennett, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Book, Chapter in Textbook-New
    Nonparametric statistics in human‐computer interaction (2016)
    Modern Statistical Methods for HCI Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, M Kay
  • Conference Poster
    Peer‐to‐peer psychotherapy tools (2016)
    Proceedings of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions 8th Scientific Meeting (ISRII ’16) Authors: Katie O'Leary, M Dixon, M Toomim, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Wanda Pratt
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Research contributions in human-computer interaction (2016)
    ACM Interactions, Volume 23, Issue 3, Page 38-44 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, Julie A. Kientz
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Self-Conscious or Self-Confident? A Diary Study Conceptualizing the Social Accessibility of Assistive Technology (2016)
    ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 1-31 Authors: Kristen S Shinohara, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Smart Touch: Improving touch accuracy for people with motor impairments with template matching (2016)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '16) Authors: Martez Mott, Radu -Daniel Vavatu, Shaun K Kane, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Blog post
    Why every innovation can’t be the next iPhone (2016)
    Real Clear Technology Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Evaluating intelligibility and battery drain of mobile sign language video transmitted at low frame rates and bit rates (2015)
    ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page Article No. 11 Authors: J J Tran, E A Riskin, R E Ladner, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Formalizing agreement analysis for elicitation studies: New measures, significance test, and toolkit (2015)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '15), Page 1325-1334 Authors: R -D Vavatu, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Newsletter
    Four customer experience secrets for subscription‐based businesses (2015)
    LinkedIn Pulse Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    From User-Centered Design to Adoption-Centered Design: A Case Study of a Research System Becoming a Product (2015)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’15), Page 1749-1785 Authors: Parmit Chilana, Andrew Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    SwitchBack: Using focus and saccade tracking to guide users’ attention for mobile task resumption (2015)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’15), Page 2953-2962 Authors: Alex Mariakakis, Mayank Goel, M Tanvir I Aumi, Shwetak Patel, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Target acquisition and the crowd actor (2015)
    Human Computation, Volume 2, Issue 2, Page 135-154 Authors: J P Bigham, W S Lasecki, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    4 things your website should do to help your visitors help themselves (2014)
    The Help Club Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    5 lessons that business leaders could learn from academics (2014)
    Entrepreneur Magazine Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Newsletter
    5 ways to improve online customer experience with website self‐service (2014)
    LinkedIn Pulse Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Analyzing the intelligibility of real‐time mobile sign language video transmitted below recommended standards (2014)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility , Page 177-184 Authors: Jessica Tran, Ben Flowers, Eve Riskin, Richard Ladner, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Beating the bubble: Using kinematic triggering in the Bubble Lens for acquiring small, dense targets. (2014)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: Martez Mott, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Changing consumer behaviors make self‐service growth inevitable (2014)
    destinationCRM.com Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Filling in the gaps: Capturing social regulation in an interactive tabletop learning environment (2014)
    Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Page 1157-1161 Authors: Abigail Evans, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Newsletter
    Focus on what customers do—Not what they say (2014)
    LinkedIn Pulse Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Gesture heatmaps: Understanding gesture performance with colorful visualizations (2014)
    Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction , Page 172-179 Authors: Radu-Daniel Vatavu, Lisa Anthony, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Newsletter
    How marketing can kill your website conversion rate (2014)
    LinkedIn Pulse Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    How millennials require us to design the technologies of tomorrow (2014)
    WIRED Innovation Insights Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Ivory tower research and startup innovation are two sides of a coin (2014)
    Entrepreneur Magazine Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Mouse pointing endpoint prediction using kinematic template matching (2014)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, P. T. Pasqual
  • Newsletter
    Non‐verbal communication and online customer experience (2014)
    LinkedIn Pulse Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Power to the people: How to make self‐service a priority for your website (2014)
    Website Magazine Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Reducing legacy bias in gesture elicitation studies (2014)
    ACM Interactions, Volume 21, Issue 3, Page 40-45 Authors: Meredith Morris, Andreea Danielescu, Steven Drucker, Danyel Fisher, Bongshin Lee, m c schraefel, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Newsletter
    The psychology of online customer experiences (2014)
    LinkedIn Pulse Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Why you need to worry about the questions your website visitors DON'T ask (2014)
    HubSpot Inbound Hub Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    A Multi-Site Field Study of Crowdsourced Contextual Help: Usage and Perspectives of End-Users and Software Teams (2013)
    ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: Parmit Chilana, Andrew Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Tovi Grossman
  • Conference Paper
    A web-based intelligibility evaluation of sign language video transmitted at low frame rates and bitrates (2013)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility Authors: J. J. Tran, R. Rodriguez, Gaetano Borriello, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Short Paper
    Access Lens: A gesture-based screen reader for real-world documents (2013)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Page pp. 347-350 Authors: S K Kane, B Frey, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Short Paper
    Age-related differences in performance with touchscreens compared to traditional mouse input (2013)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Page pp. 343-346 Authors: Findlater L, J Froehlich, K Fattal, Jacob O. Wobbrock, T Dastyar
  • Conference Paper
    ContextType: Using hand posture information to improve mobile touch screen text entry (2013)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , Page pp. 2795-2798 Authors: M Goel, A Jansen, T Mandel, S N Patel, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Workshop Paper
    Crowdsourced Q&A-based Contextual Help for Web Applications: Challenges and Opportunities (2013)
    CSCW Workshop on Social Media Question Asking Authors: P.K. Chilana, Andrew Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Workshop Paper
    Crowdsourced Q&A-based contextual help for web applications: Challenges and opportunities (2013)
    Workshop on “Social Media Question Asking.” ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Authors: P K Chilana, A J Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Improving form-based data entry with image snippets (2013)
    Proceedings of Graphics Interface , Page pp. 157-164 Authors: N. Dell, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Gaetano Borriello
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Improving pointing in graphical user interfaces for people with motor impairments through ability-based design (2013)
    Assistive Technologies, Disability Informatics and Computer Access for Motor Limitations, Page pp. 206-253 Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Workshop Paper
    Increasing mobile sign language video accessibility by relaxing video transmission standards (2013)
    Third Mobile Accessibility Workshop Authors: J. J. Tran, E. A. Riskin, R. E. Ladner, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Short Paper
    PVT-Touch: Adapting a reaction time test for touchscreen devices (2013)
    Proceedings of the 7th Int’l Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare Authors: M. Kay, K. Rector, B. Greenstein, Jacob O. Wobbrock, N. F. Watson, Julie A. Kientz
  • Conference Paper
    Q-methodology as a research and design tool for HCI (2013)
    Proceedings from the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: K O'Leary, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Relative accuracy measures for stroke gestures. (2013)
    Proceedings of the ACM Int’l Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, Page pp. 279-286 Authors: R D Vatavu, L Anthony, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Workshop Paper
    The need for research on mobile technologies for people with low-vision (2013)
    Third Mobile Accessibility Workshop Authors: S. Azenkot, K. Rector, R. E. Ladner, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Touchplates: Low-cost tactile overlays for visually impaired touch screen users (2013)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility Authors: S. K. Kane, Meredith Ringel Morris, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Understanding the consistency of users’ pen and finger stroke gesture articulation (2013)
    Proceedings of Graphics Interface, Page pp. 87-94 Authors: L. Anthony, R. D. Vatavu, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Short Paper
    $N-Protractor: A fast and accurate multistroke recognizer (2012)
    Proceedings of Graphics Interface, Page 117-120 Authors: L Anthony, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    A general-purpose target-aware pointing enhancement using pixel-level analysis of graphical interfaces (2012)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’12) Authors: M Dixon, J Fogarty, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Short Paper
    Beyond QWERTY: Augmenting touch screen keyboards with multi-touch gestures for non-alphanumeric input (2012)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’12), Page 2679-2682 Authors: Leah Findlater, B Lee, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Design goals for a system for enhancing AAC with personalized video (2012)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Page 223-224 Authors: K O'Leary, C Delahunt, P Dowden, I Darmansya, J Heng, E A Riskin, R E Ladner, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Extended Abstract
    Designing and evaluating text entry methods (2012)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’12), Page 2747-2750 Authors: P O Kristensson, J Clawson, M Dunlop, P Isokoski, B Roark, K Vertanen, A Waller, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    From plastic to pixels: In search of touch-typing touchscreen keyboards (2012)
    interactions, Volume 19, Issue 3, Page 44-49 Authors: Leah Findlater, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Gestures as point clouds: A $P recognizer for user interface prototypes (2012)
    Proceedings of the ACM Int'l Conference on Multimodal Interfaces Authors: R D Vatavu, L Anthony, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    GripSense: Using built-in sensors to detect hand posture and pressure on commodity mobile phones (2012)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Authors: M Goel, Jacob O. Wobbrock, S N Patel
  • Conference Paper
    Input Finger Detection for nonvisual touch screen text entry in Perkinput (2012)
    Proceedings of Graphics Interface, Page 121-129 Authors: S Azkenot, Jacob O. Wobbrock, S Prasian, R E Ladner
  • Conference Paper
    LemonAid: Selection-based crowdsourced contextual help for web applications (2012)
    ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: Parmit Chilana, Andrew Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    PassChords: Secure multi-touch authentication for blind people (2012)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility Authors: S Azenkot, K Rector, R E Ladner, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Personalized input: Improving ten-finger touchscreen typing through automatic adaptation (2012)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’12), Page 815-824 Authors: Leah Findlater, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Reject me: Peer review and SIGCHI (2012)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Page 1197-1200 Authors: M Bernstein, D Cosley, C DiSalvo, S Kairam, D Karger, T Kriplean, C Lampe, W Mackay, L Terveen, Jacob O. Wobbrock, S Yardi
  • Conference Paper
    Taming wild behavior: The Input Observer for obtaining text entry and mouse pointing measures from everyday computer use (2012)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12), Page 1947-1956 Authors: Abigail Evans, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    WalkType: Using accelerometer data to accommodate situational impairments in mobile touch screen text entry (2012)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing System (CHI ’12), Page 2687-2696 Authors: M. Goel, Leah Findlater, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Ability-Based Design: Concept, principles and examples (2011)
    ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 9:1 - 9:27 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, S K Kane, K. Z. Gajos, S. Harada, J. Froehlich
  • Conference Paper
    Access Overlays: Improving non-visual access to large touch screens for blind users (2011)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ’11), Page 273-282 Authors: S K Kane, M R Morris, A Z Perkins, D Wigdor, R E Ladner, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Extended Abstract
    Dynamic accessibility: Detecting and accommodating differences in ability and situation (2011)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’11), Page 41-44 Authors: A Hurst, K Z Gajos, Leah Findlater, Jacob O. Wobbrock, A Sears, S Trewin
  • Conference Extended Abstract
    Effect of MobileASL on communication among deaf users (2011)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '11), Page 2185-2190 Authors: J Kim, J J Tran, T W Johnson, R Ladner, E Riskin, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Enhancing independence and safety for blind and deaf-blind public transit riders (2011)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’11), Page 3247-3256 Authors: S Azenkot, S Prasain, Alan Borning, E Fortuna, R E Ladner, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Evaluating quality and comprehension of real-time sign language video on mobile phones (2011)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’11), Page 115-122 Authors: J J Tran, J Kim, J Chon, E A Riskin, R E Ladner, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Extended Abstract
    From the lab to the world: Lessons from extending a pointing technique for real-world use (2011)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '11), Page 1867-1872 Authors: Alex Jansen, Leah Findlater, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    In the shadow of misperception: Assistive technology use and social interactions (2011)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’11), Page 705-714 Authors: Kristen S Shinohara, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Extended Abstract
    Input Observer: Measuring text entry and pointing performance from naturalistic everyday computer use (2011)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '11), Page 1879-1884 Authors: Abigail Evans, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Short Paper
    Modeling and predicting pointing errors in two dimensions (2011)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’11), Page 1653-1656 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, Alex Jansen, Kristen S Shinohara
  • Conference Paper
    Portico: Tangible interaction on and around a tablet (2011)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ’11), Page 347-356 Authors: D Avrahami, Jacob O. Wobbrock, S. Izadi
  • Conference Short Paper
    Post-deployment usability: A survey of current practices (2011)
    ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Page 2243-2246 Authors: Parmit Chilana, Andrew Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Tovi Grossman, George Fitzmaurice
  • Workshop Paper
    Practical statistics for human-computer interaction: An independent study combining statistics theory and tool know-how (2011)
    Annual Workshop of the Human-Computer Interaction Consortium (HCIC ’11) Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Short Paper
    Smartphone haptic feedback for nonvisual wayfinding (2011)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '11), Page 281-282 Authors: S Azenkot, R E Ladner, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Short Paper
    The Aligned Rank Transform for nonparametric factorial analyses using only ANOVA procedures (2011)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’11), Page 143-146 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, Leah Findlater, D Gergle, J J Higgins
  • Conference Paper
    The effects of task dimensionality, endpoint deviation, throughput calculation, and experiment design on pointing measures and models (2011)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’11), Page 1639-1648 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, Kristen S Shinohara, A Jansen
  • Conference Paper
    Typing on flat glass: Examining ten-finger expert typing patterns on touch surfaces (2011)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’11), Page 2453-2462 Authors: Leah Findlater, Jacob O. Wobbrock, D. Wigdor
  • Conference Paper
    Usable gestures for blind people: Understanding preference and performance (2011)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’11), Page 413-422 Authors: S K Kane, Jacob O. Wobbrock, R E Ladner
  • Conference Workshop Paper
    Using crowdsourcing in the design of context-sensitive help for web applications (2011)
    CHI 2011 Workshop on “Crowdsourcing and Human Computation” Authors: Parmit Chilana, Andrew Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Voice Games: Investigation into the use of non-speech voice input for making computer games more accessible (2011)
    Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC13 Int’l Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT ’11), Page 11-29 Authors: S Harada, Jacob O. Wobbrock, James Landay
  • Conference Paper
    A lightweight multistroke recognizer for user interface prototypes (2010)
    Proceedings of Graphics Interface (GI ’10), Page 245-252 Authors: L Anthony, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    A web-based user survey for evaluating power saving strategies for deaf users of MobileASL (2010)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’10), Page 115-122 Authors: J J Tran, T W Johnson, J Kim, R Rodriquez, S Yin, E A Riskin, R E Ladner, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Augmenting on-screen instructions with micro-projected guides: When it works, and when it fails (2010)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp ’10), Page 203-212 Authors: S Rosenthal, S K Kane, Jacob O. Wobbrock, D Avrahami
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Automatically generating personalized user interfaces with SUPPLE (2010)
    Artificial Intelligence, Volume 174, Issue 12-13, Page 910-950 Authors: K. Z. Gajos, D. S. Weld, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Cleanroom: Edit-time error detection with the uniqueness heuristic (2010)
    IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), Page 7-14 Authors: Andrew Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Enhanced area cursors: Reducing fine-pointing demands for people with motor impairments (2010)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ’10) Authors: Leah Findlater, A Jansen, Kristen S Shinohara, M. Dixon, P. Kamb, J. Rakita, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Understanding expressions of unwanted behaviors in open bug reporting (2010)
    IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), Page 203-206 Authors: Parmit Chilana, Andrew Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Understanding usability practices in complex domains (2010)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’10), Page 2337-2346 Authors: Parmit Chilana, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Andrew Ko
  • Conference Paper
    Understanding users' preferences for surface gestures (2010)
    Proceedings of Graphics Interface (GI ’10), Page 261-268 Authors: M R Morris, Jacob O. Wobbrock, A D Wilson
  • Conference Paper
    Activity analysis enabling real-time video communication on mobile phones for deaf users (2009)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '09), Page 79-88 Authors: N Cherniavsky, J Chon, Jacob O. Wobbrock, R E Ladner, E A Riskin
  • Conference Non-Archival Papers
    Beyond speech recognition: Improving voice-driven access to computers (2009)
    Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE-IBM Accessing the Future Conference Authors: S Harada, James Landay, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Bonfire: A nomadic system for hybrid laptop-tabletop interaction (2009)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '09), Page 129-138 Authors: S K Kane, D Avrahami, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Beverly Harrison, A Rea, M Philipose, A LaMarca
  • Conference Workshop Paper
    Designing software for unfamiliar domains (2009)
    International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering Authors: Parmit Chilana, Andrew Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Extended Abstract
    Exploring the design of accessible goal crossing desktop widgets (2009)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09), Page 3733-3738 Authors: Eun Kyoung Choe, Kristen S Shinohara, Parmit Chilana, M Dixon, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Freedom to roam: A study of mobile device adoption and accessibility for people with visual and motor disabilities (2009)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’09), Page 115-122 Authors: S K Kane, C Jayant, Jacob O. Wobbrock, R E Ladner
  • Conference Paper
    Longitudinal study of people learning to use continuous voice-based cursor control (2009)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09), Page 347-356 Authors: S Harada, Jacob O. Wobbrock, J Malkin, J Blimes, James Landay
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Reflections on the future of iSchools from inspired junior faculty. (2009)
    interactions, Volume 16, Issue 5, Page 69-71 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, Andrew Ko, J. A. Kientz
  • Conference Short Paper
    TapSongs: Tapping rhythm-based passwords on a single binary sensor (2009)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '09), Page 93-96 Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    The Angle Mouse: Target-agnostic dynamic gain adjustment based on angular deviation (2009)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09), Page 1401-1410 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, J Fogarty, S Liu, S Kimuro, S Harada
  • Conference Paper
    User-defined gestures for surface computing (2009)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '09), Page 1083-1092 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, M R Morris, A D Wilson
  • Conference Paper
    An error model for pointing based on Fitts' law (2008)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '08), Page 1613-1622 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, Ed Cutrell, S Harada, I S MacKenzie
  • Conference Short Paper
    Decision-theoretic user interface generation (2008)
    Proceedings of the 23rd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI ’08), Page 1532-1536 Authors: K Z Gajos, D S Weld, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Enabling devices, empowering people: The design and evaluation of Trackball EdgeWrite (2008)
    Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, Volume 3, Issue 1-2, Page 35-56 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers
  • Conference Paper
    Getting off the treadmill: Evaluating walking user interfaces for mobile devices in public spaces (2008)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI ’08), Page 109-118 Authors: S K Kane, Jacob O. Wobbrock, I E Smith
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Goal crossing with mice and trackballs for people with motor impairments: Performance, submovements, and design directions (2008)
    ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 4:1-4:37 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, K. Z. Gajos
  • Conference Paper
    Improving the performance of motor-impaired users with automatically-generated, ability-based interfaces (2008)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '08), Page 1257-1266 Authors: K Z Gajos, Jacob O. Wobbrock, D S Weld
  • Conference Paper
    Longitudinal evaluation of discrete consecutive gaze gestures for text entry (2008)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications (ETRA ’08), Page 11-18 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, J Rubinstein, M W Sawyer, A T Duchowski
  • Conference Paper
    Slide Rule: Making mobile touch screens accessible to blind people using multi-touch interaction techniques (2008)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’08), Page 73-80 Authors: S K Kane, J P Bigham, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    The performance of hand postures in front- and back-of-device interaction for mobile computing (2008)
    International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Volume 66, Issue 12, Page 857-875 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers, H H Aung
  • Conference Short Paper
    TrueKeys: Identifying and correcting typing errors for people with motor impairments (2008)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI ’08), Page 349-352 Authors: S K Kane, Jacob O. Wobbrock, M Harniss, K L Johnson
  • Conference Paper
    VoiceLabel: Using speech to label mobile sensor data (2008)
    Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI ’08), Page 69-76 Authors: S Harada, J Lester, K Patel, T S Saponas, J Fogarty, James Landay, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    A comparison of area pointing and goal crossing for people with and without motor impairments (2007)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '07), Page 3-10 Authors: K Z Gajos, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Adding gestural text entry to input devices for people with motor impairments (2007)
    Universal Usability: Designing Computer Interfaces for Diverse User Populations, Page 421-456 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers
  • Conference Paper
    An alternative to push, press, and tap-tap-tap: Gesturing on an isometric joystick for mobile phone text entry (2007)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’07), Page 667-676 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, D H Chau, B A Myers
  • Conference Extended Abstract
    Automatically correcting typing errors for people with motor impairments (2007)
    Adjunct Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '07), Page 59-60 Authors: S K Kane, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Automatically generating user interfaces adapted to users' motor and vision capabilities (2007)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ’07), Page 231-240 Authors: K Z Gajos, Jacob O. Wobbrock, D S Weld
  • Conference Paper
    Barrier Pointing: Using physical edges to assist target acquisition on mobile device touch screens (2007)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '07), Page 19-26 Authors: J Froehlich, Jacob O. Wobbrock, S K Kane
  • Conference Paper
    Eyes on the road, hands on the wheel: Thumb-based interaction techniques for input on steering wheels (2007)
    Proceedings of Graphics Interface (GI '07), Page 95-102 Authors: I E Gonzalez, Jacob O. Wobbrock, D H Chau, A Faulring, B A Myers
  • Conference Paper
    Gestures without libraries, toolkits or training: A $1 recognizer for user interface prototypes (2007)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '07), Page 159-168 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, A D Wilson, Y Li
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Measures of text entry performance (2007)
    Text Entry Systems: Mobility, Accessibility, Universality, Page 44-74 Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Not typing but writing: Eye-based text entry using letter-like gestures (2007)
    Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference on Communication by Gaze Interaction (COGAIN '07), Page 61-64 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, J Rubinstein, M Sawyer, A T Duchowski
  • Conference Paper
    VoiceDraw: A voice-driven hands-free drawing application (2007)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’07), Page 27-34 Authors: S Harada, Jacob O. Wobbrock, James Landay
  • Conference Paper
    WebinSitu: A comparative analysis of blind and sighted browsing behavior (2007)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’07), Page 51-58 Authors: J P Bigham, A C Cavender, J T Brudvik, Jacob O. Wobbrock, R E Ladner
  • Newsletter
    A robust design for accessible text entry (2006)
    Accessibility and Computing: The Newsletter of ACM SIGACCESS, Volume 84, Issue January 2006, Page 48-51 Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Analyzing the input stream for character-level errors in unconstrained text entry evaluations (2006)
    ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Volume 13, Issue 4, Page 458-489 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers
  • Technical Report
    EdgeWrite: A versatile design for text entry and control (2006)
    Technical Report CMU-HCII-06-104, Page 310 pages Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Short Paper
    Few-key text entry revisited: Mnemonic gestures on four keys (2006)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '06), Page 489-492 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers, B Rothrock
  • Conference Paper
    From letters to words: Efficient stroke-based word completion for trackball text entry (2006)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’06), Page 2-9 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers
  • Conference Short Paper
    In-stroke word completion (2006)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ’06), Page 333-336 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers, D H Chau
  • Conference Extended Abstract
    Integrating isometric joysticks into mobile phones for text entry (2006)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’06), Page 640-645 Authors: D H Chau, Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers, B Rothrock
  • Conference Workshop Paper
    The future of mobile device research in HCI (2006)
    CHI 2006 Workshop on "What is the Next Generation of Human-Computer Interaction?", Page 131-134 Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Trackball text entry for people with motor impairments (2006)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’06), Page 479-488 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers
  • Conference Short Paper
    EdgeWrite: A new text entry technique designed for stability (2005)
    Proceedings of the RESNA 28th Annual Conference (RESNA ’05) Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers
  • Conference Short Paper
    Gestural text entry on multiple devices (2005)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’05), Page 184-185 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Integrated text entry from power wheelchairs (2005)
    Behaviour and Information Technology, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 187-203 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, H H Aung, B A Myers, E F LoPresti
  • Conference Short Paper
    Maximizing the guessability of symbolic input (2005)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '05), Page 1869-1872 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, H H Aung, B Rothrock, B A Myers
  • Conference Paper
    Text input to handheld devices for people with physical disabilities (2005)
    Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI Int'l ’05), Page 1962-1970 Authors: B A Myers, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Extended Abstract
    Joystick text entry with date stamp, selection keyboard and EdgeWrite (2004)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’04), Page 1550 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers, H H Aung
  • Journal Article, Professional Journal
    Taking handheld devices to the next level (2004)
    IEEE Computer, Volume 36, Issue 12, Page 36-43 Authors: B A Myers, J Nichols, Jacob O. Wobbrock, R C Miller
  • Conference Paper
    Text entry from power wheelchairs: EdgeWrite for joysticks and touchpads (2004)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '04), Page 110-117 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers, H H Aung, E F LoPresti
  • Conference Paper
    Writing with a joystick: A comparison of date stamp, selection keyboard and EdgeWrite (2004)
    Proceedings of Graphics Interface (GI '04), Page 1-8 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers, H H Aung
  • Conference Paper
    EdgeWrite: A stylus-based text entry method designed for high accuracy and stability of motion (2003)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ’03), Page 61-70 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, B A Myers, J A Kembel
  • Conference Workshop Paper
    Exploring edge-based input techniques for handheld text entry (2003)
    Proceedings of the 3rd Int’l Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing (IWSAWC ’03), Page 280-282 Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Workshop Paper
    Handheld devices for control (2003)
    Annual Workshop of the Human-Computer Interaction Consortium (HCIC ’03) Authors: B A Myers, J Nichols, Jacob O. Wobbrock, K Litwack, M Higgins, J Hughes, T K Harris, R Rosenfeld, M Pignol
  • Conference Extended Abstract
    The benefits of physical edges in gesture-making: Empirical support for an edge-based unistroke alphabet (2003)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’03), Page 942-943 Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Extended Abstract
    In your own words: Using full sentences as feedback (2002)
    Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’02), Page 866-867 Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Mediator and medium: Doors as interruption gateways and aesthetic displays (2002)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS ’02), Page 379-386 Authors: J Nichols, Jacob O. Wobbrock, D Gergle, J Forlizzi
  • Conference Paper
    Using handhelds to help people with motor impairments (2002)
    Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies (ASSETS ’02), Page 89-96 Authors: B A Myers, Jacob O. Wobbrock, S Yang, B Yeung, J Nichols, R Miller
  • Conference Short Paper
    WebThumb: Interaction techniques for small-screen browsers (2002)
    Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ’02), Page 205-208 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, J Forlizzi, S E Hudson, B A Myers
  • Conference Paper
    Put your best face forward: Anthropomorphic agents, e-commerce consumers, and the law (2000)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Autonomous Agents (AGENTS ’00), Page 435-442 Authors: C E Heckman, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Liability for autonomous agent design (1999)
    Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Volume 2, Issue 1, Page 87-103 Authors: C E Heckman, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Conference Paper
    Liability for autonomous agent design (1998)
    Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Autonomous Agents (AGENTS ’98), Page 392-399 Authors: C E Heckman, Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Honors Thesis
    The law and policy of autonomous software agents (1998)
    , Page 172 pages Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-Revised
    Input/output devices and interaction techniques
    The Computer Science Handbook, Issue 3rd Edition Authors: K Hinckley, R.J. K Jacob, C Ware, Jacob O. Wobbrock, D Wigdor
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    Situationally-induced impairments and disabilities
    Web Accessibility: A Foundation for Research (2nd ed.) Author: Jacob O. Wobbrock
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    Why and how think-alouds with frail older adults fail: Recommendations from a study and expert interviews
    Perspectives on Human-Computer Interaction Research with Older People Authors: Rachel Franz, B. B. Neves, C. D. Epp, R. Baecker, Jacob O. Wobbrock

Presentations

  • Ability-Based Design, Ability, and Disability (2019)
    Ideagen Global 2030 Summit - Seattle, WA
  • Ability-Based Design: Designing for all people's abilities and situations (2018)
    Technology and Social Behavior Program, Northwestern University - Evanston, Illinois
  • Ability-Based Design: Making Technologies Match All People's Abilities and Context (2018)
    Puget Sound SIGCHI - Seattle, WA
  • Radical Personalization: Walk the line or be left behind? (2018)
    iAffiliates Day, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • The Mobile and Accessible Design Lab (2018)
    Sr. Director of University Research and Collaboration, Intel Corporation - Seattle, WA
  • Ability-Based Design (2017)
    MISC Speaker Series, University of Michigan School of Information - Ann Arbor, MI
  • Ability-Based Design: Elevating Ability over Disability in Accessible Computing (2017)
    DUB Group - Seattle, WA
  • Ability-Based Design: Elevating Ability over Disability in Accessible Computing (2017)
    University of Washington Information School Research Symposium - Seattle, WA
  • Ability‐Based Design: Elevating Ability over Disability in Accessible Computing (2017)
    CHI 2017 - Denver, CO
  • Research Projects from the Mobile + Accessible Design Lab (2017)
    Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA
  • Research Projects from the Mobile + Accessible Design Lab (2017)
    Microsoft Research - Redmond, WA
  • Input for people with motor impairments (2016)
    UW CSE MSR Summer Institute on Expanding Accessibility Research - Union, WA
  • How millennials are shaping the future of customer service (2015)
    Support and Service Management Consortium - Seattle, WA
  • How to get website self-service right (2015)
    WritersUA West User Assistance Boot Camp - Seattle, WA
  • The Five F’s for Successful University Startups (2015)
    panelist at New Ventures Facility / CoMotion visit by Washington State representatives and senators - Seattle, WA
  • AnswerDash (2014)
    Western Regional State Small Business Credit Initiative Meeting - Seattle, WA
  • AnswerDash (2014)
    New Ventures Facility Media Event, UW Center for Commercialization - Seattle, WA
  • AnswerDash (2014)
    Seattle Tech Meetup - Seattle, WA
  • AnswerDash (2014)
    iAffiliates Day, Information School - Seattle, WA
  • Bootstrapped?to?Public: The Entrepreneurial Path (2014)
    UW Foster School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business - Seattle, WA
  • How technology research compares to doing a tech startup (2014)
    Human?Computer Interaction Institute 20th Anniversary Celebration, Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA
  • Research outside academia (2014)
    DUB Annual Retreat, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Qazzow: Sales, Savings, and Insights for E-commerce (2013)
    University Research and Entrepreneurship Symposium - Boston, MA
  • Qazzow: Sales. Savings. Insights (2013)
    Technology Alliance Winter 2013 Innovation Showcase - Seattle, WA
  • From plastic to pixels: In pursuit of effective touch-typing on touch screens (2012)
    Research presentation, Microsoft Research - Redmond, WA
  • From plastic to pixels: In pursuit of effective touch-typing on touch screens (2012)
    DUB Group - Seattle, WA
  • Back to basics: Making pointing accessible (2011)
    DUB Group, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Back to basics: Making pointing accessible (2011)
    Stanford Seminar on People, Computers and Design, Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA
  • Cleanroom: Edit-Time Error Detection (2010)
    Annual Conference, HICSS - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (IEEE) - Madrid, Spain
  • Enhanced area cursors: reducing fine pointing demands for people with motor impairments (2010)
    ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) - New York, NY
  • Understanding gestures in user interfaces (2010)
    WritersUA 2010 Conference for Software User Assistance - Seattle, WA
  • Accessing the world: Projects by the iSchool?s AIM Research Group (2009)
    University of Washington Board of Regents - Seattle, WA
  • Making computers accessible with everyday input devices (2009)
    WritersUA 2009 Conference for Software User Assistance - Seattle, WA
  • Making computers accessible with everyday input devices (2009)
    Research Conversation, Information School - Seattle, WA
  • Overview of the AIM Research Group (2009)
    All-Board Meeting, Information School - Seattle, WA
  • TapSongs: Tapping rhythm-based passwords on a single binary sensor (2009)
    ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2009 - Victoria, BC, Canada
  • The Angle Mouse: Target-agnostic dynamic gain adjustment based on angular deviation (2009)
    CHI 2009, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Boston, MA
  • User-defined gestures for surface computing (2009)
    CHI 2009, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Boston, MA
  • User-defined vs. researcher-defined gestures (2009)
    DUB Group, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Achieving fundamental improvements in computer access (2008)
    Design Machine Group, Architecture Department, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • An error model for pointing based on Fitts? law (2008)
    DUB Group, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • An error model for pointing based on Fitts' law (2008)
    CHI 2008, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Florence, Italy
  • Flipping the burden: Making computers accessible with everyday input devices (2008)
    Infocamp 2008 - Seattle, WA
  • Flipping the burden: Making computers accessible with everyday input devices. (2008)
    HCI Seminar, Computer Science Department, University of Illinois?Urbana-Champaign - Champaign-Urbana, IL
  • A comparison of area pointing and goal crossing for people with and without motor impairments (2007)
    ASSETS 2007, ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility - Tempe, AZ
  • An alternative to push, press, and tap-tap-tap: Gesturing on an isometric joystick for mobile phone text entry (2007)
    CHI 2007, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - San Jose, CA
  • Gestures without libraries, toolkits or training: A $1 recognizer for user interface prototypes (2007)
    ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2007 - Newport, RI
  • Movement, input and errors (2007)
    DUB Group, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • EdgeWrite text entry and mobile accessibility (2006)
    Founders? Board Meeting, Information School - Seattle, WA
  • Few-key text entry revisited: Mnemonic gestures on four keys (2006)
    CHI 2006, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Montreal, QC, Canada
  • From letters to words: Efficient stroke-based word completion for trackball text entry (2006)
    ASSETS 2006, ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility - Portland, OR
  • In-stroke word completion (2006)
    ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2006 - Montreux, Switzerland
  • Trackball text entry for people with motor impairments (2006)
    CHI 2006, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Montreal, QC, Canada
  • Imagine EdgeWrite (2005)
    Microsoft TechFest - Washington, DC
  • Maximizing the guessability of symbolic input (2005)
    CHI 2005, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Portland, OR
  • Text entry from power wheelchairs: EdgeWrite for joysticks and touchpads (2004)
    ASSETS 2004, ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility - Atlanta, GA
  • Writing with a joystick: A comparison of date stamp, selection keyboard and EdgeWrite (2004)
    Graphics Interface 2004, Canadian Information Processing Society - London, ON, Canada
  • EdgeWrite: A stylus-based text entry method designed for high accuracy and stability of motion (2003)
    ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2003 - Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Exploring edge-based input techniques for handheld text entry (2003)
    IWSAWC '03, IEEE Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops - Providence, RI
  • WebThumb: Interaction techniques for small-screen browsers (2002)
    ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2002 - Paris, France
  • Put your best face forward: Anthropomorphic agents, e-commerce consumers, and the law (2000)
    AGENTS 2000, ACM Conference on Autonomous Agents - Barcelona, Spain
  • Liability for autonomous agent design (1998)
    AGENTS 1998, ACM Conference on Autonomous Agents - Minneapolis, MN