Accessible Computing PhD Theses

The following are PhD theses related to accessible computing that have been successfully awarded.

2012

1. Developing HCI Technology to Aid in Communication Research for Individuals with Impairments: A Language and Linguistic Perspective
   Joshua Hailpern
2. User-Sensitive Mobile Interfaces: Accounting for Individual Differences amongst the Blind
   Tiago Guerreiro

2010

1. Inclusive User Modelling
   Pradipta Biswas
2. Using Data About Real World Pointing Performance to Improve Computer Access with Automatic Assessment
   Amy Hurst
3. Optimizing Video Presentations for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Participants in Mainstream Classrooms
   Raja S. Kushalnagar
4. Addressing Age-Related Pen-Based Target Acquisition Difficulties
   Karyn Moffatt
5. AWA, Methodological Framework in the Accessibility Domain for Web Application Development
   Lourdes Moreno

2009

1. Intelligent Interfaces Enabling Blind Web Users to Build Accessibility Into the Web
   Jeffrey P. Bigham
2. A Study of Human-Robot Interaction With an Assistive Robot to Help People With Severe Motor Impairments
   Yougn Sang Choi
3. Non Visual Navigation of Excel Spreadsheet
   Iyad Abu Doush
4. Towards Behaviour-Driven Transcoding of Web Content Through an Analysis of User Coping Strategies
   Darren Lunn
5. Instructional eLearning Technologies for the Vision Impaired
   Iain Murray
6. Human-Computer Interaction with Older People: From Factors to Social Actors
   Sergio Sayago Barrantes
7. Developing Web Accessibility: Section 508 Compliance of Post-Secondary Educational Web Site Home Pages
   Julie A. Smith
8. Automatic Assessment of Contextual Web Accessibility from an Evaluation, Measurement and Adaptation Perspectives
   Markel Vigo

2008

1. Non-speech Sounds for User Interface Control
   Adam J. Sporka

2007

1. The Disability Divide: A Study into the Impact of Computing and Internet-related Technologies on People who are Blind or Vision Impaired
   Scott Hollier
2. Taux: A System for Evaluating Sound Feedback in Navigational Tasks
   Robert J. Lutz
3. Individual-Technology Fit: Matching Individual Characteristics and Features of Biometric Interface Technologies with Performance
   Adriane B. Randolph

2006

1. Socio-Technical Environments Supporting Distributed Cognition for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities
   Stefan Carmien
2. Generating American Sign Language Classifier Predicates For English-To-ASL Machine Translation
   Matt Huenerfauth
3. Multi-Modal Exploration
   Christopher D. S. Power
4. The Effectiveness of the Web Accessibility Audit as a Motivational and Educational Tool in Inclusive Web Design
   David Sloan
5. EdgeWrite: A Versatile Design for Text Entry and Control
   Jacob O. Wobbrock
6. Interactive Sonification of Abstract Data - Framework, Design Space, Evaluation, and User Tool
   Haixia Zhao

2005

1. A Power and Reliability Model for Error Prone Technologies: Improving Speech-Based Support for Spatial Navigation
   Jinjuan Heidi Feng
2. Annotation and Transformation of Web Pages to Improve Mobility for Visually Impaired Users
   Yeliz Yesilada

2002

1. Text Legibility for Web Documents and Low Vision
   Gloria A. Reece