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Jacob O. Wobbrock: Outstanding Contribution Recipient 2026
Jacob O. Wobbrock is a Professor of Information and, by courtesy, of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington (UW). He directs the ACE Lab and is an Associate Director and former founding Co-Director of the UW Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences (CREATE). Since 2001, his research has pursued accessible interaction techniques, adaptive user interfaces, mobile accessibility, and human-centered artificial intelligence. Wobbrock received the 2017 SIGCHI Social Impact …
SIGACCESS Best Paper Award 2024
Engaging with Children’s Artwork in Mixed Visual-Ability Families Author(s): • Arnavi Chheda-Kothary, University of Washington • Jacob O. Wobbrock, University of Washington • Jon E. Froehlich, University of Washington Abstract We present two studies exploring how blind or low-vision (BLV) family members engage with their sighted children’s artwork, strategies to support understanding and interpretation, and the potential role of technology, such as AI, therein. Our first study involved 14 BLV individuals, and …
SIGACCESS Best Student Paper Award 2024
WheelPoser: Sparse-IMU Based Body Pose Estimation for Wheelchair Users Author(s): • Yunzhi Li, Carnegie Mellon University • Vimal Mollyn, Carnegie Mellon University • Kuang Yuan, Carnegie Mellon University • Patrick Carrington, Carnegie Mellon University Abstract Despite researchers having extensively studied various ways to track body pose on-the-go, most prior work does not take into account wheelchair users, leading to poor tracking performance. Wheelchair users could greatly benefit from this pose information …
June 2024 Newsletter
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Call for Papers ASSETS 2025
The call for papers for ASSETS’25 has been announced: https://assets25.sigaccess.org/call_for_papers.html
Chieko Asakawa: Outstanding Contribution 2024
Dr. Chieko Asakawa is an IBM Fellow at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, the Chief Executive Director of The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) in Japan, and an IBM Distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Her remarkable career has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards and honors. Among these, becoming an IBM Fellow in 2009, receiving the “Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon” from the Emperor of Japan in 2013, …
Call for Nominations: SIGACCESS Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility Award
We are seeking nominations for the 2020 SIGACCESS Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility Award. Nominations are due by June 30, 2020. Please send all questions or nomination materials to simon.harper@manchester.ac.uk. For details, see the Outstanding Contributions Award page.