Scholar
Jacob O. Wobbrock
Google Scholar ID: TmZ3howAAAAJ
Professor, University of Washington
Citations & Impact
Citations
13,094
H-index
55
i10-index
150
Publications
20
Co-authors
137
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Received NSF CAREER award in 2010; awarded SIGCHI Social Impact Award in 2017; inducted into the CHI Academy in 2019; named an ACM Fellow in 2021 for contributions to human-computer interaction and accessible computing; received four 10-year lasting impact awards: ASSETS 2019, ICMI 2022, UIST 2024, and ASSETS 2025.
Research Experience
- Extensive work in text entry, pointing, touch and gesture, human performance measurement and modeling, HCI research and design methods, virtual reality, mobile HCI, and accessible computing. Co-founder of the DUB Group and MHCI+D degree, Chair and Interim Director. Also directs the ACE Lab and is Associate Director and founding Co-Director Emeritus of the CREATE center.
Education
- Ph.D. from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in 2006, advisor: Brad Myers; B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University in 1998, advisor: Terry Winograd; M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2000, advisor: Terry Winograd.
Background
- Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), with a focus on mobile and accessible computing. Professional Fields: Computer Science, Interaction Design, and Experimental Psychology.
Miscellany
- Entrepreneur, co-founded AnswerDash in 2012, a SaaS company providing AI-powered context-sensitive help, served as a venture-backed CEO for about three years. In 2020, AnswerDash was acquired by CloudEngage.
