Jeffrey Bigham
Location: (Rochester, NY)
Personal Research Web Page: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jbigham/
Keywords: access technology, web accessibility, human computer interaction, human computation, web automation & customization, web engineering
Posted on: Monday, May 10th, 2010
Broad Research Area: HCI / CSCW, Mobile / Ubiquitous / Embedded Computing, Social Computing / Social Informatics
Research Interests:
I want to enable everyone to access, use and benefit from technology.
My research is at the intersection of human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence and web engineering. I seek a better understanding of how to more effectively present and combine web information sources and have a particular interest in tools that support more accessible, usable and available access for people with disabilities.
I believe human computation and crowdsourcing is part of the solution, and build tools that explore how people can help one another more effectively access the web and deliver information on-the-go. My group has recently been exploring mobile tools for connecting people disabilities to remote workers in nearly real-time to bridge the gap in areas that automated tools are not yet good enough to do.
Finally, research does not happen in a vacuum and I support releasing technology early not only in order to let people benefit from it immediately but also as a way to understand its broader social context.
Contact Information:
Please email me: jbigham@cs.rochester.edu
