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Allen School professor Jon Froehlich receives SIGCHI Societal Impact Award for addressing accessibility challenges through HCI and AI
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (237+ words) The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) recently honored Froehlich with the 2026 SIGCHI Societal Impact Award, which recognizes mid-career to senior researchers whose HCI work "demonstrates social benefit." "This recognition belongs to my incredible students and collaborators in…...
Allen School professor emeritus Richard Ladner honored by ACM SIGCSE for expanding access to computer science education to empower students with disabilities
1+ week, 5+ day ago (239+ words) Computing technology has changed the world and almost everyone now has a computer in their pocket," said Ladner. It is important that future engineers and technologists learn about accessibility so that they can design technology that is accessible so that…...
UW researchers receive SIGACCESS ASSETS Paper Impact Award for helping make mobile devices more accessible
3+ mon, 2+ hour ago (172+ words) At the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility in Denver, Colorado, in October, the authors received the SIGACCESS ASSETS Paper Impact Award, recognizing an ASSETS conference paper from 10 or more years prior that has had "a significant impact…...