Jacob O. Wobbrock is an Assistant Professor in the Information School and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. His research interests are in user interface technology, human motor performance, input methods and models, accessible and universal design, and mobile user interfaces. Professor Wobbrock directs the AIM Research Group comprising students from information and computer science. Prior to coming to the University of Washington, Professor Wobbrock received his Ph.D. from the Human-Computer Interaction Institute in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He also received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Symbolic Systems and Computer Science, respectively, from Stanford University.

Professor Wobbrock has won five Best Paper Awards, including three at ACM CHI from 2006-2008, and a CHI Best Paper Nomination in 2009. He won 1st place in the NISH National Scholar Award for Workplace Innovation and Design in 2005. In 2004, he was a National Science Foundation IGERT Fellow. Upon graduating from Carnegie Mellon, his work was honored with the SCS Distinguished Dissertation Award. Professor Wobbrock has held industry positions at Google, DoDots, Microsoft Research, Intel Corporation, and the Intel-Mattel Smart Toy Lab. He enjoys golf, swimming, biking, fiction writing, and spending time with his wife and young son.

See also his faculty web site, or the AIM Research Group web site.