Human Computer Interaction

IBM HCI Research keywords: Social, Web information, research, users, mobile, design, collaboration, experience

Human Computer Interaction Research at IBM has a vibrant global community, and a long history.

Some of our larger research groups and centers are:

IBM Center for Social Software

The Center works closely with corporate residents, university students and faculty, creating the industry's premier incubator for the research, development and testing of social software that is "fit for business".

User Sciences and Experience (USER Group)

The USER group focuses on understanding and improving how people interact with technology. Its goal is to improve the ease-of-use of existing products and explore new paradigms in using computers.

Social Computing Group

Social Computing has to do with designing computational systems that accommodate the social practices that are a fundamental part of the ways humans work, live and play.

Collaboration Technologies

The Collaboration Technologies group works in all areas of collaboration from social applications and social networks through synchronous collaboration to mobile collaboration and rich presence awareness.

Accessibility

The Accessibility Research group focuses on users who cannot access computers and information by using standard interfaces, such as people with visual impairment.

Here is a brochure that highlights some of the capabilities of the earlier HCI activities at IBM Research.

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