September 2022 — Our paper about accessibility issues on e-services based on performance and eye-tracking data of users with low vision has been presented at the XXII International Conference on Human Computer Interaction (Interacción 2022).
August 2021 — Our paper about an ontology-based model for automated adaptations of e-services has been presented at the 18th IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2021).
April 2021 — Our paper, “Automatic Web Navigation Problem Detection Based on Client-Side Interaction Data” , has been published in the HCIS journal.
November 2020 — On the 6th I defended my PhD thesis (co-directed by Drs. Myriam Arrue & Julio Abascal) – dissertation | slides
The work was awarded with the Cum Laude and International distinctions by the evaluation committee, formed by Drs.:
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October 2020 — Following the recent Best Communication Award at the W4A 2020 conference, our research work on e-services and people with low vision was published in the ACM SIGACCESS Newsletter, Issue 128.
June 2020 — Our paper, “Longitudinal Study of Two Virtual Cursors for People with Motor Impairments: A Performance and Satisfaction Analysis on Web Navigation”, has been accepted for publication in IEEE Access.
May 2020 — Our paper, “An exploratory study of web adaptation techniques for people with low vision”, has been accepted for publication in the international journal Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS).
May 2020 — Following the recent Best Communication Award at the W4A 2020 conference, we have been invited to publish our research in the June Issue of the ACM SIGACCESS Newsletter.
April 2020 — Our paper about the complexity of e-government services for people with low vision, has received the Best Communication Paper Award at the 17th International Cross-Disciplinary Web for All Conference (W4A 2020).
August 2019 — The International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) accepted our work on virtual cursors for people with motor impairments where we analyse with real users the benefits of two cursor enhancements to assist web navigation.
April 2019 — Two papers were accepted at the XX International Conference on HCI (Interacción 2019): one about public e-services and users with low vision, and the other about automatic problem detection in web browsing.
Accepted journal publication
Interacting with Computers
Adapting the web for people with upper body motor impairments using touch screen tablets
Accepted paper at W4A 2017
April 2-4 | Perth (Western Australia)
Assessment of Semantic Taxonomies for Blind Indoor Navigation Based on a Shopping Center Use Case
Last April 2017 I returned to EGOKITUZ Lab from my research stage at IBM Research – Tokyo (Hakozaki Office) with the Accessibility Team.
Since July 2016 I'm doing my Ph.D. research stay at IBM Research – Tokyo (Hakozaki Office) with the Accessibility Team.
Best Communication Paper Award at W4A'16 (The 13th International Conference on Web Accessibility. 11-13 April | Montréal, Canada) for the work on pointing virtual aids for improving Web browsing on people with motor impairments.
Accessibility Award to the most outstanding contribution on ageing, disability and inclusive design at INTERACT 2015 (The 15th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 14-18 September | Bamberg, Germany) for the work on RemoTest: a platform for conducting user studies on the Web and assist on detecting interaction characteristics.
Accepted paper at W4A 2016
April 11-13 | Montreal (Canada)
A usability evaluation of two virtual aids to enhance cursor accessibility for people with motor impairments
Accepted poster at ASSETS 2015
October 26-28 | Lisbon (Portugal)
A comparative study about the keyboard pointing interface
Chapter 42 in Human Computer Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Adjunct Proceedings from the INTERACT 2019 Workshops, 321–325. Cardiff University Press.
J. Eduardo Pérez, PhD 