AAC · HCI & XR

♿ Accessible & Affective Computing Lab

Universal design for users with motor, sensory, and cognitive disabilities. Emotion recognition, affective feedback, and adaptive interfaces that respond to user state.

Breakthrough · 1,000-Qubit Coherence AchievedCareers · 12 Postdoc Positions OpenAward · Best Paper IEEE S&P 2025Partnership · CERN CollaborationEvent · AI Safety Summit June 2025Grant · $18M NSF Award Green ComputingPublication · Nature Photonics All-Optical NNBreakthrough · 1,000-Qubit Coherence AchievedCareers · 12 Postdoc Positions OpenAward · Best Paper IEEE S&P 2025Partnership · CERN CollaborationEvent · AI Safety Summit June 2025Grant · $18M NSF Award Green ComputingPublication · Nature Photonics All-Optical NN

Mission & Focus

About the Laboratory

Universal design for users with motor, sensory, and cognitive disabilities. Emotion recognition, affective feedback, and adaptive interfaces that respond to user state.

Active Projects

Current Research

Eye-Gaze AAC Systems

Active · 2025

Emotion-Aware UIs

Active · 2025

Accessibility Auditing AI

Active · 2025

Cognitive Load Reduction

Active · 2025

Research Team

Lab Members

Dr. Sara Björk

Lab Director

Dr. Senior Researcher

Research Scientist

Dr. Postdoc Fellow

Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD Candidate Alpha

PhD Student

PhD Candidate Beta

PhD Student

Research Assistant

MSc Student

Recent Publications

Selected Papers

Eye-Gaze AAC Systems: A Comprehensive Study

Lead Author et al. · Top Venue 2025 ★ Best Paper

Emotion-Aware UIs: Theory & Empirical Evaluation

Research Team · Flagship Journal 2025

Foundations of AAC: Survey and New Directions

Lab Members · Survey Paper 2024

Accessibility Auditing AI: Experimental Results

Collaborative Work · Conference 2024

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