If you are a UX designer, you have likely felt the industry shifting beneath your feet. The culprit? Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). It’s the topic in every team meeting, the subject of ...

As researchers, we often find ourselves making trade-off decisions between speed, quality, and impact. Product managers and designers who use user research for their projects commonly provide feedback ...

Imagine it’s 7:00 a.m. Your phone, lying quietly on your bedside table, suddenly lights up, and your alarm rings. You sit up, turn off the alarm, and pick up your phone. Before you fully awaken or ...

In a marketplace brimming with innovation, products must do more than function to stay ahead of the competition—they must captivate. Users expect smart, seamlessly connected experiences, propelled by ...

We invite you to visualize the story in the above graphic (Figure 1). You answer your house door to find your friend sopping wet from a surprise rainstorm. Would you act as if the situation were ...

Text readability is often an accessibility obstacle in both real and digital worlds. I once got an invitation to an event that looked like Figure 1. Figure 1. Low-contrast text: Hard to see, hard to ...

Machine learning (ML) practitioners face a growing problem: Products and services increasingly generate and rely on larger, more complex datasets. As datasets grow in breadth and volume, the ML models ...

Curiosity is powerful. Psychologists tell us that curiosity enhances intelligence and increases perseverance. Being curious propels us to deeper engagement, superior performance, and more meaningful ...

The Tor Project is a U.S. nonprofit composed of individuals from all around the world. Guided by common values such as privacy, anonymity, security, and freedom, these individuals build technologies ...

Throughout my job search over the past few months as I wrap up my Master’s program, I have come across a new phenomenon within the interviewing process—the incorporation of asynchronous, video-based ...

In a broad sense, artificial intelligence (AI) uses computers and machines to simulate human decision-making and thinking. More modern definitions of AI describe it as the ability of a machine to ...

The emotional impact of the pandemic has taken its toll on people's mental health, which has greatly intensified the need for accessible and usable mental healthcare. The UW ALACRITY Center was given ...