The USE research group at the University of Washington comprises Ph.D. students working with Dr. Andrew J. Ko on topics at the intersection of HCI and Software Engineering. We are active members of the DUB group, a cross-campus human-computer interaction research coalition.

We study human aspects of software development, inventing software development technologies that enable software teams to be more user-centered. We explore the full range of software design activities, including design, development, bug reporting, bug triage, issue tracking, technical support, help systems, debugging, usability engineering, and end-user programming.