James Gips

James Gips
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMIT, Stanford University

James Gips (died June 10, 2018)[1] was an American technologist, academic, and author based in Boston. He was the John R. and Pamela Egan Professor of computer science and professor of information systems at Boston College.[1][2]

Gips’ research was focused around the use of technology to help people with disabilities live fuller lives. He was the co-inventor and principal developer of two assistive technologies, EagleEyes and Camera Mouse.[3][4] Gips has written on a variety of topics including ethical robots, shape grammars and aesthetics.[5]

In 2007, Gips won the da Vinci Award for exceptional design and engineering achievements in accessibility and universal design.[6]

Gips died June 10, 2018, aged 72.

  1. ^ a b Profile at Boston College
  2. ^ "New Computer Gives Disabled a Voice". Boston Herald. November 20, 1994.
  3. ^ Gips, James; Oliveri, Peter; Tecce, Joseph (1993). "Direct Control of the Computer through Electrodes Placed Around the Eyes" (PDF). Human-Computer Interaction: Applications and Case Studies: 630–635.
  4. ^ DiMattia, Philip; Curran, Francis X; Gips, James (2000). An Eye Control Teaching Device for Students Without Language Expressive Capacity: EagleEyes. Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0-7734-7639-4.
  5. ^ "James Gips".
  6. ^ "Software program catches on with disabled individuals". The Boston Globe.