Tom Keating, Cognitopia Software Founder
Keating is Institute Director at Eugene Research Institute, which conducts assistive technology research and development with an emphasis on cognitively accessible computing and design of systems for community living support, including the creation of the Picture PlannerTM icon-based personal organizer. He is also managing partner for Cognitopia Software, LLC, and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Computer and Information Sciences Department of the University of Oregon. Keating's work over the past fifteen years has focused on the role of assistive technology in the lives of students and adults with cognitive and physical disabilities, on human interface design and development of cognitively accessible software for activities of daily living, and on intelligent systems for remote caregiving. His perspective in all of his work is strongly influenced by his role as primary care provider for a brother with autism.
