Oct. 2, 2018. Introducing FabGalaxy

Oct. 2, 2018. 10-Year Impact Award for UbiFit

Aug. 1, 2018. Congratulations to Drs. Mauriello and Stearns

July 23, 2018. $1.2m NSF Grant Awarded on Sound Sensing and Visualization for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

July 18, 2018. BodyVis in Baltimore Sun

Recent Projects

HandSight

AR Magnification

Project Sidewalk

AccessScore

MakerWear

Social Fabric Fitness

BodyVis

On-Body Interaction

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Recent Videos

Design of an Augmented Reality Magnification Aid for Low Vision Users

YouTube | Paper | HandSight

Prototyping and Simulating Complex Systems with Paper Craft and Augmented Reality: An Initial Investigation

YouTube | Paper | Rainbow

Designing 3D-Printed Deformation Behaviors Using Spring-Based Structures: An Initial Investigation

YouTube | Paper | Ondulé

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Recent Papers

Design of an Augmented Reality Magnification Aid for Low Vision Users

Proceedings of ASSETS 2018 To Appear | None

Lee Stearns, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation | HandSight | AR Magnification

Applying Transfer Learning to Recognize Clothing Patterns Using a Finger-Mounted Camera

Proceedings of ASSETS 2018 To Appear | None

Lee Stearns, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation | HandSight

Interactively Modeling and Visualizing Neighborhood Accessibility at Scale: An Initial Study of Washington DC

Proceedings of ASSETS 2018 To Appear | None

Anthony Li, Manaswi Saha, Anupam Gupta, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation | Project Sidewalk | AccessScore

A Feasibility Study of Using Google Street View and Computer Vision to Track the Evolution of Urban Accessibility

Proceedings of ASSETS 2018 To Appear | None

Ladan Najafizadeh, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation | Project Sidewalk

A Large-Scale Analysis of YouTube Videos Depicting Everyday Thermal Camera Use

Proceedings of MobileHCI2018 | None

Matthew L Mauriello, Brenna McNally, Cody Buntain, Sapna Bagalkotkar, Samuel Kushnir, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | doi | Talk | Citation | Pervasive Thermography

Designing and Evaluating Next-Generation Thermographic Systems to Support Residential Energy Audits

UMD CS PhD Dissertation | None

Matthew L Mauriello

PDF | Talk | Citation | Pervasive Thermography

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Recent Talks

HCI + Computational Fabrication

Oct. 16, 2018 | CSE510 Advanced Topics in HCI Guest Lecture

University of Washington, Seattle

Jon E. Froehlich

A Rapid Tour of My Explorations in E-Textiles

Oct. 9, 2018 | HCDE539: Physical Computing and Prototyping Guest Lecture

University of Washington, Seattle

Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | PPTX | MakerWear | Social Fabric Fitness | BodyVis | I Like This Shirt

Project Sidewalk: Mapping the Accessibility of the World through Google Street View

Oct. 9, 2018 | Change Seminar

University of Washington, Seattle

Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | PPTX | Project Sidewalk

Touchcam: Realtime Recognition of Location-specific On-body Gestures to Support Users With Visual Impairments

Oct. 8, 2018 | UbiComp 2018

Singapore

PDF | PPTX | HandSight | On-Body Interaction | TouchCam

A Large-Scale Analysis of YouTube Videos Depicting Everyday Thermal Camera Use

Sept. 5, 2018 | MobileHCI 2018

Barcelona, Spain

Matthew L Mauriello

PDF | PPTX | SlideShare | Paper | Pervasive Thermography

Designing and Evaluating Next-Generation Thermographic Systems to Support Residential Energy Audits

Aug. 1, 2018 | PhD Defense, Computer Science

University of Maryland, College Park

Matthew L Mauriello

PDF | PPTX | Paper | Pervasive Thermography

HandSight: A Touch-Based Wearable System to Increase Information Accessibility for People with Visual Impairments

Aug. 1, 2018 | PhD Defense, Computer Science

University of Maryland, College Park

PDF | PPTX | Paper | HandSight

Hybrid Spaces and Third Places for Scientizing with Mobile, Wearable, and Community Technologies

July 30, 2018 | American Association of Physics Teachers Conference

Washington DC

Tamara L. Clegg

PDF | PPTX | BodyVis

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We design, build, and evaluate interactive tools and techniques to address pressing societal challenges in accessibility, sustainability, education, and beyond.