Oct. 7, 2020. Manaswi Saha Honored with Google PhD Fellowship

Aug. 4, 2020. ISWC 2020 Paper on "Field Study of a Tactile Device" Accepted!

Aug. 4, 2020. CSCW2020 Paper on "Urban Accessibility as a Socio-Political Problem" Accepted!

July 29, 2020. Liang He Accepted into UIST2020 Doctoral Symposium

July 22, 2020. SoundWatch and Navigating Grad School with a Disability Accepted to ASSETS'20

Recent Projects

HoloSound

2020 – Present

SoundWatch

2018 – Present

Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

HomeSound

2018 – Present

ARMath

2018 – 2020

PneuFetch

2019 – 2020

AccessVis

2016 – Present

Accessibility-Infused Maps

2016 – Present

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Recent Papers

Navigating Graduate School with a Disability: A Trio-Ethnography

Proceedings of ASSETS 2020

Dhruv Jain, Venkatesh Potluri, Ather Sharif

PDF | Citation

HoloSound: Combining Speech and Sound Identification for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Users on a Head-mounted Display

Poster Proceedings of ASSETS 2020

Greg Guo, Robin Yiru Yang, Johnson Kuang, Xue Bin, Dhruv Jain, Steven Goodman, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation | Code • HoloSound

SoundWatch: Exploring Smartwatch-based Deep Learning Approaches to Support Sound Awareness for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users

Proceedings of ASSETS 2020

Dhruv Jain, Hung Ngo, Pratyush Patel, Steven Goodman, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation • SoundWatch

Urban Accessibility as a Socio-Political Problem: A Multi-Stakeholder Analysis

CSCW 2020

Manaswi Saha, Devanshi Chauhan, Siddhant Patil, Rachel Kangas, Jeffrey Heer, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation • Project Sidewalk

Sidewalk Accessibility in the US and Mexico: Policies, Tools, and A Preliminary Case Study

Workshop Proceedings of Civic Tech 2020

Jon E. Froehlich, Mikey Saugstad, Edgar Martínez, Rebeca de Buen Kalman

PDF | Citation • Project Sidewalk

Towards Mapping and Assessing Sidewalk Accessibility Across Socio-cultural and Geographic Contexts

Data4Good

Jon E. Froehlich, Mikey Saugstad, Manaswi Saha, Matthew Johnson

PDF | Citation • Project Sidewalk

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Recent Videos

ACM ISWC'20 conference talk on Field Study of a Wearable Tactile Device for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Users

YouTube | Paper | SoundWatch

HoloSound: Combining Speech and Sound Identification for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Users on a Head-mounted Display

YouTube | Paper | HoloSound

ARMath: Augmenting Everyday Life with Math Learning

YouTube | Paper | ARMath

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Recent Talks
Project Sidewalk: Mapping the Accessibility of the Physical World at Scale using Interactive Computational Tools

Jan. 22, 2020 | Google Tech Talk

Seattle, WA

Manaswi Saha

PDF | PPTX | Project Sidewalk | Deep Learning for Sidewalk Assessment | AccessVis | Accessibility-Infused Maps | Urban Accessibility Evolution | Transportation Analytics

Field Deployment of a Smarthome Sound Awareness System for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Users

Nov. 13, 2019 | UW Qualifying exams

University of Washington

Dhruv Jain

PDF | PPTX | Video | HomeSound

Autoethnography of a Hard of Hearing Traveler

Oct. 29, 2019 | ASSETS 2019

Pittsburgh, PA

Dhruv Jain

PDF | PPTX | Deaf Travel Autoethnography

Deep Learning for Automatically Detecting Sidewalk Accessibility Problems Using Streetscape Imagery

Oct. 29, 2019 | ASSETS'19

Pittsburgh, PA

Galen Weld

PDF | PPTX | Deep Learning for Sidewalk Assessment

Ondulé: Designing and Controlling 3D Printable Springs

Oct. 22, 2019 | UIST 2019 Technical Paper Talk

New Orleans

Liang He

PDF | PPTX | Video | Paper | Ondulé

Project Sidewalk: Mapping the Accessibility of the Physical World at Scale using Interactive Computational Tools

Sept. 30, 2019 | WSRO 2019 Keynote

Spokane, WA

Manaswi Saha

PDF | PPTX | Project Sidewalk

Exploring Sound Awareness in the Home for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

May 10, 2019 | CHI 2019

Glasgow, UK

Dhruv Jain

PDF | PPTX | HomeSound

Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Individuals’ Preferences for Wearable and Mobile Sound Awareness Technologies

May 10, 2019 | CHI 2019

Glasgow, UK

Dhruv Jain

PDF | PPTX

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

Recent News

Oct. 07, 2020

Manaswi Saha Honored with Google PhD Fellowship

Aug. 04, 2020

CSCW2020 Paper on "Urban Accessibility as a Socio-Political Problem" Accepted!

Aug. 04, 2020

ISWC 2020 Paper on "Field Study of a Tactile Device" Accepted!

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