Ather Sharif

Ather Sharif

PhD Student, Computer Science

University of Washington

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Ather Sharif was a PhD Student in the Makeability Lab for 2.9 years (Dec 2018 to Oct 2021). Ather contributed to 3 projects, including Urban Accessibility Evolution, Project Sidewalk, and AltGeoViz. as well as 4 publications. During their time in the lab, Ather mentored 1 Makeability Lab student, Shiven Bhatt.

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Projects

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Urban Accessibility Evolution

2015 – Present

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Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

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AltGeoViz

2024 – Present

Recent Papers

AltGeoViz: Facilitating Accessible Geovisualization

IEEE VIS 2024

Chu Li, Rock Pang, Ather Sharif, Arnavi Chheda-Kothary, Jeffrey Heer, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | doi | Citation | Talk | AltGeoViz

The Future of Urban Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Data Collection, Analytics, Policy, and Tools

ASSETS'22 Workshop on The Future of Urban Accessibility 2022

Jon E. Froehlich, Yochai Eisenberg, Maryam Hosseini, Fabio Miranda, Marc Adams, Anat Caspi, Holger Dieterich, Heather Feldner, Aldo Gonzalez, Claudina de Gyves, Joy Hammel, Reuben Kirkham, Melanie Kneisel, Delphine Labbé, Stephen J. Mooney, Victor Pineda, Cláudia Pinhão, Ana Rodríguez, Manaswi Saha, Mikey Saugstad, Judy L. Shanley, Ather Sharif, Qing Shen, Claudio Silva, Maarten Sukel, Eric K. Tokuda, Sebastian Felix Zappe, Anna Zivarts

PDF | doi | Citation

Experimental Crowd+AI Approaches to Track Accessibility Features in Sidewalk Intersections Over Time

ASSETS 2021

Ather Sharif, Paari Gopal, Mikey Saugstad, Shiven Bhatt, Raymond Fok, Galen Weld, Kavi Dey, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | doi | Citation | Project Sidewalk • Urban Accessibility Evolution

Videos

AltGeoViz: Facilitating Accessible Geovisualization

YouTube | Paper | AltGeoViz

Experimental Crowd+AI Approaches to Track Accessibility Features in Sidewalk Intersections Over Time

YouTube | Paper

We design, build, and evaluate new interactive tools and techniques to address pressing societal challenges. Makeability refers both to how our technological innovations make new abilities possible for humans as well as our educational mission to help students gain new abilities as they learn and grow through research, invention, and human-centered design.