Jared Hwang

Jared Hwang

PhD Student, Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering

University of Washington

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Jared Hwang is currently a PhD Student in the Makeability Lab. Jared has been in the lab for 1.2 years and contributed to 4 projects, including BikeButler, AccessParkCV, RampNet, and as well as 3 publications. During their time in the lab, Jared mentored 4 Makeability Lab students, including Hanbyul Kang, Ryan Aby, and Jasmine Zhang.

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Projects

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AccessParkCV

2023 – Present

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RampNet

2025 – Present

Papers

"Where Can I Park?" Understanding Human Perspectives and Scalably Detecting Disability Parking from Aerial Imagery

Jared Hwang, Chu Li, Hanbyul Kang, Maryam Hosseini, Jon E. Froehlich

Proceedings of ASSETS 2025 | Acceptance Rate: 29.7% (83 / 279)

keywords: accessibility, computer vision, disability rights, disability advocacy, disability parking, accessible parking, aerial imagery

PDF | Citation | Code | Talk | AccessParkCV

RampNet: A Two-Stage Pipeline for Bootstrapping Curb Ramp Detection in Streetscape Images from Open Government Metadata

John O'Meara, Jared Hwang, Zeyu Wang, Mikey Saugstad, Jon E. Froehlich

ICCV CV4A11y Workshop 2025

keywords: computer vision, google street view, deep learning, curb ramp detection

PDF | doi | Citation | Code | RampNet

“Does the cafe entrance look accessible? Where is the door?” Towards Geospatial AI Agents for Visual Inquiries

Jon E. Froehlich, Jared Hwang, Zeyu Wang, John O'Meara, Xia Su, William Huang, Yang Zhang, Alexander J. Fiannaca, Philip Nelson, Shaun K. Kane

ICCV CV4A11y Workshop 2025

keywords: geo-visual agents, AI agents

Talks

"Where Can I Park?" Understanding Human Perspectives and Scalably Detecting Disability Parking from Aerial Imagery

Oct. 26, 2025 | ASSETS

Denver, CO

PDF | PPTX Paper | AccessParkCV

RampNet: A Two-Stage Pipeline for Bootstrapping Curb Ramp Detection in Streetscape Images from Open Government Metadata

Oct. 20, 2025 | ICCV CV4A11y Workshop

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

John O'Meara, Jared Hwang, Zeyu Wang, Mikey Saugstad, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | PPTX | RampNet

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.