Jeffrey Heer

Professor, Computer Science and Engineering

University of Washington

Jerre D. Noe Endowed Professor of Computer Science & Engineering

Projects (3/3)

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Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

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AltGeoViz

2024 – Present

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AccessVis

2018 – Present

Papers (5/5)

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GeoVisA11y: An AI-based Geovisualization Question-Answering System for Screen-Reader Users

CHI 2026 | Best Paper Award

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

PDF arXiv doi Cite GeoVisA11y

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A Demo of GeoQA3 : Towards An Accessible AI-based Question-Answering System for Geoanalytics

ASSETS 2025

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

PDF doi Cite GeoVisA11y

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AltGeoViz: Facilitating Accessible Geovisualization

IEEE VIS 2024

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

PDF arXiv doi Cite Talk AltGeoViz

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Visualizing Urban Accessibility: Investigating Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives through a Map-based Design Probe Study

CHI 2022

Manaswi Saha, Siddhant Patil, Emily Cho, Evie Yu-Yen Cheng, Chris Horng, Devanshi Chauhan, Rachel Kangas, Richard McGovern, Anthony Li, Jeffrey Heer, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF doi Cite Talk Project Sidewalk AccessVis Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility Accessibility-Infused Maps

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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 doi Cite Talk Project Sidewalk Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility

Videos (4/4)

GeoVisA11y: An AI-based Geovisualization Question-Answering System for Screen-Reader Users

YouTube Paper GeoVisA11y Apr 17, 2026

AltGeoViz: Facilitating Accessible Geovisualization

YouTube Paper AltGeoViz Oct 13, 2024

Visualizing Urban Accessibility: Investigating Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives through a Map-based Design Probe Study

YouTube Paper Project Sidewalk AccessVis Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility Accessibility-Infused Maps Apr 22, 2022

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

YouTube Paper Project Sidewalk Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility Oct 21, 2020