Jingwei Ma

Jingwei Ma

PhD Student, Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
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Jingwei Ma is a third year PhD student in UW Graphics and Imaging Laboratory (GRAIL) working with Prof. Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman, Prof. Steve Seitz and Prof. Brian Curless.
Bio last updated: August 06, 2024

Projects

A teaser image for FlyMeThrough

FlyMeThrough

2024 – Present

DIAM system overview. (A) The DJI Avata drone used to scan indoor spaces. (B) Indoor accessibility mapping result, green part shows detected doors. (C) DIAM use a few-shot fine-tuned instance segmentation model to detect accessibility related facilities. (D) DIAM also estimates camera position and fly trajectory to help locate detected facilities

DIAM: Drone-based Indoor Accessibility Mapping

2024 – Present

Papers

FlyMeThrough: Human-AI Collaborative 3D Indoor Mapping with Commodity Drones

Xia Su, Ruiqi Chen, Jingwei Ma, Chu Li, Jon E. Froehlich

Proceedings of UIST 2025 | Acceptance Rate: 22.2% (210 / 947)

PDF arXiv doi Cite Code Talk FlyMeThrough

A Demo of DIAM: Drone-based Indoor Accessibility Mapping

Xia Su, Ruiqi Chen, Richard Weiye Zhang, Jingwei Ma, Jon E. Froehlich

Extended Abstract Proceedings of UIST 2024

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Videos

A Demo of DIAM: Drone-based Indoor Accessibility Mapping

YouTube | Paper | DIAM: Drone-based Indoor Accessibility Mapping

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.

Recent News

Dec. 10, 2025

Project Sidewalk Awarded Mapillary Camera Grant

Dec. 08, 2025

Distinguished Lecture at UMN CRAY Colloquium

Nov. 13, 2025

Goodbye to Yotam

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