Accessibility-Infused Maps
2016 – Present
Kotaro Hara
PhD Student, Computer Science
University of Maryland
Kotaro Hara was a PhD Student in the Makeability Lab for 4.9 years (Mar 2012 to Dec 2016). Kotaro contributed to 3 projects: Accessibility-Infused Maps, Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility, and Project Sidewalk, as well as 14 publications. During their time in the lab, Kotaro mentored 8 Makeability Lab students, including Zachary Lawrence, Daniil Zadorozhnyy, and Christine Chan.
Projects
Project Sidewalk
2012 – Present
Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility
2015 – Present
Recent Papers
Project Sidewalk: A Web-based Crowdsourcing Tool for Collecting Sidewalk Accessibility Data at Scale
CHI 2019
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Best Paper Award
Grand challenges in accessible maps
Interactions 2019
A Pilot Deployment of an Online Tool for Large-Scale Virtual Auditing of Urban Accessibility
ASSETS 2017
Talks
Characterizing Physical World Accessibility at Scale
Nov 03, 2016 | GroupSight @ HCOMP2016
Austin, Texas
Improving Public Transit Accessibility for Blind Riders by Crowdsourcing Bus Stop Landmark Locations with Google Street View
Oct 01, 2013 | Proceedings of ASSETS 2013
Bellevue, Washington