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). They 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 Robert Moore, Christine Chan, and Alexander Zhang.

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Projects (3/3)

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Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

An image of Manaswi Saha conducting an in-person study session with a wheelchair user

Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility

2015 – Present

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Accessibility-Infused Maps

2016 – Present

Papers (6/14)

Thumbnail for: Project Sidewalk: A Web-based Crowdsourcing Tool for Collecting Sidewalk Accessibility Data at Scale

Project Sidewalk: A Web-based Crowdsourcing Tool for Collecting Sidewalk Accessibility Data at Scale

Manaswi Saha, Mikey Saugstad, Teja Maddali, Aileen Zeng, Ryan Holland, Steven Bower, Aditya Dash, Sage Chen, Anthony Li, Kotaro Hara, Jon E. Froehlich

Proceedings of CHI 2019 | Acceptance Rate: 23.8% (705 / 2960) | Best Paper Award

PDF doi Cite Code Project Sidewalk

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Grand challenges in accessible maps

Jon E. Froehlich, Anke Brock, Anat Caspi, Joao Guerreiro, Kotaro Hara, Reuben Kirkham, Johannes Schoning, Benjamin Tannert

Interactions 2019

PDF doi Cite Accessibility-Infused Maps Project Sidewalk

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A Pilot Deployment of an Online Tool for Large-Scale Virtual Auditing of Urban Accessibility

Manaswi Saha, Kotaro Hara, Soheil Behnezhad, Anthony Li, Mikey Saugstad, Teja Maddali, Sage Chen, Jon E. Froehlich

Poster Proceedings of ASSETS 2017

PDF doi Cite Project Sidewalk

Thumbnail for: Scalable Methods to Collect and Visualize Sidewalk Accessibility Data for People with Mobility Impairments

Scalable Methods to Collect and Visualize Sidewalk Accessibility Data for People with Mobility Impairments

UMD CS PhD Dissertation 2016

PDF doi Cite Project Sidewalk

Thumbnail for: The Design of Assistive Location-based Technologies for People with Ambulatory Disabilities: A Formative Study

The Design of Assistive Location-based Technologies for People with Ambulatory Disabilities: A Formative Study

Kotaro Hara, Christine Chan, Jon E. Froehlich

Proceedings of CHI 2016 | Acceptance Rate: 25.0% (600 / 2400)

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

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Characterizing and Visualizing Physical World Accessibility at Scale Using Crowdsourcing, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning

Kotaro Hara, Jon E. Froehlich

SIGACCESS Newsletter '15 2015

PDF doi Cite Project Sidewalk

Talks (2/2)

Slide preview for: Characterizing Physical World Accessibility at Scale

Characterizing Physical World Accessibility at Scale

Nov 03, 2016 | GroupSight @ HCOMP

Austin, Texas

PDF Project Sidewalk

Slide preview for: Improving Public Transit Accessibility for Blind Riders by Crowdsourcing Bus Stop Landmark Locations with Google Street View

Improving Public Transit Accessibility for Blind Riders by Crowdsourcing Bus Stop Landmark Locations with Google Street View

Oct 01, 2013 | ASSETS

Bellevue, Washington

PDF PPTX Paper Crowdsourcing Bus Stop Landmarks