Ladan Najafizadeh

Ladan Najafizadeh

MS Student, Computer Science

University of Maryland

Ladan was a MS Student in the Makeability Lab from Jan 2014 to Dec 2016 and contributed to 2 projects and 3 publications.

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Projects

This is the thumbnail image for the project I Like This Shirt

I Like This Shirt

2014 – 2015

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Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

Papers

A Feasibility Study of Using Google Street View and Computer Vision to Track the Evolution of Urban Accessibility

Ladan Najafizadeh, Jon E. Froehlich

Extended Abstract Proceedings of ASSETS 2018

keywords: computer vision, google street view, urban informatics, urban data mining, urban accessibility

PDF | doi | Citation | Project Sidewalk • Urban Accessibility Evolution

Temporal Tracking Urban Areas using Google Street View

Ladan Najafizadeh

UMD CS MS Thesis

keywords: accessibility, crowdsourcing accessibility, accessible cities, physical accessibility

PDF | doi | Citation | Project Sidewalk

"I Like This Shirt": Exploring the Translation of Social Mechanisms in the Virtual World into Physical Experiences

Jon E. Froehlich, Seokbin Kang, Ladan Najafizadeh

CHI '15 Extended Abstracts

keywords: wearables, e-textiles, tangible social interaction, social fabric, social objects

PDF | doi | Citation | I Like This Shirt

Talks

Interactive Computational Tools for Accessibility

Nov. 7, 2016 | Diversity in Computing Summit 2016

College Park, Maryland

PDF | Project Sidewalk | HandSight

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.