Lee Stearns

Lee Stearns

PhD Student, Computer Science

University of Maryland

Website

Lee Stearns was a PhD Student in the Makeability Lab for 5.4 years (May 2013 to Aug 2018). Lee contributed to 2 projects, including HandSight and TouchCam. as well as 12 publications. During their time in the lab, Lee mentored 8 Makeability Lab students, including Harry Vancao, Eric Lancaster, and Virginia Melandri.

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Projects

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HandSight

2013 – 2018

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TouchCam

2014 – 2018

Recent Papers

Design of an Augmented Reality Magnification Aid for Low Vision Users

ASSETS 2018

Lee Stearns, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | doi | Citation | Talk | HandSight • AR Magnification

Applying Transfer Learning to Recognize Clothing Patterns Using a Finger-Mounted Camera

ASSETS 2018

Lee Stearns, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | doi | Citation | HandSight • Cloth Recognition

HandSight: A Touch-Based Wearable System to Increase Information Accessibility for People with Visual Impairments

UMD CS PhD Dissertation 2018

PDF | Citation | Talk | HandSight

Videos

Design of an Augmented Reality Magnification Aid for Low Vision Users

YouTube | Paper

TouchCam: Realtime Recognition of Location-Specific On-Body Gestures to Support Users with Visual Impairments

YouTube | Paper

The Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Finger-Mounted Camera and Feedback System to Enable Reading of Printed Text for the Blind

YouTube | Paper

Talks

Design of an Augmented Reality Magnification Aid for Low Vision Users

Oct. 22, 2018 | ASSETS'18

Galway, Ireland

PDF | PPTX Paper | AR Magnification • HandSight

HandSight: A Touch-Based Wearable System to Increase Information Accessibility for People with Visual Impairments

Aug. 1, 2018 | PhD Defense, Computer Science

University of Maryland, College Park

PDF | PPTX Paper | HandSight

Interactive Computational Tools for Accessibility

Nov. 7, 2016 | Diversity in Computing Summit 2016

College Park, Maryland

Uran Oh, Ladan Najafizadeh, Meethu Malu, Manaswi Saha, Lee Stearns

PDF | HandSight • Project Sidewalk

Evaluating Haptic and Auditory Guidance to Assist Blind People in Reading Printed Text Using Finger-Mounted Cameras

Oct. 26, 2016 | ASSETS 2016

Reno, Nevada

PDF | PPTX | SlideShare | 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.