Manaswi Saha

Manaswi Saha

PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering

University of Washington

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Manaswi Saha was a PhD Student in the Makeability Lab for 7.1 years (Aug 2015 to Aug 2022). Manaswi contributed to 5 projects, including Project Sidewalk, Pervasive Thermography, AccessVis, as well as 12 publications. During their time in the lab, Manaswi mentored 14 Makeability Lab students, including Rachel Kangas, Siddhant Patil, and Johnson Kuang.

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Recent Projects

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Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

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Pervasive Thermography

2014 – 2019

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AccessVis

2018 – Present

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Accessibility-Infused Maps

2016 – Present

Recent Papers

The Future of Urban Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Data Collection, Analytics, Policy, and Tools

ASSETS'22 Workshop on The Future of Urban Accessibility 2022

Jon E. Froehlich, Yochai Eisenberg, Maryam Hosseini, Fabio Miranda, Marc Adams, Anat Caspi, Holger Dieterich, Heather Feldner, Aldo Gonzalez, Claudina de Gyves, Joy Hammel, Reuben Kirkham, Melanie Kneisel, Delphine Labbé, Stephen J. Mooney, Victor Pineda, Cláudia Pinhão, Ana Rodríguez, Manaswi Saha, Mikey Saugstad, Judy L. Shanley, Ather Sharif, Qing Shen, Claudio Silva, Maarten Sukel, Eric K. Tokuda, Sebastian Felix Zappe, Anna Zivarts

PDF | doi | Citation

Designing Interactive Data-Driven Tools for Understanding Urban Accessibility at Scale

UW CS PhD Dissertation 2022

PDF | doi | Citation | Project Sidewalk • AccessVis • Accessibility-Infused Maps

Visualizing Urban Accessibility: Investigating Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives through a Map-based Design Probe Study

CHI 2022

Manaswi Saha, Siddhant Patil, Emily Cho, Evie Yu-Yen Cheng, Chris Horng, Devanshi Chauhan, Rachel Kangas, Richard McGovern, Anthony Li, Jeffrey Heer, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | doi | Citation | Talk | Project Sidewalk • AccessVis • Accessibility-Infused Maps • Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility

Videos

Visualizing Urban Accessibility: Investigating Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives through a Map-based Design Probe Study

YouTube | Paper

Urban Accessibility as a Socio-Political Problem: A Multi-Stakeholder Analysis

YouTube | Paper

Recent Talks

Visualizing Urban Accessibility: Investigating Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives through a Map-based Design Probe Study

April 30, 2022 | CHI

New Orleans, LA

PDF | PPTX Paper | Accessibility-Infused Maps • AccessVis

Designing Interactive Computational Tools for Understanding Urban Accessibility at Scale

May 28, 2021 | PhD Generals Exam

Virtual

PDF | Accessibility-Infused Maps • Project Sidewalk • AccessVis

Urban Accessibility as a Socio-Political Problem: A Multi-Stakeholder Analysis

Oct. 21, 2020 | CSCW

Remote

PDF | PPTX Paper | Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility

Project Sidewalk: Mapping the Accessibility of the Physical World at Scale using Interactive Computational Tools

Jan. 22, 2020 | Google Tech Talk

Seattle, WA

PDF | PPTX | Urban Accessibility Evolution • Transportation Analytics • AccessVis • Deep Learning for Sidewalk Assessment • Accessibility-Infused Maps • Project Sidewalk

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.