Project Sidewalk
2012 – Present
Manaswi Saha
PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
Manaswi Saha was a PhD Student in the Makeability Lab for 7.1 years (Aug 2015 to Aug 2022). They contributed to 5 projects, including AccessVis, Accessibility-Infused Maps, and Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility, as well as 12 publications. During their time in the lab, Manaswi mentored 14 Makeability Lab students, including Devanshi Chauhan, Chirag Shankar, and Evie Yu-Yen Cheng.
Projects (5/5)
Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility
2015 – Present
Accessibility-Infused Maps
2016 – Present
AccessVis
2018 – Present
Pervasive Thermography
2014 – 2019
Papers (6/12)
The Future of Urban Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Data Collection, Analytics, Policy, and Tools
Workshop Proceedings of ASSETS'22 Workshop on The Future of Urban Accessibility 2022
Visualizing Urban Accessibility: Investigating Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives through a Map-based Design Probe Study
Proceedings of CHI 2022 | Acceptance Rate: 24.7% (637 / 2579)
PDF doi Cite Talk Project Sidewalk AccessVis Accessibility-Infused Maps Multi-Stakeholder Interviews to Examine Urban Accessibility
The Future of Global-Scale Spatial Data Collection and Analyses on Urban (in)Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Workshop Proceedings of Spatial Data Science Symposium 2021
Towards Mapping and Assessing Sidewalk Accessibility Across Socio-cultural and Geographic Contexts
Workshop Proceedings of Data4Good 2020
Videos (2/2)
Talks (8/11)
Designing Interactive Computational Tools for Understanding Urban Accessibility at Scale
May 28, 2021 | PhD Generals Exam
Virtual
Project Sidewalk: Mapping the Accessibility of the Physical World at Scale using Interactive Computational Tools
Jan 22, 2020 | Google Tech Talk
Seattle, WA
Project Sidewalk: Mapping the Accessibility of the Physical World at Scale using Interactive Computational Tools
Sep 30, 2019 | WSRO 2019 Keynote
Spokane, WA
Project Sidewalk: A Web-based Crowdsourcing Tool for Collecting Sidewalk Accessibility Data at Scale
May 07, 2019 | CHI'19
Glasgow, UK
Bridging the Pedestrian Accessibility Informational Gap: User-Facing Applications and Large-Scale Virtual Auditing
Nov 15, 2017 | UW CSE Affiliates
Seattle, WA
Project Sidewalk: Assessing Urban Accessibility using Crowdsourcing and Google Street View
May 25, 2017 | HCIL Symposium
College Park, Maryland