Mikey Saugstad

Mikey Saugstad

Research Scientist, Computer Science

University of Washington

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Mikey Saugstad is currently a Research Scientist in the Makeability Lab. Mikey has been in the lab for 8.1 years and contributed to 4 projects, including LabelAId, Project Sidewalk + Community Science, Sidewalk Gallery, and as well as 18 publications. During their time in the lab, Mikey mentored 68 Makeability Lab students, including Eddie Ni, Connor Espig, and Lukas Strobel.

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Projects

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LabelAId

2023 – 2024

The Oradell Girl Scouts presenting to the town council

Project Sidewalk + Community Science

2021 – Present

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Sidewalk Gallery

2019 – 2021

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Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

Recent Papers

Validating Pedestrian Infrastructure Data: How Well Do Street-View Imagery Audits Compare to Government Field Data?

Urban Sci 2025

Sajad Askari, Devon Snyder, Chu Li, Mikey Saugstad, Jon E. Froehlich, Yochai Eisenberg

PDF | doi | Citation | Project Sidewalk

Towards Fine-Grained Sidewalk Accessibility Assessment with Deep Learning: Initial Benchmarks and an Open Dataset

ASSETS 2024

Alex Liu, Kevin Wu, Minchu Kulkarni, Mikey Saugstad, Peyton Rapo, Jeremy Freiburger, Maryam Hosseini, Chu Li, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | doi | Citation | Deep Learning for Sidewalk Assessment • Project Sidewalk

“I never realized sidewalks were a big deal”: A Case Study of a Community-Driven Sidewalk Audit Using Project Sidewalk

CHI 2024

Chu Li, Katrina Ma, Mikey Saugstad, Kie Fujii, Molly Delany, Yochai Eisenberg, Delphine Labbé, Judy L. Shanley, Devon Snyder, Florian P. Thomas, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | doi | Citation | Project Sidewalk + Community Science • Project Sidewalk

Videos

BusStopCV: A Real-time AI Assistant for Labeling Bus Stop Features in Streetscape Imagery

YouTube | Paper

Experimental Crowd+AI Approaches to Track Accessibility Features in Sidewalk Intersections Over Time

YouTube | Paper

Sidewalk Gallery: An Interactive, Filterable Image Gallery of Sidewalk Accessibility Problems

YouTube | Paper

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.