Yochai Eisenberg

Yochai Eisenberg

Assistant Professor, Disability and Human Development

University of Illinois Chicago

Yochai Eisenberg is currently a collaborator with the Makeability Lab. Yochai has collaborated with the lab for 4.1 years and contributed to 2 projects, including Project Sidewalk + Community Science and Project Sidewalk. as well as 9 publications.

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Projects

The Oradell Girl Scouts presenting to the town council

Project Sidewalk + Community Science

2021 – Present

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Project Sidewalk

2012 – Present

Recent Papers

The Future of Urban Accessibility: The Role of AI

ASSETS 2024

Jon E. Froehlich, Chu Li, Maryam Hosseini, Fabio Miranda, Andres Sevtsuk, Yochai Eisenberg

PDF | doi | Citation

“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

At the Intersection of Disability Justice, Pedestrian Safety, and Health

TRB 2024

Yochai Eisenberg, Judy L. Shanley, Anna Zivarts, Brent Chamberlain, Keith Christensen, Minoo Abrishami, Jon E. Froehlich

PDF | Citation | Talk | Sidewalk Equity

Videos

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

YouTube | Paper

Talks

At the Intersection of Disability Justice, Pedestrian Safety, and Health

Jan. 7, 2024 | 103rd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting

Washington DC

Yochai Eisenberg, Judy L. Shanley, Anna Zivarts, Brent Chamberlain, Keith Christensen, Minoo Abrishami, Jon E. Froehlich

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.