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Ruei-Che Chang receives Rackham International Student Fellowship
The award recognizes his strong academic record and will support his continued research in CSE.World Economic Form: November 8, 2023
This smartphone tool helps people with visual disabilities us touchscreens
This video highlights how work led by Profs. Alanson Sample and Anhong Guo can make kiosks, ATMS, and other touchscreen interfaces accessible to individuals with visual disabilities or tremors. Brushlens is a smartphone case that helps users to perceive, locate, and tap buttons and keys on the touch screen menus.New Atlas: November 1, 2023
BrushLens tech could make touchscreen displays accessible to everyone
This article highlights BrushLens, a new device could help users with visual impairments, tremors, and spasms to use touchscreens independently.Independent Living: November 1, 2023
Smartphone case workaround
This article highlights BrushLens, a new device could help users with visual impairments, tremors, and spasms to use touchscreens independently.CSE researchers present new findings and tech at UIST 2023
CSE researchers have 2 papers and 4 demos appearing at the conference, covering new tech that improves accessibility, enhances user experience, and helps surgeons-in-training.New phone case provides workaround for inaccessible touchscreens
Touchscreens are everywhere but not built for everyone. A new device could help bridge that gap, helping users access ticket kiosks, restaurant menus and more.Experts convene for sixth Michigan AI Symposium on responsible AI
The event brought together more than 250 AI experts for presentations, conversations, and networking surrounding responsible AI.New apps for visually impaired users provide virtual labels for controls and a way to explore images
With VizLens, users can touch buttons while their phones read out the labels, and Image Explorer provides a workaround for bad or missing alt textSeven papers by CSE researchers presented at CHI 2023
30 University of Michigan researchers authored and co-authored papers spanning surveillance, virtual reality, algorithmic stigma, assistive technology, and sensing systems.Making collaborative online document editing accessible to blind users
The CollabAlly extension pulls together visual information in collaborative editing environments and makes them easy to access and navigate with audio cues.Designing more accessible augmented reality for people with visual impairments
Prof. Anhong Guo is supported by the Google Research Scholar Program to devise techniques that enable blind users to access collaborative AR experiences.Three CSE papers at CHI 2021 recognized with honorable mentions
The papers dealt with issues of accessibility, privacy, and consent in technology.
Jaylin Herskovitz selected for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Through her work in augmented reality, Jaylin hopes to improve the accessibility of emerging technologies for people with disabilities and expand access to computing.
Incoming faculty Anhong Guo named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Science
This distinction recognizes young researchers with exceptional promise who are having an impact on the world.
Eleven new faculty hired in CSE in 2020
Meet the new arrivals.