CS Seminar Series: Maitraye Das

Description

Maitraye Das, a doctoral candidate in technology and social behavior, a joint doctoral program in Computer Science and Communication, at Northwestern University, will give a seminar talk titled "Designing for Accessible Collaborative Content Creation in Ability-Diverse Teams" for the Department of Computer Science.

Please attend the event by using the Zoom link (Meeting ID: 967 2723 3185).

Abstract:

Widely used technologies that support remote collaboration and content production (e.g., Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Zoom) contribute to ongoing issues of inequity for people with disabilities. These tools do not always allow for the same level of usability and efficiency for disabled people as their able-bodied peers experience. As workplaces and educational institutes continue to adopt more technology-driven, hybrid models during the pandemic, existing equity gaps are likely to increase without a holistic understanding of accessibility in content production and new tools and techniques to support accessible collaboration. My research addresses this challenge by understanding, designing, and building accessible collaborative content production systems for ability-diverse teams, i.e., teams involving people with and without disabilities. In this talk, I will overview two main directions I am pursuing to enhance collaboration among blind and sighted people: collaborative writing and collaborative making. Read the full abstract online.