[Access Lunch] [Accessibility Lunch] - 3/24 GHC 6115 @ 12 PM

[Peya Mowar]

Hi everyone, This Monday, we have Prof. Danna Gurari from CU Boulder  
joining us for accessibility lunch. Please find the talk details below:  
Title: AI Descriptions of Visual Content Taken by People With Visual  
Impairments: The Past Decade and What’s Next Abstract: A natural grand  
challenge for the AI community is to create computer vision models that can  
assist people with vision impairments to learn about visual content. In  
this talk, I will begin by discussing my team’s work on building the first  
public AI challenges around data originating from visually impaired  
photographers who authentically were trying to learn about their visual  
surroundings. I will address questions including: What are the key  
challenges for creating large-scale datasets when using data coming from  
authentic use cases? What is the current performance of AI models in  
analyzing images taken by people with vision impairments? What are the key  
AI challenges ahead for developing solutions to support users of visual  
description technologies? Bio: Dr. Danna Gurari is an Assistant Professor  
in the Computer Science Department at University of Colorado Boulder and  
Founding Director of the Image and Video Computing group. Her expertise is  
in computer vision, human computer interaction, accessibility, and  
(bio)medical data analysis, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary  
approaches. Her research has resulted in over 60 peer-reviewed articles at  
top academic journals and conferences, with several papers earning awards  
at venues such as WACV, CHI, CSCW, ASIS&T, HCOMP, MICCAI, and AAPM. Her  
work is supported by diverse funding sources, including the National  
Science Foundation (NSF), Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Chan  
Zuckerberg Initiative, Microsoft, Adobe, and Amazon. She received her Ph.D.  
from Boston University’s Computer Science Department and then completed a  
postdoctoral fellowship in The University of Texas at Austin’s Computer  
Science Department. Before transitioning to academia, Dr. Gurari worked at  
Boulder Imaging and Raytheon, where she gained valuable industry experience  
that continues to inform her academic career. We will meet in GHC 6115 for  
this fascinating talk! Thanks and regards, Peya

Accessibility Lunch Seminar
Monday Mar 24, 2025 ⋅ 12pm – 1pm
Eastern Time - New York

Location
GHC 6115, Gates and Hillman Centers, 3, Gates Hillman Complex, 4902 Forbes  
Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA	
https://www.google.com/maps/search/GHC+6115,+Gates+and+Hillman+Centers,+3,+Gates+Hillman+Complex,+4902+Forbes+Ave,+Pittsburgh,+PA+15213,+USA?hl=en



Attachments
Accessibility Lunch Schedule 2024  
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1k1Pmh9jo-N7S73Fi10y-5tEynvhw3xLbPf-NMAjTSxU

CMU Accessibility Lunch Seminar SeriesAbout: This seminar series explores  
the evolution and future directions of accessibility research and practice.  
Each week, we discuss diverse facets of accessible and assistive  
technologies, featuring speakers from academia, industry, and beyond. The  
seminar is organised by the Accessibility Research Group at Carnegie Mellon  
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