ICAT Playdate: AI-Accessibility
Ended Feb 16, 2024
1 credit
Full course description
Term: Spring 2024
Date: February 16th, 2024
Time: 8:30am - 9:30am
Location: Community Assembly in the Creativity + Innovation District Living-Learning Community
Instructor: Phyllis Newbill
Presented By: Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT)
Description:
The research team behind the NAVIGAID mobile app, which aims to provide improved AI-based descriptions, navigation, and alerts to individuals with vision-impairment, shares exciting insights about the potential of inclusive technologies and accessible space-making.
Speakers:
Andrew Gipe-Lazarou (School of Architecture)
Luis Borunda Monsivais (School of Architecture)
Na Meng (Department of Computer Science)
Abhijit Sarkar (Virginia Tech Transportation Institute)