Chandrika Jayant

Email: cjayant at cs dot washington dot edu
Office: CSE 494
Autumn 2009 TA for CSEP521

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Washington, advised by Richard Ladner. I am interested in mobile access technology for blind, low-vision, and deaf-blind users. I have worked on optical character recognition as well as tactile graphics (see: Tactile Graphics Project) as well as and touch screen and audio technology for education. Currently I am working on phone-based applications to assist in everyday tasks, transportation, and navigation using phone sensors and both human and automated web services.

I currently work on the MobileAccessibility Project.
I will be collaborating on the OneBusAway project, making transportation more accessible for blind and deaf-blind people.

I am also very interested in technology and disability in the developing world. I helped organize a workshop which was held at UW October 2009 gathering together experts in policy, technology, design, and social and economic issues. I will be helping organize next year's conference.

Publications:

Shaun Kane, Chandrika Jayant, Jacob Wobbrock, Richard Ladner: Freedom to roam: A study of mobile device adoption and accessibility for people with visual and motor disabilities. ASSETS 2009: 115-122. pdf

Chandrika Jayant, Matthew Renzelmann, Dana Wen, Satria Krisnandi, Richard E. Ladner, Dan Comden: Automated Tactile Graphics Translation: In The Field. ASSETS 2007: 75-82. pdf

Outreach:

National Federation of the Blind Youth Slam, IM Chatbots Session Leader, July 2009
Training Workshop for Automated Tactile Graphics Production at the National Braille Association Professional Development Conference, Lead Presenter, April 2007
Vertical Mentoring Workshop for the Blind in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Volunteer, July 2006
Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technologies Workshop, Volunteer, Summer 2006
Workshop at Seattle Horizons Science & Technology Conference for Middle School Girls, Leader, Spring 2005

Other Papers:

Chandrika Jayant: A Survey of Math Accessibility For Blind Persons and An Investigation on Text/Math Separation. 2006. pdf

Chandrika Jayant, T. Scott Saponas: MarioFit: Exercise Through Mobile Entertainment. 2005. pdf

Chandrika Jayant, Jessica K. Miller, Yael F. Schwartzman: Engaging and Informing Citizens About Land Use and Transportation Ballot Measures with Urban Simulation Data. 2005. doc

Chandrika Jayant, Ethan Katz-Bassett: Toward Better Geolocation: Improving Internet Distance Estimates Using Route Traces. 2004. pdf

Miscellaneous:

In my spare time i am a weekly DJ on KEXP 90.3FM (kexp.org) in Seattle and spin around town. You can find my music blog here.
I also play piano and plan to get back into it after Generals.

cjayant@cs.washington.edu