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Shiri Azenkot
 PhD Student
 Dept of Computer Science & Engineering
University of Washington
Box 352350
Seattle, WA 98195

e-mail: shiri at cs dot washington dot edu 		Photo of Shiri Azenkot

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About Me

I am a first-year PhD student in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, advised by Richard Ladner and Jacob Wobbrock. I am a member of Dr. Wobbrock's AIM Research Group (Accessibility, Interaction, Mobility). My interests include human-computer interaction and accessibility. I'm researching ways to enable people with disabilities to access information online and in the real world, especially on mobile devices. Before entering graduate school, I received my bachelor's degree in computer science from Pomona College and worked in the Silicon Valley for a few years.

For more information about my background, please see my CV.

Current Projects

I am currently working on the MobileAccessibility Project, which aims to make mobile devices versatile accessibility tools for people who are blind and deaf-blind.

This past summer (2009) I interned at AT&T Labs--Research where I worked on iWalk, a navigation aid for pedestrians with low-vision for the iPhone. I plan to continue working on this project and explore multi-modal mobile device interfaces for people with low-vision. For more information about iWalk, read "Inside the Labs: A Summer Intern Making a Difference," an article written about me and my project on the AT&T Research website.

Outreach

I'm involved with several outreach efforts that try to increase diversity in computer science.
  • National Federation of the Blind Youth Slam, a summer science academy for blind highschool students. I was a mentor at the 2009 Youth Slam and assisted with the computer science track.
  • AccessComputing and DO-IT, increasing the number of students with disabilities in computing and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) respectively.
  • Yahoo! Women in Tech (no external link, unfortunately). I was the K-12 Outreach program manager when working at Yahoo!. This was an amazing experience.

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