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We are a research group at CU Boulder Information Science that uses design to understand and reimagine socio-technical systems. data-and-design.org

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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 20/05/2026
As agentic AI rapidly transforms internet infrastructure, how do we ensure disabled people's needs are not displaced? In a new article by me and @frank.computer, we argue that accessibility must not be treated as an incidental benefit of rapid AI expansion. Read below:
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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 07/10/2025
I will be speaking next week at CU Boulder's Access, Innovation & Disability Symposium on @data-and-design.org's work co-designing accessible data visualization tools with blind and low-vision people. Free and open to the public www.colorado.edu/artsandscien...
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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 04/09/2025
Interested in accessibility, visualization, or data ethics? I'm looking for Ph.D. students to join @data-and-design.org at CU Boulder Info Sci in Fall 2026. data-and-design.org/recruiting/phd
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Recruiting Ph.D. Students for Fall 2026
We are an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Colorado Boulder that uses design to understand and reimagine socio-technical systems.
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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 31/03/2025
Tactile charts are an important tool for conveying data to blind and low vision people via embossed paper. However, tactile charts require high levels of time and expertise to design. Introducing Tactile Vega-Lite, new work at #CHI2025 led by MIT SM student Katie Chen news.mit.edu/2025/making-...
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A new way to make graphs more accessible to blind and low-vision readers
Designed to help blind and low-vision readers understand graphics, the “Tactile Vega-Lite” system from MIT CSAIL converts data into a standard visual graph and a tactile chart. Accessibility standards...
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jonathan zong @jonathanzong.com · 15/10/2024
interested in accessibility, visualization, and data ethics? i'm recruiting phd students to join the data & design group at cu boulder! we're building a collaborative space for people to grow into interdisciplinary researchers of technology and society. #ieeevis data-and-design.org/recruiting
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Recruiting Ph.D. Students for Fall 2025
We are an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Colorado Boulder that uses design to understand and reimagine socio-technical systems.
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