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Allen School @uwcse.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

#ResearchMakesAmerica, and #UWAllen researchers make technologies to benefit people around the world. Here, Ph.D. student Chu Li talks about her work in the @makeabilitylab.bsky.social combining #HCI and urban science to make online visualizations more accessible. youtu.be/Jqo1rYDqyns?... 1/2

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I Am CSE: Chu Li

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Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 14/04/2026

Must watch talk from @jonfroehlich.bsky.social on stage to receive his societal impact award from @acm-sigchi.bsky.social

Jon on stage showing a slide that says "but that's not HCI"--hci luminary (as in a statement he is quoting from such a person)

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Attending CHI'26 in Barcelona? Come to my SIGCHI Societal Impact Award talk entitled "'You Don't Do HCI' — Stories of Persistence, Pushback, & Pursuit" on Tues, Apr 14 at 4:30PM in the Auditorium.

A screenshot of my SIGCHI Societal Impact Award talk title slide with mountains in the background and a big, bold yellow title stating "You don't do HCI" - Stories of Persistence, Pushback, & Pursuit.

After the title is my name and affiliation followed by lab logos and UW

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Makeability Lab @makeabilitylab.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Happy Valentine's Day from the Makeability Lab. Sending 💕during this time of tumultuousness. Take care of yourself and those around you.

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I am recruiting new PhD students this year in: 🌆 Urban Computing / GeoAI 🥽 Augmented Reality 🎨 Creativity Support Tools Why join us? Work on state-of-the-art Human-AI research that has real-world impact at one of the top CS programs in the world. Deadline: Dec 15 See: jonfroehlich.github.io

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Jon E. Froehlich

Professor Froehlich’s academic webpage.

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Project Sidewalk @projectsidewalk.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

We're launching RampNet, an open-source AI that helps detect curb ramps with near-human accuracy. The most amazing part? The entire project was conceived of and led by high school student John O'Meara. 🧵 A thread on what we built and why it matters.

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

This saddens me deeply. I have greatly benefited from working w/extraordinary international students; they have brought me & my lab incredible energy, ideas, & helped create some of the most gratifying & important breakthroughs in my career. They are in fear. Not OK! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

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Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. Suspends Visa Interviews for Foreign Students

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

📢 We are delighted to announce our ICCV 2025 workshop on "Vision Foundation Models and Generative AI for Accessibility: Challenges & Opportunities"! Two submission tracks: extended abstracts and full papers—the latter published in the ICCV workshop proceedings. cv4a11y.github.io/ICCV2025/ind...

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Vision Foundation Models and Generative AI for Accessibility Workshop

CV4A11y, ICCV 2025 Workshop

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Project Sidewalk @projectsidewalk.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

One map fits all? 🤔 Unfortunately, no! Our #CHI2025 study reveals significant differences in how cane, walker, scooter & wheelchair users perceive sidewalk barriers. Dataset & paper: makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu/project/acce... This is work led by the amazing @chimichurrichu.bsky.social

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Accessibility for Whom?

We present a large-scale online survey exploring how five mobility groups—users of canes, walkers, mobility scooters, manual wheelchairs, and motorized wheelchairs—perceive sidewalk barriers and diffe...

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Makeability Lab @makeabilitylab.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Addendum: sources tell me it's #CHI2025! 🤣😂 Also, first-year PhD student @jaredhwang.bsky.social will also be at CHI (first-time attendee). Please say hello 👋🏽. Jared is interested in AI applications to large-scale urban problems (bikeability, walkability, accessibility, climate-resilience).

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Makeability Lab @makeabilitylab.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

#CHI2015 in Japan is here! The Makeability Lab has 3 full papers and 1 late-breaking work spanning research on urban accessibility & urban sensing, sound rec, & creative design tools using depth estimation. Congrats Chu, Daniel, & Xia! See: makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu/news/four-pa...

Thumbnails of our four papers at CHI with logos from CHI, the Makeability Lab, DUB, and the Allen School

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Makeability Lab @makeabilitylab.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Special shout out to Project Sidewalk's lead engineer, Mikey Saugstad @ismikey.bsky.social, who has contributed not just countless lines of code but has mentored dozens of MS, undergrad, & high schoolers. Huge impact! Our GitHub repo: 10k commits from 77 contributors. github.com/ProjectSidew...

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GitHub - ProjectSidewalk/SidewalkWebpage: Project Sidewalk web page

Project Sidewalk web page. Contribute to ProjectSidewalk/SidewalkWebpage development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Makeability Lab @makeabilitylab.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Incredible milestone reached for one our lab's flagship projects. Huge thanks to the many partners and contributors: 100+ undergrads, multiple PhD students (spanning three generations!), dozens of high schoolers, and, of course, our NGOs & local community advocacy groups. Try it: projectsidewalk.org

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Project Sidewalk @projectsidewalk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Hello! 👋 We are an open-source research project run by the @makeabilitylab.bsky.social. We have a two-pronged vision: first, to develop scalable data collection methods for sidewalk accessibility data using crowdsourcing, computer vision, and online map imagery; and second,

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Jared Hwang @jaredhwang.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

⚠️ We're recruiting participants for a research study! We'd like to understand how people use disability parking. Fill out this screener if you fit the criteria, and we may reach out to interview you. 🔗 tinyurl.com/uw-parking-screener 💸 $25/hr compensation

Flyer soliciting research participants. It says: "Call for study participants. Criteria: 18 years or older, lives in the US, eligible to use disability parking. Study details: ~1 hour Zoom interview, $25 per hour compensation. Help us improve disability parking by sharing your experiences! Interested? Fill out this screening form tinyurl.com/uw-parking-screener. For questions, email jaredhwa@cs.uw.edu."

At the bottom of the flyer are the logos for the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, styled as a large W with text to the side, and the Makeability Lab, styled as a large M with the text Makeability Lab underneath.

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

What is $131,742? Answer: this is how much it costs me to fund a PhD student per year for a full RAship in CS at UW (including 100% during the summer). PhD funding can be a confusing topic at US universities. Want to learn more? Take a look at our lab handbook: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Makeability Lab Handbook

Makeability Lab Handbook By Professor Jon Froehlich and lab membersAllen School of Computer Science and EngineeringUniversity of Washington Welcome to the Makeability Lab! 👋 We are so happfy that y...

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Love the influx of academics to Bluesky. Will this be our new 🏠? To help grow the community, I just created an HCI+Accessibility "starter pack". Help me grow the list! Many are missing! go.bsky.app/PZxHNqP

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Makeability Lab @makeabilitylab.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Hello 👋🏽, we are a research lab in Human-AI directed by Professor @jonfroehlich.bsky.social at UW. We specialize in HCI & applied machine learning for high-impact problems in accessibility, computational urban science, and augmented reality. See makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu

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Makeability Lab Website

The Makeability Lab is an advanced research lab in Human-Computer Interaction directed by Professor Jon E. Froehlich at University of Washington's Allen School of Computer Science.

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Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

As we work on those #CHI2025 videos (deadline: Sept 19), here is a set of inspirational videos 🎥 curated by my lab. Would love more examples, especially for other HCI research contribution types. Send them my way! docs.google.com/presentation...

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Makeability Lab - How to Videos

How to Videos makeabilitylab.cs.uw.edu Thanks to Professor Liang He for recommending some examples

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