After a fun week of conversations at #assets2025, I'll be traveling to #ieeevis2025 to present this work on accessibility and citational justice. Also, I'm looking for PhD students! See you there!

Catherine and Josh are presenting this research at #ASSETS2025 in Denver next week. And I will be there to cheer them on! Make sure to come say hi!

Conference session: assets25.sigaccess.org/schedule.htm...

Paper: vis.csail.mit.edu/pubs/benthic/

Benthic is the result of a 6-month co-design process informed by co-author Daniel Hajas’s expertise as a blind HCI researcher. In our study with 15 blind participants, Benthic supported flexible exploration and mental model formation.

Where previous tools focus on tree or graph structures for navigating graphics, Benthic uses hypergraphs to capture both hierarchical and adjacent relationships in a unified structure. This enables perceptually congruent navigation that mirrors how sighted readers explore graphics.

I'm extremely excited about this symposium, which brings together people from across the university to share knowledge about disability inclusion. This is a new initiative, in its second year, by the College of Arts and Sciences' Office for Access & Community Engagement (ACE).

really enjoyed this from kai ye: open.substack.com/pub/richtext...

yay congratulations!!