Are you a company, university lab, or R&D center that strives to support accessibility and inclusivity? Find out how you can help support #ASSETS2025 at the following link: assets25.sigaccess.org/about_sponso... #sponsors #sponsorship #accessibility #a11y #research #conference #CHI2025

This is a reminder that the registration for ASSETS 2025 is open. The early bird deadline is August 28th, after which the registration fee switches to the regular rate. Please find rate details on our website: assets25.sigaccess.org/registration.... Presenters must still select the in-person rate.

Intro thread! 👋🏼 I’m Alexandra, an Assistant Professor in Art+Design and Computer Science. I research transformational game design and racial justice & identity using human-computer interaction methods. I get to work with incredible students and collaborators! Some recent projects include…

I had a fun detour this morning doing a 5-minute live segment on AI education classrooms on our local news. It was a nice chat with Washington state Superintendent Chris Reykdal @chrisreykdal.bsky.social. Thanks to reporter Abby Acone for the invite! youtu.be/0mBJAlL_Vxo?...

Looking forward to this! A reminder that we are also just under two weeks until the early bird registration deadline for ASSETS 2025. Register by August 28 to receive the early bird rate. For details on registration rates and to register, visit: assets25.sigaccess.org/registration...

We have a new paper coming out “Understanding the Experiences of People With and Without Vision Impairments When Using Mobile User Interface Alternative Color Modes” www.researchgate.net/publication/... More details in this short thread.

We've started a Medium account to share updates on work we're doing that looks at creativity and accessility in mobile app design: medium.com/@garreth.w.t.... We believe that designing for accessibility can enhance creativity. Please follow and share!

The ASSETS 2025 Doctoral Consortium has extended its submission deadline until June 29, Sunday AOE.

I'm putting my tenure materials together. If you've used any of my work for teaching or in other impactful ways (beyond referencing me in a paper!), please let me know. It's probably helpful if I can point to something that is public (e.g., an online syllabus).

Still recruiting. Any ideas on where I should post to reach this type of audience. Had to clear out a lot of scam entries...

Calling rad academics who would like to move to lovely Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Monash EMERGE is actively recruiting folks impacted by global events. #academicsky www.monash.edu/research/eme...

We’re about one month from the ASSETS 2025 Doctoral Consortium deadline! Please consider submitting (details online). The DC chairs also have a blog post with some initial information about planning for a remote participation option. Please read their post at assets25.sigaccess.org/updates.html...

Do you use generative AI as part of your professional digital creative work? We have a 5-minute survey to understand your use of GenAI. Many different types of professional creative activities qualify! You can enter a raffle for $25. Here's the survey link: rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The Experience Reports and Workshops tracks for #ASSETS2025 are now accepting submissions on PCS. Please visit the ASSETS website for details at the following link: assets25.sigaccess.org #accessibility #a11y #research #academicconference

Do you use generative AI as part of your professional digital creative work? We have a 5-minute survey to understand your use of GenAI. Many different types of professional creative activities qualify! You can enter a raffle for $25. Here's the survey link: rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

My IP address has been blocked by the ACM so I can’t access the digital library… I wasn’t even doing anything different to usual. Has this happened to anybody else?

I always tell this to my research assistants: if you use AI to summarize and write for you, you don't need to be my assistant. You don't need to do research at all. Research should be selfish: *you* (not a machine) learn how to read, write, innovate, and dream. Otherwise, what is the point?

If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully. You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers. Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.

Hey #CHI2025, we’re looking for students who are learning or have learned some mobile app design to understand their creative practice. Participants must be 18+. Every 15 people will be in a $15 cash raffle. The survey can be accessed at the following link: rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Hi #CHI2025 please help share or take part if you are interested and qualify.

My PhD student Laleh Nourian currently presenting our work on Investigating the Intersection of Cultural Design Preferences and Web Accessibility Guidelines with Designers from the Global South. #CHI2025

I'm going to be at #CHI2025. Let me know if you want to chat!

We want to understand GenAI use for any type of digital creative work, specifically by people who are NOT professional designers and developers. This should take 5 minutes or less. You can enter into a $25 raffle. Here's the survey link: ⁦https://rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_824Wh6FkPXTxSV8⁩

We want to understand GenAI use for any type of digital creative work, specifically by people who are NOT professional designers and developers. This should take 5 minutes or less. You can enter into a $25 raffle. Here's the survey link: ⁦https://rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_824Wh6FkPXTxSV8⁩

Announcing the “Unheard” Initiative -- together with @fractalecho.bsky.social and with the sponsorship of AccessSIGCHI, @acm-sigchi.bsky.social and @sigaccess.bsky.social we're launching a new talk series for folks with disability/travel restrictions. Please volunteer! tinyurl.com/unheard-init...

Are you a mobile app designer? We want to study your creative process. You must have at least 1 year of mobile design experience, work in a small company or design team, and be 18+. Every 15 responses can win $30. Link: rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Pls RT #mobile #design #research

Are you a mobile app designer? We want to study your creative process. You must have at least 1 year of mobile design experience, work in a small company or design team, and be 18+. Every 15 responses can win $30. Link: rit.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Pls RT #mobile #design #research

ASSETS 2025 technical paper submissions are now open on PCS. Navigate to submissions on PCS, under society, choose ASSETS, then ASSETS 2025 for conference/journal, and then Technical Papers. Technical papers are due April 16, 2025, at 11:59 P.M. anywhere on Earth (UTC -12:00).

Have you published in ASSETS? We’re looking for experienced researchers to mentor first-time authors to help them refine their submissions, understand reviewer feedback, and successfully publish their work. If you are interested in volunteering, please send an email to [email protected]

The ASSETS 2025 General Chairs, @kristenshino.bsky.social and @shaunkane.bsky.social, have an update on conference planning, maintaining community values, and transparency into how ASSETS functions. You can read more on the website at assets25.sigaccess.org/updates.html

Make sure to go and follow the SIGACCESS account for future updates.

SIGACCESS is now on Bluesky! Please follow bsky.app/profile/siga...

I just said no to conference service. Would have loved to serve in that role and am fond of the conference. But it’ll be held in the US and I can’t feasibly exploit myself to contribute to events I am banned from joining. (Affects all trans/nb folks) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How do we address conferences pushing for reviewers to identify novelty in papers, but then reviewers take this to look for something completely unknown? I keep seeing reviewers want to reject papers because the findings match previous work even though the context being studied in the papers is new.

Wanted to submit but didn't get a change? Good news! We've extended the deadline to March 17th ✨ Come discuss the future of accessible prototyping at hashtag #CHI2025! More info: dcitizens.eu/access-incon...

If anyone missed over the weekend, @fractalecho.bsky.social and I started Thank You For Your Feedback Loop, a newsletter on the elite capture of disability movements. Our first piece examines Google's narrowing definition of accessible from democratic to disabled. buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archi...

For the past year, @fractalecho.bsky.social & I have been trying to understand what the shifting meaning of "accessible," from something democratic to something disabled means as public access is increasingly being revoked. We hope you read The Rise and Fall of Access. buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archi...

Spending my Friday night writing up explainers for how research grants work is becoming normal now, I guess. My attempt at explaining indirect research costs and why it should matter to EVERYONE that our federal research funds are being decimated. www.kateringland.com/the-hidden-b...

The #BASConf25 abstract submission portal is open! Submit your abstracts for presentations, panels, lightning talks, or posters here: blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/subm... • Submission Deadline: 17 Mar 2025, 9AM UK • Notification of Acceptance: 2 May 2025 • Conference: 18-20 August 2025 #aphasia

The ASSETS 2025 early bird mentoring deadline is Feb 20. Signup details here assets25.sigaccess.org/mentoring.html. We also have an interesting blog post from mentoring chair Yasmine Elgaly describing her experiences with early ASSETS papers and why mentoring is helpful medium.com/@yasmineg/th...

Don't forget to submit to our #CHI2025 workshop called Access InContext: Futuring Accessible Prototyping Tools and Methods. The deadline is 13th February. Please share the message to let people know.

Announcing ASSETS 2025 Call for Papers and Mentoring. Technical papers are due April 16, experience reports are due June 11, posters and demos are due June 25, and the DC is due June 25. If you are new to ASSETS, you can also receive mentorship. Details at assets25.sigaccess.org Pls share.

This is HCI! HCI faculty being asked not to care about "justice" is absurd. How can we do research that focuses on "humans" at all? We're being asked to just do CI research now. The H is going to be too woke. Also: being asked to reframe/remove details about award winning papers is so awful.

New blog post up, this one more for my non-academic readers who are wondering what is going on with all this NSF freeze business. www.kateringland.com/what-does-re...

"All NSF grantees must [cease] all non-compliant activities... that [use] DEIA principles and frameworks" The EO asks that DEIA "discrimination programs" be terminated "to the maximum extent allowed by law." But it is illegal to fail at accessibility and to discriminate. I'll be obeying the law.

We have a workshop at #CHI2025 Access InContext: Futuring Accessible Prototyping Tools and Methods Join us in Japan or online in April! More details and submissions of interest check out dcitizens.eu/access-incon... #digitalcivics #accessibility #HCI

ASSETS 2025 is soliciting self-nominations for program committee members and reviewers. Register your interest by January 10, 2025, via the survey docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... For questions, please contact the TPCs Chairs, Cynthia Bennett and Martez Mott, at [email protected]

[ #academicSky, pls help + repost] Reminder: Fully funded PhD! Join my lab if you want to do impactful work in Explainable AI, Human-centered AI, and Responsible AI! (upolehsan.com) Beyond research intersections, why should you want to work with me? 🧵1/n

We have a workshop at #CHI2025: Access InContext: Futuring Accessible Prototyping Tools and Methods Join us in Japan or online in April! More details and for submissions of interest check out: dcitizens.eu/access-incon...

📢📢 Fresh in ‼️ We at the Soundability Lab are recruiting postdoctoral fellows in HCI & accessibility area. careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2... We’re also recruiting upto 3 PhD students in various areas. accessibility.eecs.umich.edu#apply See the postings for our projects of interest & how to apply.