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ASSETS conference, October 9-12, Baltimore, USA  

Technical Program

Sunday, October 9, 2005

All Day Doctoral Consortium

Monday, October 10, 2005

9:00-9:30 Opening 
9:30-10:30 Opening Plenary: Bridges for the Mind: Opportunities for Research on Cognitive Disabilities
    • Clayton Lewis, University of Colorado at Boulder
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Papers: Evaluating Accessibility
Session Chair: Vicki L. Hanson
  • What Help Do Older People Need? Constructing a Functional Design Space of Electronic Assistive Technology Applications
    • Dennis Maciuszek, Johan Aberg, Nahid Shahmehri, Linköping University
  • An Exploratory Investigation of Handheld Computer Interaction for Adults with Visual Impairments
    • V. Kathlene Leonard, Julie A. Jacko, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Joseph J. Pizzimenti, Nova Southeastern University
  • Programmer-focused Website Accessibility Evaluations
    • Chris Law, UMBC
    • Julie Jacko, Paula Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • The Information-theoretic Analysis of Unimodal Interfaces and their Multimodal Counterparts
    • Melanie A. Baljko, York University
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Posters & Demo Session 1
Session Chair: Jinjuan Feng
  • Online Focus Group Used as an Accessible Participatory Research Method
    • Ted L. Wattenberg, Nova Southeastern University
  • PLUMB: Displaying Graphs to the Blind Using an Active Auditory Interface
    • Robert F. Cohen, Rui Yu, Arthur Meacham, UMass Boston
  • Gestural Text Entry on Multiple Devices
    • Jacob O. Wobbrock, Brad A. Myers, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Interactive Virtual Client for Teaching Occupational Therapy Evaluative Processes 
    • S. Stansfield, T. Butkeiwicz, E. Suma, M. Kane, Ithaca College
  • Touchable Online Braille Generator
    • Wooseob Jeong, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  • SOLO: Interactive Task Guidance
    • Edmund LoPresti, AT Sciences
    • Ned Kirsch, University of Michigan
    • Richard Simpson, University of Pittsburgh
    • Debra Schreckenghost, TRACLabs
  • An Adaptive Technologies Course in a CS Curriculum
    • Blaise W. Liffick, Millersville University
  • iSonic: Interactive Sonification for Non-visual Data Exploration
    • Haixia Zhao, Catherine Plaisant, Ben Schneiderman, University of Maryland
  • A System for Creating Personalized Synthetic Voices
    • Debra Yarrington, Chris Pennington, John Gray, AgoraNet, Inc.
    • H. Timothy Bunnell, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
  • How to Operate a PC Without Using the Hands
    • Torsten Felzer and Rainer Nordmann, Darmstadt University of Technology
  • Verification of Computer Display Pre-compensation for Visual Aberrations in an Artificial Eye
    • M. Alonso, Jr., A. Barreto, M. Adjouadi, Florida International University
    • Julie A. Jacko, Georgia Institute of Technology
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:15 Papers: Designing for Individuals with Hearing Impairment
Session Chair: Julie A. Jacko
  • Wizard-of-Oz Test of ARTUR: a Computer-based Speech, Training System with Articulation Correction
    • Olle Bälter, Olov Engwall, Anne-Marie Öster, Hedvig Sidenbladh-Kjellström, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • Representing Coordination and Non-coordination in an American Sign Language Animation
    • Matt Huenerfauth, University of Pennsylvania
  • Visualizing Non-speech Sounds for the Deaf
    • Tara Matthews, University of California Berkeley
    • Janette Fong, Jennifer Mankoff, Carnegie Mellon University
17:15-18:30 Posters & Demo Session 2
Session Chair: Armando Barreto
  • DHTML Accessibility – Solving the JavaScript Accessibility Problem
    • Becky Gibson, Rich Schwerdtfeger, IBM Emerging Technologies
  • MathPlayer: Web-based Math Accessibility
    • Neil Soiffer, Design Science, Inc.
  • Multimodal User Input Patterns In A Non-Visual Context
    • Xiaoyu Chen, Marilyn Tremaine, New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Emerging Issues, Solutions & Challenges from the Top 20 Issues Affecting Web Application Accessibility
    • David Hoffman, MILVETS Systems Technology
    • Lisa Battle, Lockheed Martin
  • visiBabble Demo
    • Harriet Fell, Northeastern University
    • Joel MacAuslan, Speech Technology and Applied Research Corp.
  • A Parametric Approach to Sign Language Synthesis
    • Amanda Irving and Richard Foulds, New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Graphical Arithmetic for Learners with Dyscalculia
    • Lena Pareto, University of Trollhättan-Uddevalla
  • iCARE Interaction Assistant: A Wearable Face Recognition System for Individuals with Visual Impairments 
    • S. Krishna, G. Little, J. Black, S. Panchanathan, Arizona State University
  • User Modeling for Individuals with Disabilities: A Pilot Study of Word Prediction
    • Abhishek Agarwal, Richard Simpson, University of Pittsburgh
  • BlackBoardNV: A System for Enabling Non-Visual Access to the Blackboard Course Management System
    • V. Enagandula, N. Juthani, I.V. Ramakrishnan, D. Rawal, R. Vidyasagar, SUNY Stony Brook
19:00-21:00 Reception

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

9:00-10:30 Papers: Cursor Control and Pointing Devices
Session Chair: Joan Francioni
  • Accuracy and Frequency Analysis of MultiTouch Interfaces for Individuals with Parkinsonian and Essential Hand Tremor
    • Eric J. Frett, Kenneth E. Barner, University of Delaware
  • Effects of Age and Parkinson's Disease on Cursor Positioning Using a Mouse
    • Simeon Keates, Shari Trewin, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
  • The Migratory Cursor: Accurate Speech-based Cursor Movement by Moving Multiple Ghost Cursors using Non-Verbal Vocalization
    • Yoshiyuki Mihara, Etsuya Shibayama, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Towards Goldilocks Pointing Device: Determining a Just Right Gain Setting for Users with Physical Impairments
    • Heidi Horstmann Koester, Edmund LoPresti, Koester Performance Research
    • Richard C. Simpson, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Panel: Universal Designs versus Assistive Technologies: Research Agendas and Practical Applications
    • Chris Law, UMBC
    • Julie Jacko, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Bill Peterson, Department of Homeland Security
    • Jim Tobias, Inclusive Technologies
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Papers: Assistive Technologies for Individuals with Visual Impairments I
Session Chair: Neil Soiffer
  • Gist Summaries for Visually Impaired Surfers
    • Simon Harper and Neha Patel, University of Manchester
  • Talking Braille: a Wireless Ubiquitous Computing Network for Orientation and Wayfinding
    • David A. Ross, Atlanta VA Rehab R&D Center
    • Alexander Lightman, Charmed Technologies, Inc.
  • A Wearable Face Recognition System for Individuals with Visual Impairments
    • Sreekar Krishna, Greg Little, John Black, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Arizona State University
  • Sparsha: a Comprehensive Indian Language Toolset for the Blind
    • Anirban Lahiri and Anupam Basu, Indian Institute of Technology
    • Satya Jyoti Chattopadhyay, Cal2cal India Limited
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:30 Doctoral Consortium Overview
    • Julie A. Jacko, Georgia Institute of Technology
17:30-18:30 Business Meeting

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

9:00-10:30 Papers: Designing for Individuals with Memory and Cognitive Disabilities
Session Chair: Edmund LoPresti
  • Semantic Knowledge in Word Completion
    • Jianhua Li and Graeme Hirst, University of Toronto
  • Research-derived Web Design Guidelines for Older People
    • Sri Kurniawan, University of Manchester
    • Panayiotis Zaphiris, City University
  • Autism/Excel Study 
    • Mary I. Hart, Computing Workshop: CS Education for Students with Special Needs
  • Requirements Gathering with Alzheimer's Patients and Caregivers
    • Kirstie Hawkey, Kori M. Inkpen, Kenneth Rockwood, Michael McAllister, Jacob Slonim , Dalhousie University
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Papers: Assistive Technologies for Individuals with Visual Impairments II
Session Chair: Marilyn Tremaine
  • Automating Tactile Graphics Translation
    • Richard E. Ladner, Melody Y. Ivory, Rajesh Rao, Sheryl Burgstahler, Dan Comden, Sangyun Hahn, Matthew Renzelmann, Satria Krisnandi, Mahalakshmi Ramasamy,  Beverly Slabosky, Andrew Martin, Amelia Lacenski, Stuart Olsen, Dmitri Groce, University of Washington
  • SmartColor: Disambiguation Framework for the Colorblind
    • Ken Wakita and Kenta Shimamura, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Automatic Production of Tactile Graphics from Scalable Vector Graphics
    • Stephen E. Krufka, Kenneth E. Barner, University of Delaware
  • 3D Sound Interactive Environments for Problem Solving
    • Jaime Sánchez and Mauricio Sáenz, University of Chile
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Closing Plenary
15:30-16:00 Wrap up and awards




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