28th October 2021, Friday
TIMING: 10AM to 1PM
Recent advances in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have opened up a host of new opportunities impacting life in unprecedented ways. In the modern era, access to technology has been crucial for even the most basic of daily activities. Hence, it is important to build inclusive and accessible technology that makes it possible for people with sensorimotor disabilities to take advantage of. The aim of this workshop is to present to the audience some of the exciting research activities happening at the intersection of Machine Learning and Accessibility in Google and beyond. The workshop is targeted towards Machine Learning practitioners who are eager to learn about and contribute to the development of accessible technologies.
Jyotsna Kaki
Google
Vaishnav Kameshwaran
University of Michigan
Xuan Yang
Google
Short Break Session (15 mins)
Nabanita Paul
IISc
Rajiv Ratan Shah
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi
Anirban Santara
Research Software Engineer @ Google Research India
Sohan Rudra
Pre-doctoral Researcher @ Google Research India
Gaurav Aggarwal
Staff Research Scientist @ Google Research India
28th October 2021, Friday
TIMING: 2PM to 5PM
Session Chair : M. Balakrishnan, IIT Delhi
Very few visually impaired students in India are able to pursue higher education in STEM disciplines. One of the key barriers has been inaccessible study material – whether it be diagrams or equations or tables. One approach to making diagrams accessible is through the tactile route which is definitely a preferred path for school textbooks. On the other hand a lot of content today is digital and may be required by only one or very few students enrolled in a certain course. This is especially true in higher education. There are a number of tools available – proprietary as well as open source that can be used to make contents accessible. The course would expose the participants to these tools. We would also give an introduction to RAVI – Reading Assistant for Visually Impaired, a comprehensive tool under development at IIT Delhi for making contents accessible.
Instructors
Prof. Volker Sorge, University of Birmingham, UK
Neha Jadhav, ASSISTECH, IIT Delhi
Abhishek Baghel, Raised Lines Foundation
Who should attend