I am a fourth year PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. I work at the intersection of accessibility and AI, particularly to enhance sound awareness for d/Deaf or hard of hearing people. My research work is published at top HCI venues such as CHI, ASSETS, and UIST and has received three best paper awards and honorable mentions. I am advised by Profs. Jon Froehlich and Leah Findlater.
Before starting my PhD, I completed by masters from MIT Media Lab, bachelors from IIT Delhi, and took a gap year to backpack 21 countries. Through publishing a critical reflection of my travel experiences as a hard of hearing individual, I introduced the unique method of auto-ethnography to the field of accessible computing. My biggest pride is the indoor navigation system for visually impaired users which was installed in Indian National Science Museum for two years.
Besides professional life, I am a scuba instructor. I also conduct DIY workshops—so far, I have organized 11 one-week workshops in six low-income countries, with a total of 200+ students. Atleast two teams from these workshops have continued their projects and turned them into multinational companies.
Connect with me on email djain [at] uw [dot] edu or twitter.
Note: I am advocate of open science and research. Write to me and I will give all my data, methods, etc.
Nov 19: Invited talk on NavGrad at Microsoft.
Oct 30: Glacier National park road trip!
Oct 26: Two talks at ASSETS 2020.
Oct 15: Invited talk on NavGrad at UW CSE Colloquia.
Oct 15: Invited talk on NavGrad at AccessComputing.
Oct 8: Invited talk on SoundWatch at UW CSE Colloquia.
Oct 12: NavGrad nominated for the best paper at ASSETS 2020!
Sep 28: SouthWest (Utah, Arizona) road trip!
Sep 15: Presented Vibes at ISWC 2020.
Aug 8: Vibes accepted to ISWC 2020!
Jul 22: NavGrad and SoundWatch accepted to ASSETS 2020!
Jul 15: Three of my ugrad mentees (Hung, Greg, and Robin) accepted to UW CSE MS program! Congrats!
Video of In-Home Sound Awareness System for DHH Users for UW CSE visit day showcase.
Read more →Project Amphibian: a virtual reality scuba diving simulator, my MS thesis at MIT and UIST 2016 paper.
Read more →Video of HoloSound AR Sound Sensing and Feedback for the ASSETS Poster.
Read more →A one-week intense design and innovation workshop that I led in the remote rural area of Kutch, India.
View on vimeo →Our future vision for interactive digitally encoded construction materials, presented at CHI 2016.
Read more →A series of experiments to leverage sensorial nature of "food" for making next-generation digital prototypes.
Read more →Project GlassEar: supplementary video to our CHI 2015 paper presented in Seoul, Korea April 18-23.
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