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Feb. 8, 2021

Jacob O. Wobbrock had three papers accepted to CHI 2021:

  1. Zhang, M.R., Wang, R., Xu, X., Li, Q., Sharif, A. and Wobbrock, J.O. (2021). “Voicemoji: Emoji entry using voice for visually impaired people.” Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21). Yokohama, Japan (May 8-13, 2021). New York: ACM Press. To appear.
  2. Ali, A.X., Morris, M.R. and Wobbrock, J.O. (2021). “’I am Iron Man:’ Priming with sci-fi videos improves learnability and memorability of user-elicited gestures.” Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21). Yokohama, Japan (May 8-13, 2021). New York: ACM Press. To appear.
  3. Schaadhardt, A., Hiniker, A. and Wobbrock, J.O. (2021). “Understanding blind screen reader users' experiences of digital artboards.” Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21). Yokohama, Japan (May 8-13, 2021). New York: ACM Press. To appear.

Jacob O. Wobbrock also had a paper accepted to iConference 2021:

  • Zhang, M.R., Mariakakis, A., Burke, J. and Wobbrock, J.O. (2021). “A comparative study of lexical and semantic emoji suggestion systems.” Proceedings of iConference 2021. Beijing, China (March 17-31, 2021). Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Switzerland: Springer Nature. To appear.

Abdullah X. Ali, Erin McAweeney, and Jacob O.Wobbrock published an article in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies titled, “Anachronism by Design: Understanding Young Adults’ Perceptions of Computer Iconography.”

Miranda Belarde-Lewis and co-author Sarah Kostelecky (Zuni Pueblo) published a chapter in Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies Through Critical Race Theory (MIT Press) titled, "Tribal Critical Race Theory: Information Access in a Cautious Community." The book was edited by iSchool alum Sophia Leung (UW MLIS ‘14) and Jorge Lopez-McKnight. Miranda will be discussing her work on March 3rd as part of the book launch series. You can pre-order the book through Estelita's Library - Justice Focused Community Bookstore.

Amanda Menking’s Wikipedia research was referenced in a Forbes article titled, “Wikipedia Creates Code Of Conduct, Now Has To Work Out How To Enforce It.” The article was highlighted this week in UW News.

Chirag Shah gave a talk at Apple on Monday titled, “Fair is the New Smart for Intelligent Systems.”

Annie Searle’s first podcast, “Creating the Next Generation of Leaders in a World of Uncertainty,” has gone live as part of The Great Conversation’s February series.