As the semester begins, we're excited to restart the Michigan AI MichiganAI seminar series! Check out our initial lineup of speakers, and keep an eye out for more updates and new additions! 🙌 cse.engin.umich.edu/events/all-sem… Speakers (ordered by the schedule): Bryan Pardo

📢Introducing AltCanvas- a new tool blending generative AI with a tile-based interface to empower visually impaired creators! AltCanvas combines a novel tile-based authoring approach with Generative AI, allowing users to build complex scenes piece by piece. #assets2024

Can #AI provide disability support? Ann Arbor community, join us for our next #FridayNightAI Q&A panel for a conversation on this topic. 🗓️ Sept. 27 @ 6:30pm 🗣️Anhong Guo & Sile O’Modhrain; Moderator: Rada Mihalcea 📍Ann Arbor District Library downtown Details: ai.engin.umich.edu/events/friday-…

Years after the fact, a graduated Ph.D. student told me they didn't choose to work with me because of my research. They chose me because other students recommended me. Reader, at the time, I had just 2 years of Ph.D. advising exp. A🧵on the most important faculty superpower 1/10

Are you interested in what the academic world is doing in terms of accessibility and visualization? Well, I recently compiled a reading list (and guide for how to read) for a student who will be working with me. I figured I'd share this broadly too. docs.google.com/document/d/1f4…

✨ Exciting news! The action-packed #UIST2024 workshop schedules are now live: uist.acm.org/2024/workshops/ This year, you can either register for only the workshops or Full-conference + workshop. More details: uist.acm.org/2024/attending… 📩 Questions? Contact: Karan Ahuja Te-Yen Wu

Mentee: "I want to write a paper for CHI." Me: "Awesome! Have you read any CHI papers?" Mentee: "Yep, I’ve read a ton!" Me: "Nice! Do you know what the form that reviewers fill out looks like—like, what they actually grade you on?" Mentee: "Uhh... no, not really." Me: "No

HCI systems papers need to tell visual stories. As we near the CHI deadline, here's a set of exemplary figures curated by my lab. Hope it helps inspire! Feel free to contribute some examples. docs.google.com/presentation/d…