Manaswi Saha, a Ph.D. student working with Allen School professor Jon Froehlich, has been named a 2020 Google Ph.D. Fellow for her work in human computer interaction focused on assistive technologies and artificial intelligence for social good. Her research focuses on collecting data and building tools that can improve the understanding of urban accessibility and serve as a mechanism for advocacy, urban planning, and policymaking.
Saha, who is one of 53 students throughout the world to be selected… Read more →
Manaswi Saha wins Amazon Catalyst Award to develop techniques for visualizing urban accessibility at scale
Allen School Ph.D student Manaswi Saha has won an Amazon Catalyst award to support her research on “Combining computational and visualization techniques to understand urban accessibility at scale.” The award, which comes with $10,000 of funding attached, will support Saha’s dissertation research working with Allen School professor Jon Froehlich in the Makeability Lab.
“More than 30 million people have some form of disability in the U.S. Of these, half report using mobility aids. In spite of the growing need… Read more →