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November 18, 2024
November 18, 2024
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AI, Data, Community – CSCW 2024 trip report

By Shaomei Wu The ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW) has been the home for community-driven, socially conscious research on computing technologies and their impact on the global society. Several of my previous work on AI-powered accessibility innovations were published on CSCW, such as the Automatic […]
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May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024
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CHI 2024 Trip Report

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is one of the biggest, most renowned research conference on Human Computer Interactions – and, according to the president of ACM during the conference opening speech, “the only ACM conference that includes 'human’ in it’s name”. As we study and […]
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February 20, 2024
February 20, 2024
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Science without Walls – AImpower’s presentation at AAAS 2024 Annual Meeting

By Shaomei Wu I was very excited to speak at American Association for Advancements in Science’s Annual Meeting last week in Denver, with the support and sponsorship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). This year’s meeting theme is “Science without Walls”, which aligns so well with AImpower.org’s mission to dismantle […]
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January 20, 2023
January 20, 2023
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“Break the invisible wall” – upcoming talk about challenges and opportunities for people who stutter to participate in academic conferences

Post-OSS updates and reflections (1/24/2023) I tried out the format of doing the “live” presentation with a recorded talk (slides) today, and it worked surprisingly well, especially for virtual meetings! How it works: What I like about this format: I am so glad that we tried out this format – […]
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April 27, 2022
April 27, 2022
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AI and Systematic Marginalization of Disabled People

I had the pleasure to be invited to speak to students from the Columbia Data for Social Good club at their monthly event on April 27, 2022. Under the theme of Equity for Marginalized Communities using Tech, I discussed the issues, challenges, and opportunities with AI for disabled people. Here is an […]
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