About me
I am a PhD student in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington.
I am co-advised by James Fogarty and Jacob Wobbrock.
I received by Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University, where I was advised by Chun Yu and Yuanchun Shi.
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myzhong [at] cs [dot] washington [dot] edu
Interests
- Accessibility for people who are blind/low vision or with limited fine motor control
- User Interfaces
- Interaction & Sensing Techniques
Education
PhD Student in Computer Science & Engineering
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
BEng in Computer Science & Technology, 2019
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Publications
The Ability-Based Design Mobile Toolkit (ABD-MT): Developer Support for Runtime Interface Adaptation Based on Users' Abilities.
In MobileHCI ’24, Best Paper Award.
One-Dimensional Eye-Gaze Typing Interface for People with Locked-in Syndrome.
In UIST ’22 (Poster),
2022.
Quantifying Touch: New Metrics for Characterizing What Happens During a Touch.
In ASSETS ’22,
Honorable Mention.
A Large-Scale Longitudinal Analysis of Missing Label Accessibility Failures in Android Apps.
In CHI ’22,
2022.
Ga11y: An Automated GIF Annotation System for Visually Impaired Users.
In CHI ’22,
2022.
New Metrics for Understanding Touch by People with and without Limited Fine Motor Function.
In ASSETS ’21 (Poster),
2021.
HelpViz: Automatic Generation of Contextual Visual Mobile Tutorials from Text-Based Instructions.
In UIST ’21,
2021.
Spacewalker: Rapid UI Design Exploration Using Lightweight Markup Enhancement and Crowd Genetic Programming.
In CHI ’21,
2021.
ProxiMic: Convenient Voice Activation via Close-to-Mic Speech Detected by a Single Microphone.
In CHI ’21,
2021.
ForceBoard: Subtle Text Entry Leveraging Pressure.
In CHI ’18,
2018.
One-Dimensional Handwriting: Inputting Letters and Words on Smart Glasses.
In CHI ’16,
Honorable Mention.
Experience
Research Assistant
Research Intern
Developed algorithms to improve touch accuracy during different phases of a touch gesture by examining touch-related sensor data.
Research Intern
Conducted research on the HelpViz and Spacewalker projects.
Teaching Assistant
CSE/EE 475, Embedded Systems Capstone.
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Conducted research that led to the publication of ForceBoard and 1D Handwriting. Also worked on other projects.