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Excited to present this work on Disability and AI Fairness at #FaccT2025 in Athens, Greece! 🕚June 24th (Tue) 10:45am 📍Platforms & Content Moderation (New Stage B)

Our paper, “Cold, Calculated, and Condescending”: How AI Identifies and Explains Ableism Compared to Disabled People, has been accepted at ACM FAccT 2025! Congrats to @MahikaPhutane for leading this work and @AnanyaSeelam for her contributions! In this work, we critically…

Starting my internship with @MSFTResearch India this week in Bangalore! I'll be studying disability-related speech and ableist biases within Indian LLMs. Looking forward to some amul kool research with equally incredible researchers and colleagues :)

Cornell Tech would like to spotlight Mahika Phutane, a 4th year @Cornell PhD Student and a PiTech at Cornell Tech PhD Impact Fellow in Summer 2023. Collaborating with @NYCDisabilities, Mahika prototyped a #chatbot compatible with #assistive technologies: pi.tech.cornell.edu/spotlight/mahi…

I candidid, I candisaw, I CandidATE Thank you to my committee, my mentors, my friends & my family for their support through this milestone. Excited for what lies ahead 🩵

whatsapp UI is changing faster than I can say "interface consistency" my grandmother needs to relearn how to change her profile picture. again.

Excited to share our #CHI2024 paper exploring BLV people’s video #accessibility preferences across diverse viewing scenarios (e.g., different video types, platforms, and information goals)! The biggest takeaway? “It’s kind of context dependent” 🧵 1/6 📄 arxiv.org/abs/2403.10792

In case you missed it, our paper on 360° video #a11y was presented at ASSETS (my first ever paper presentation)! This work was done with @MahikaPhutane and @ShiriAzenkot 😊 You can find our paper, a blog post summarizing our findings, and more here: lucjia.github.io/research/asset…!

Today we celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act—a critical commitment towards equity and accessibility for all! As we commemorate #ADA, we must also address adversities that people with disabilities face in their lives.

Okay, I want to be as gentle as possible with a review of this now-award-winning work but there are some serious problems we need to make sure we don't repeat. Our technical HCI class yesterday *just* talked about @elizejackson's "disability dongle" and problematic access work.

Hello! TL;DR: I am recruiting blind and low vision folks and #AudioDescription professionals in the NYC area for a study on 360° video descriptions! Compensation is $75 for the full study. Email [email protected] or DM me if you’re interested! More details in the thread! 1/6

Are you a disabled content creator/influencer on social media? If so, we are interested in learning more about the ableist hate and harassment you face online. Interested? Check out our flyer for more information!

Why am I reposting my old blog article on "dealing with rejection"? Oh, no reason. No, I didn't just have to re-read it for myself, why do you ask? #chi2023 medium.com/@niklaselmqvis…

Incredibly proud of @SharonHeung for leading this work! And grateful for the amazing collaborators: @marathe_megh @MahikaPhutane and @shiriazenkot! news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/1…

Due to popular demand, here is our CHI 2020 Spotify Playlist (curated by friends and colleagues in the broader HCI community): open.spotify.com/playlist/7zC8F… #chi2023 Don't Stop Believin' :---)

What's some good music to listen to when writing? #chi2023 #academicWriting

Pearson Toronto Airport is probably one of the worst airports I've ever been in. Baggages lost. Rude staff. Even arriving 3 hours early isn't enough to make a flight. ☠️ #pearsonairport