Accessibility Training Partners presents this virtual talk as part of its ongoing series on accessibility and innovation.

Dr. Guo will share his lab’s latest research on designing, developing, and deploying context-aware systems to enhance accessibility in both the digital and physical worlds. Examples include:

ProgramAlly – a multimodal end-user programming tool that enables blind users to build custom AI filters for visual information (e.g., locating bus numbers or expiration dates on packaging).

WorldScribe – a system that generates live, adaptive visual descriptions informed by user intent, movement, and sensory context.

He will discuss how personal assistive technologies can move us toward a deeply personalized and broadly universal future—an accessible future that benefits everyone.

About the Speaker: Anhong Guo is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan, with an affiliation in the School of Information. His research blends human and machine intelligence to create interactive systems that advance accessibility and collaboration. His work has been recognized with best paper and impact awards at top conferences (CHI, UIST, ASSETS, MobileHCI, and ISWC), as well as the NSF CAREER Award, Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Scientist, Google Research Scholar, Snap Inc. Research Fellow, and Swartz Innovation Fellow honors. He earned his Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University, M.S. in HCI from Georgia Tech, and B.S. in Electronic Information Engineering from BUPT. Learn more about his work.