Vinitha Gadiraju
PhD Student
Computer Science
viga8134@colorado.edu

Vinitha Gadiraju is a PhD student in the Superhuman Computing Lab, working with Shaun Kane. Prior to joining ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder in 2018, she received aÌýBachelor of Science degree in computer science, with a minor in psychology, from the University of Oregon.

In 2020, Vinitha received an NSF graduate research fellowship. HerÌýresearch centers around educational technology, and she is currently working on collaborative tools for learning and practicing braille. She is also interested in accessible fashion, computer science educationÌýand classroom equity.

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PublicationsÌý

  • Gadiraju, VinithaÌý&ÌýDoyle, OlwynÌý&ÌýKane, Shaun. 2021. Exploring Technology Design for Students with Vision Impairment in the Classroom and Remotely. (to appear) InÌýProceedings of the 2021 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2021).ÌýDOI:Ìý. (Yokohama, Japan–May 8-13, 2021).
  • Vinitha Gadiraju, Annika Muehlbradt, and Shaun K. Kane. 2020. BrailleBlocks: Computational Braille Toys for Collaborative Learning. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–12. DOI:Ìý(Honolulu, Hawaii (virtual) –ÌýApril 25-30, 2020).
  • Vinitha Gadiraju. 2019. BrailleBlocks: Braille Toys for Cross-Ability Collaboration. In The 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 688–690. DOI:Ìý(Pittsburgh, PA - Oct. 28, 2019).

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In the news

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ATLAS @ CHI 2021

May 14, 2021

ATLAS researchers have 10 published works and one special interest group associated with the CHI 2021 conference, the world’s preeminent conference for the field of human-computer interaction. Held virtually, CHI 2021, also known as ACM’s Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, took place May 8-13.

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ATLAS research helps define the future of human-computer interaction

May 1, 2020

At a time when the field of human-computer interaction is becoming more important than ever, ATLAS researchers are making substantial contributions, contributing nine papers and two workshops to CHI '20.

Vinitha Gadiraju
ATLAS affiliated PhD student honored by National Science Foundation

April 15, 2020

ATLAS affiliated PhD student Vinitha Gadiraju has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.