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Vinitha Gadiraju is a PhD student in the Superhuman Computing Lab, working with Shaun Kane. Prior to joining ²ÊÃñ±¦µä 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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