BESiDE were at ASSETS 2014, to present our work and hear about cutting edge developments in accessibility research. ASSETS is a significant international conference attracting the experts in accessible computing.

The BESiDE team were be there as part of the School of Computing’s Social Inclusion team who had an exceptionally high acceptance rate this year. BESiDE's Principal Investigator Prof. Vicki Hanson presented the keynote as a consequence of her Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility.

Our team presentated at several points over the conference:

20-10-14

KEYNOTE

Prof. Vicki Hanson 'Computing for Humans'  - 09:15 

PAPERS

Dr Lesley McIntyre 'Buildings and Users with Visual Impairment: Uncovering Factors for Accessibility using BITKit' - 13:00   Paper Session - Practices and Tools. Read More ...

Marianne Dee 'A Large User Pool for Accessibility Research with Representative Users' - 13:00   Paper Session - Practices and Tools

21-10-14

PAPERS

Dr Kyle Montague 'Motor-Impaired Touchscreen Interactions in the Wild' - 15:00  Paper Session - Interaction

POSTERS

Dr Rolando Medellin 'Older Adults Interaction with Broadcast Debates'  - 16:30

22-10-14

PAPERS

Mike Crabb 'Age, Technology Usage, and Cognitive Characteristics in Relation to Perceived Disorientation and Reported Website Ease of Use' - 10:30 Paper Session - Communication
 

Association for Computer Machinery SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility 2014

The ASSETS conference explores the design, evaluation, and use of computing and information technologies to benefit people with disabilities and older adults. ASSETS is the premier forum for presenting innovative research on mainstream and specialized assistive technologies, accessible computing, and assistive applications of computer, network, and information technologies.