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Leah Findlater is a professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington, where she also serves as a research scientist in the Human-Centered Machine Intelligence group at Apple. Her research primarily focuses on human-computer interaction, with a particular interest in accessible technologies and the human aspects of machine learning. As the founding associate director of the Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences (CREATE) at UW, she leads the Inclusive Design Lab, which aims to lower barriers to technology usage and ensure information access for users with a range of physical, sensory, and cognitive abilities. Leah has published over 60 papers in top-tier academic venues and has received ten Honorable Mention awards for her papers. She holds an NSF CAREER Award and has secured funding for her research from NSF, the Department of Defense, Nokia, and Google. Before joining HCDE in 2017, Leah was a faculty member at the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies and spent several years as an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at the UW Information School.
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