Publications

Publications

2024

Understanding and Reducing the Challenges Faced by Creators of Accessible Online Data Visualizations (ASSETS'2024)

Ather Sharif, Joo Gyeong Kim, Jessie Z. Xu, and Jacob O. Wobbrock

Ather Sharif, Joo Gyeong Kim, Jessie Z. Xu, and Jacob O. Wobbrock. 2024. Understanding and Reducing the Challenges Faced by Creators of Accessible Online Data Visualizations. In The 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 56, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3663548.3675625

[Best Artifact Award]Touchpad Mapper: Examining Information Consumption From 2D Digital Content Using Touchpads by Screen-Reader Users (ASSETS'2024)

Ather Sharif, Venkatesh Potluri, Jazz R. X. Ang, Jacob O. Wobbrock, and Jennifer Mankoff

Ather Sharif, Venkatesh Potluri, Jazz R. X. Ang, Jacob O. Wobbrock, and Jennifer Mankoff. 2024. Touchpad Mapper: Examining Information Consumption From 2D Digital Content Using Touchpads by Screen-Reader Users. In The 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 128, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3663548.3688505

Workshop as an Educational Intervention: Improving the Knowledge and Understanding of Data Visualization Accessibility for Visualization Creators (ASSETS'2024)

Ather Sharif

Ather Sharif. 2024. Workshop as an Educational Intervention: Improving the Knowledge and Understanding of Data Visualization Accessibility for Visualization Creators. In The 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 92, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3663548.3688489

I am Disabled But Not 'Impaired' (Interactions '2024)

Ather Sharif

Ather Sharif. 2024. I am Disabled But Not 'Impaired.' Interactions 31, 5 (September - October 2024), 6–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3686037

AltGeoViz: Facilitating Accessible Geovisualization (VIS'2024)

Chu Li, Rock Y. Pang, Ather Sharif, Arnavi Chheda-Kothary, Jeffrey Heer, and Jon E. Froelich

Chu Li, Rock Y. Pang, Ather Sharif, Arnavi Chheda-Kothary, Jeffrey Heer, and Jon E. Froelich. 2024. AltGeoViz: Facilitating Accessible Geovisualization. In 2024 IEEE Visualization and Visual Analytics (VIS). To Appear.

Touchpad Mapper: Exploring Non-Visual Touchpad Interactions for Screen-Reader Users (W4A'2024)

Ather Sharif, Venkatesh Potluri, Jazz R. X. Ang, Jacob O. Wobbrock, and Jennifer Mankoff

Ather Sharif, Venkatesh Potluri, Jazz R. X. Ang, Jacob O. Wobbrock, and Jennifer Mankoff. 2024. Touchpad Mapper: Exploring Non-Visual Touchpad Interactions for Screen-Reader Users. In 21st International Web for All Conference (W4A24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA. To appear. https://doi.org/10.1145/3677846.3677867

2023

Conveying Uncertainty in Data Visualizations to Screen-Reader Users Through Non-Visual Means (ASSETS'2023)

Ather Sharif, Ruican Zhong, and Yadi Wang

Ather Sharif, Ruican Zhong, and Yadi Wang. 2023. Conveying Uncertainty in Data Visualizations to Screen-Reader Users Through Non-Visual Means. In The 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597638.3614502

[Best Paper Award]Understanding and Improving Drilled-Down Information Extraction from Online Data Visualizations for Screen-Reader Users (W4A'2023)

Ather Sharif, Andrew M. Zhang, Katharina Reinecke, and Jacob O. Wobbrock

Ather Sharif, Andrew M. Zhang, Katharina Reinecke, and Jacob O. Wobbrock. 2023. Understanding and Improving Drilled-Down Information Extraction from Online Data Visualizations for Screen-Reader Users. In 20th International Web for All Conference (W4A23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 18–31. https://doi.org/10.1145/3587281.3587284

[Best Artifact Award]UnlockedMaps: A Web-Based Map for Visualizing the Real-Time Accessibility of Urban Rail Transit Stations (W4A'2023)

Ather Sharif, Aneesha Ramesh, Qianqian Yu, Trung-Anh H. Nguyen, and Xuhai Xu

Ather Sharif, Aneesha Ramesh, Qianqian Yu, Trung-Anh H. Nguyen, and Xuhai Xu. 2023. UnlockedMaps: A Web-Based Map for Visualizing the Real-Time Accessibility of Urban Rail Transit Stations. In 20th International Web for All Conference (W4A23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 5–17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3587281.3587283

[Extended Abstract] Understanding and Improving Drilled-Down Information Extraction from Online Data Visualizations for Screen-Reader Users (W4A'2023)

Ather Sharif, Andrew M. Zhang, Katharina Reinecke, and Jacob O. Wobbrock

Ather Sharif, Andrew M. Zhang, Katharina Reinecke, and Jacob O. Wobbrock. 2023. Understanding and Improving Drilled-Down Information Extraction from Online Data Visualizations for Screen-Reader Users. In 20th International Web for All Conference (W4A23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 168–170. https://doi.org/10.1145/3587281.3587961

[Extended Abstact] UnlockedMaps: A Web-Based Map for Visualizing the Real-Time Accessibility of Urban Rail Transit Stations (W4A'2023)

Ather Sharif, Aneesha Ramesh, Qianqian Yu, Trung-Anh H. Nguyen, and Xuhai Xu

Ather Sharif, Aneesha Ramesh, Qianqian Yu, Trung-Anh H. Nguyen, and Xuhai Xu. 2023. UnlockedMaps: A Web-Based Map for Visualizing the Real-Time Accessibility of Urban Rail Transit Stations. In 20th International Web for All Conference (W4A23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 166–167. https://doi.org/10.1145/3587281.3587960

2022

Should I Say "Disabled People" or "People with Disabilities"? Language Preferences of Disabled People Between Identity- and Person-First Language (ASSETS'2022)

Ather Sharif, Aedan L. McCall, and Kianna R. Bolante

Ather Sharif, Aedan Liam McCall, and Kianna Roces Bolante. 2022. Should I Say “Disabled People” or “People with Disabilities”? Language Preferences of Disabled People Between Identity- and Person-First Language. In The 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 10, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3544813

Understanding and Improving Information Extraction From Online Geospatial Data Visualizations for Screen-Reader Users (ASSETS'2022)

Ather Sharif, Andrew M. Zhang, Anna Shih, Jacob O. Wobbrock, and Katharina Reinecke

Ather Sharif, Andrew Mingwei Zhang, Anna Shih, Jacob O. Wobbrock, and Katharina Reinecke. 2022. Understanding and Improving Information Extraction From Online Geospatial Data Visualizations for Screen-Reader Users. In Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 61, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550363

[Best Artifact Award][DEMO PAPER] UnlockedMaps: Visualizing Real-Time Accessibility of Urban Rail Transit Using a Web-Based Map (ASSETS'2022)

Ather Sharif, Aneesha Ramesh, Trung-Anh H. Nguyen, Luna Chen, Kent R. Zeng, Lanqing Hou, and Xuhai Xu

Ather Sharif, Aneesha Ramesh, Trung-Anh H. Nguyen, Luna Chen, Kent R. Zeng, Lanqing Hou, and Xuhai Xu. 2022. UnlockedMaps: Visualizing Real-Time Accessibility of Urban Rail Transit Using a Web-Based Map. In Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 70, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550397

"What Makes Sonification User-Friendly?" Exploring Usability and User-Friendliness of Sonified Responses (ASSETS'2022)

Ather Sharif, Olivia H. Wang, Alida T. Muongchan

Ather Sharif, Olivia H. Wang, and Alida T. Muongchan. 2022. “What Makes Sonification User-Friendly?” Exploring Usability and User-Friendliness of Sonified Responses. In Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 45, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550360

"What's going on in Accessibility Research?" Frequencies and Trends of Disability Categories and Research Domains in Publications at ASSETS (ASSETS'2022)

Ather Sharif, Ploypilin Pruekcharoen, Thrisha Ramesh, Ruoxi Shang, Spencer Williams, and Gary Hsieh

Ather Sharif, Ploypilin Pruekcharoen, Thrisha Ramesh, Ruoxi Shang, Spencer Williams, and Gary Hsieh. 2022. “What’s going on in Accessibility Research?” Frequencies and Trends of Disability Categories and Research Domains in Publications at ASSETS. In Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 46, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550359

The Future of Urban Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Data Collection, Analytics, Policy, and Tools (ASSETS Workshop'2022)

Jon E. Froehlich, Michael Saugstad, Steve J. Mooney, Anat Caspi, Heather Feldner, Ather Sharif, Manaswi Saha, Qing Shen, Yochai Eisenberg, Delphine Labbé, Joy Hammel, Fabio Miranda, Maryam Hosseini, Claudio Silva, Aldo Gonzalez, Claudina de Gyves, Ana Rodríguez, Cláudia Pinhão, Maarten Sukel, Marc Adams, Judy L. Shanley, Eric K. Tokuda, Holger Dieterich, Sebastian F. Zappe, Melanie Kneisel, Reuben Kirkham, Victor Pineda, and Anna Zivarts

Jon E. Froehlich, Yochai Eisenberg, Maryam Hosseini, Fabio Miranda, Marc Adams, Anat Caspi, Holger Dieterich, Heather Feldner, Aldo Gonzalez, Claudina De Gyves, Joy Hammel, Reuben Kirkham, Melanie Kneisel, Delphine LabbÉ, Steve J. Mooney, Victor Pineda, ClÁUdia PinhÃO, Ana RodrÍGuez, Manaswi Saha, Michael Saugstad, Judy Shanley, Ather Sharif, Qing Shen, Claudio Silva, Maarten Sukel, Eric K. Tokuda, Sebastian Felix Zappe, and Anna Zivarts. 2022. The Future of Urban Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Data Collection, Analytics, Policy, and Tools. In The 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 102, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550402

VoxLens: Making Online Data Visualizations Accessible With an Interactive JavaScript Plug-In (CHI'2022)

Ather Sharif, Olivia H. Wang, Alida T. Muongchan, Katharina Reinecke, and Jacob O. Wobbrock

Ather Sharif, Olivia H. Wang, Alida T. Muongchan, Katharina Reinecke, and Jacob O. Wobbrock. 2022. VoxLens: Making Online Data Visualizations Accessible with an Interactive JavaScript Plug-In. In Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 478, 1–19.

Styx++: Reliable Data Access and Availability Using a Hybrid Paxos and Chain Replication Protocol (CHI'2022)

Ather Sharif, Emilia F. Gan, and Miranda Wei

Ather Sharif, Emilia F. Gan, and Miranda Wei. 2022. Styx++: Reliable Data Access and Availability Using a Hybrid Paxos and Chain Replication Protocol. In Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 323, 1–7.

2021

Understanding Screen-Reader Users’ Experiences with Online Data Visualizations (ASSETS'2021)

Ather Sharif, Sanjana S. Chintalapati, Jacob O. Wobbrock, and Katharina Reinecke

Ather Sharif, Sanjana S. Chintalapati, Jacob O. Wobbrock, and Katharina Reinecke. 2021. Understanding Screen-Reader Users’ Experiences with Online Data Visualizations. In The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 14, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1145/3441852.3471202

Voicemoji: Emoji Entry Using Voice for Visually Impaired People (CHI'2021)

Mingrui R. Zhang, Ruolin Wang, Xuhai Xu, Qisheng Li, Ather Sharif, and Jacob O. Wobbrock

Mingrui R. Zhang, Ruolin Wang, Xuhai Xu, Qisheng Li, Ather Sharif, and Jacob O. Wobbrock. 2021. Voicemoji: Emoji Entry Using Voice for Visually Impaired People. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 37, 1–18.

Experiences of Computing Students with Disabilities (SIGCSE'2021)

Richard E Ladner, Caitlyn Seim, Ather Sharif, Naba Rizvi, Abraham Glasser

Richard E. Ladner, Caitlyn Seim, Ather Sharif, Naba Rizvi, and Abraham Glasser. 2021. Experiences of Computing Students with Disabilities. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 939–940.

Experimental Crowd+AI Approaches to Track Accessibility Features in Sidewalk Intersections Over Time (ASSETS'2021)

Ather Sharif, Paari Gopal, Michael Saugstad, Shiven Bhatt, Raymond Fok, Galen Weld, Kavi A. M. Dey, and Jon E. Froehlich

Ather Sharif, Paari Gopal, Michael Saugstad, Shiven Bhatt, Raymond Fok, Galen Weld, Kavi A. M. Dey, and Jon E. Froehlich. 2021. Experimental Crowd+AI Approaches to Track Accessibility Features in Sidewalk Intersections Over Time. In The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 65, 1–5.

Respectful Language as Perceived by People with Disabilities (ASSETS'2021)

Lior Levy, Qisheng Li, Ather Sharif, and Katharina Reinecke

Lior Levy, Qisheng Li, Ather Sharif, and Katharina Reinecke. 2021. Respectful Language as Perceived by People with Disabilities. In The 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 83, 1–4.

2020

The Reliability of Fitts's Law as a Movement Model for People with and without Limited Fine Motor Function (ASSETS'2020)

Ather Sharif, Victoria Pao, Katharina Reinecke, and Jacob O. Wobbrock

Ather Sharif, Victoria Pao, Katharina Reinecke, and Jacob O. Wobbrock. 2020. The Reliability of Fitts’s Law as a Movement Model for People with and without Limited Fine Motor Function. In The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 16, 1–15.

[Best Paper Nominee]Navigating Graduate School with a Disability: A Trio-Ethnography (ASSETS'2020)

Dhruv Jain, Venkatesh Potluri, and Ather Sharif

Dhruv Jain, Venkatesh Potluri, and Ather Sharif. 2020. Navigating Graduate School with a Disability. In The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 8, 1–11.

2018

evoGraphs - a jQuery Plugin to Create Web Accessible Graphs (CCNC'2018)

Ather Sharif and Babak Forouraghi

Ather Sharif and Babak Forouraghi, "evoGraphs — A jQuery plugin to create web accessible graphs," 2018 15th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), 2018, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/CCNC.2018.8319239.

2015

Current Security Threats and Prevention Measures Relating to Cloud Services, Hadoop Concurrent Processing, and Big Data (BigData'2015)

Ather Sharif, Sarah Cooney, Shengqi Gong, and Drew Vitek

Ather Sharif, Sarah Cooney, Shengqi Gong and Drew Vitek, "Current security threats and prevention measures relating to cloud services, Hadoop concurrent processing, and big data," 2015 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), 2015, pp. 1865-1870, doi: 10.1109/BigData.2015.7363960.

2012

Location-Based Services Design and Implementation Using Android Platform (MICS'2012)

Wen-Chen Hu, Naima Kaabouch, Hung-Jen Yang, and Ather Sharif

Hu, W. C., Kaabouch, N., Yang, H. J., & Sharif, A. (2012). Location-Based Services Design and Implementation Using Android Platforms. In Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium, Cedar Falls, IA, USA.

2010

A Novel Approach to Solve Multiple Problems in Parallel Using Swine-Flu Inspired GA (ICAI'2010)

Ather Sharif, Adeela Minhas, and Zeeshan Usmani

Sharif, A., Minhas, A., & Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani. (2010). A Novel Approach to Solve Multiple Problems in Parallel using Swine-Flu Inspired GA. In IC-AI (pp. 1019-1024).