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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:10.5pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#484848'>Following Ariadne's thread: Sensing
technologies for assisted mobility and wayfinding without sight<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#484848'>Speaker:
Roberto Manduchi; UC Santa Cruz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>CS Conference Room, 1132 Frank Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#484848'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#484848'>Abstract:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#484848'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#484848'>Blindness
and other visual impairments may lead to major functional limitations in one's
daily life. Among other things, loss of sight affects one's ability to move
about independently, especially in an unfamiliar environment. In this talk I
will present some recent work at UC Santa Cruz using different technologies
(computer vision, structured light, radio beaconing) to support short-range
mobility as well as wayfinding for visually impaired persons. Throughout the
presentation, I will try to highlight the opportunities and pitfalls of
research in assistive technology, and will share some reflections about what it
takes to develop a functional, reliable, usable system with serious hopes of
acceptance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#484848'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#484848'>Note:
Part of the research presented was carried out in collaboration with the James
Coughlan of the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#484848'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#484848'>Bio: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#484848'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#484848'>Roberto Manduchi obtained his
"Dottorato di Ricerca" degree from the University of Padova, Italy,
in 1993. He held position at Apple Computer, Inc., and at the NASA Jet
Propulsion Laboratory. In 2001 he joined the faculty at UC Santa Cruz, where he
currently is an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering. His main research
area is in the field of computer vision, with applications to assistive
technology for the visually impaired. His research is currently funded by the
NSF and the NIH.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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