![Varsha Koushik](/atlas/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/people/profile_0.jpg?itok=j0D07p0M)
PhD Comp Sci '22
Computer Science
Varsha is a third-year year PhDÌýstudent in the Department of Computer Science. She is advised by Shaun Kane, and herÌýresearch focuses on accessible smart home devices, exploringÌýaccessible ways to support people with cognitive disabilities to interact with smart home devices.
For more information about Varsha, view herÌý.ÌýAlumni pages are not always updated after graduation.​
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Publications
- Varsha Koushik and Shaun K. Kane. 2019. "It Broadens My Mind": Empowering People with Cognitive Disabilities through Computing Education. InÌýProceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsÌý(CHI '19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 514, 12 pages. DOI:ÌýÌýÌý(Glasgow, UK – May 4-9, 2019).
- Varsha Koushik,ÌýDarren Guinness, andÌýShaun K. Kane. 2019. StoryBlocks: A Tangible Programming Game To Create Accessible Audio Stories. InÌýProceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsÌý(CHI '19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper 492, 12 pages. DOI:ÌýÌý(Glasgow, UK – May 4-9, 2019).
- Shaun K. Kane, Varsha Koushik, and Annika Muehlbradt. 2018. Bonk: accessible programming for accessible audio games. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC '18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 132-142.ÌýDOI:ÌýÌý(Trondheim, Norway — June 19 - 22, 2018).
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