Recent news

Human-Centered Computing Lab

September 2026

Dr. Ashok gave a talk about non-visual usability of long-form scholarly documents at Virginia Tech Libraries.

Sep 2026Dr. Ashok and Dr. Hae-Na Lee (Michigan State University) have received a research grant from Administration for Community Living (NIDILRR).
Sep 2026Akshay K. Nayak (opens in new tab) was invited to present our work, “Improving Data Chart Usability for Low-Vision Users,” at Carnegie Mellon University (opens in new tab)’s Accessibility Lunch Seminar.
Aug 2026Akshay Nayak (opens in new tab)'s paper has been accepted for publication in ACM/IEEE JCDL 2026.
Aug 2026Satwik Ram (opens in new tab)'s paper has been accepted for publication in EMNLP 2026.
Aug 2026Sandeep Kalari (opens in new tab)'s paper has been accepted for publication in ACM UIST 2026.
Aug 2026Dr. Ashok and Dr. Hae-Na Lee (Michigan State University) have received a collaborative research grant from NSF.
Aug 2026Dr. Ashok and Dr. Jian Wu (PI) have received an REU grant from NSF.
Jul 2026Md Javedul (opens in new tab) successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations Dr. Ferdous!
May 2026Dr. Ashok's paper has been accepted for publication in SIGDIAL 2026.
May 2026Dr. Ashok has been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor starting Fall 2026.
Apr 2026Dr. Ashok's mentee, Aarav Chokshi, is a state level winner of the 2026 Presidential AI Challenge.
Apr 2026Dr. Ashok has 3 papers + 1 poster published in ACM CHI 2026.
Jan 2026Akshay Nayak (opens in new tab)'s paper has been accepted for publication in ACM CHI 2026.

About the lab

Human-Centered Computing Lab

We build and design AI-driven interactive systems to make digital content accessible and usable, especially for people with disabilities.

The Human-Centered Computing Lab at Old Dominion University is led by Dr. Vikas Ashok, an Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department.

Our group explores research ideas in Human-Centered Computing, an interdisciplinary field that crosscuts Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence. Through our research, we aim to make interactive computing devices and applications not only accessible, but also more usable so that users with diverse abilities can easily benefit from technological advancements.

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