Welcome!

My name is Zhuohao (Jerry) Zhang. I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington, focusing on AI for accessibility research. I am fortunate to work with Prof. Jacob Wobbrock at the ACE Lab. I obtained my M.S. degree in CS from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where I worked with Prof. Yang Wang, and my B.Eng. degree in CS from Zhejiang University, China. I also worked closely with Prof. Anhong Guo at UMich and Prof. Shiri Azenkot at Cornell Tech. During summers, I interned at Apple HCMI, Microsoft Research, Meta Reality Labs, and Adobe Research. My research has been recognized and supported by the Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship.

I design multimodal human-AI interactions to improve the accessibility of digital content creation and productivity tools. Methodologically, I take a participatory design approach to build practical applications, develop data-driven solutions, and deploy AI-powered systems that support blind and low-vision users, and potentially benefit a broader range of users in both academic and professional settings.