Building Better Pathways to Internet Access for Disable and Elderly Individuals
Date
2-13-2024
Faculty Mentor
Arup Ghosh, Mathematics, Computing, and Information Science
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Submission Type
Conference Proceeding
Location
3:15-3:25pm | Houston Cole Library, 11th Floor
Description
As technology becomes more integral to our daily lives as humans, a significant issue that often goes overlooked is the accessibility of the internet and smart-devices for disabled and elderly individuals. It is no secret how deeply the internet has embedded itself in our daily routines over the past 20+ years. However, amidst these remarkable innovations, we seem to have forgotten some of our dearest friends, family, or companions in this revolution into our new world. In the US alone, 13% of the population faces disability, and a substantial proportion has spent a significant part of their lives dealing with technology on a much smaller scale than we do today. In our research, we aim to bridge this gap and apply AI and machine learning techniques to develop solutions that can help for those grappling with various technological challenges. Having interned extensively within a local housing department and engaged in a project assisting homeowners, primarily people with disability and aged 55 or older, one of the researchers had the opportunity to witness these disadvantages firsthand. These individuals faced challenges when they dealt with technology leading the department to resort to paper applications—a notably time-consuming process. To overcome this problem, we propose to build solutions based on AI and machine learning, along with the human-in-the-loop approach.
Keywords
student research, computing
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Disciplines
Computer Sciences
Recommended Citation
Dunn, Corey, "Building Better Pathways to Internet Access for Disable and Elderly Individuals" (2024). JSU Student Symposium 2024. 44.
https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/ce_jsustudentsymp_2024/44