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published over 140 refereed articles in journals, conference proceedings, and edited books, and is the recipient of the 2019 Rachel Olivero Accessibility Innovation Award from the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland, the 2017 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and the 2016 ACM SIGCHI Social Impact Award. In 2012-2013, he was selected as the Shutzer Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. At the University of Maryland, Dr. Lazar is the associate director of the Trace Research and Development Center, the nation's oldest research center on technology and disability, and he is a faculty member in the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL). Dr. Lazar has also been named the general chair of the ACM ASSETS 2021 Conference.
Ann Heylighen is a Professor in the Research[x]Design group of the Department of Architectureat KU Leuven (University of Leuven). Her main research interests are situated at the interface of design studies and social sciences/humanities. She is particularly interested in issues concerning inclusivity and is currently leading several research projects on dialogues between architectural design and disability. Ann was awarded several research grants, including a Starting Grant and Proof-of-Concept Grant of the European Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Design Research Society, associate editor of Design Studies, and member of the editorial board of CoDesign and of Building Research and Information. Ann studied engineering/architecture at KU Leuven and ETH Zürich. After completing her Ph.D. at KU Leuven, she conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Hua Dong is a Professor at the College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University. She had 12-year research and teaching experience in theUK (postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge and Royal College of Art, and Senior Lecturer at Brunel University, London). Hua studied design at the College of Architectural Design and Urban Planning, Tongji University, with a B.Eng. in Industrial Design and M.A. in Architectural Design and Theory. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from the University of Cambridge. Hua has published over 100 papers and has been a Principal Investigator for a number of research projects in the UK and China. She is directly involved in the teaching of design at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Hua founded the Inclusive Design Research Group at Brunel University and Tongji University. She is the international coordinator of the Inclusive Design Research Interest Group (InclusiveSIG) and serves as a council member of the Design Research Society (DRS).