Prof. Dr. Alireza Darvishy

Personal profile

Management role

Head, ICT-Accessibility Lab

Position at the ZHAW

Professor für Informatik mit Spezialisierung ICT-Accessibility (ZHAW)
Professor at Institute of Mechatronic Systems (ZHAW)
Guest Professor at Department of Computer Science (University of Zurich)

accessibility.zhaw.ch

Expertise and research interests

ICT-accessibility, usability, non visual interfaces, auditory interfaces, active assisted living, web and mobile accessibility, PDF accessibility, conversational user interfaces

Professional milestones

2018: Received Henry Visardi Achievement Award
2016: Received UNESCO Award for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

Membership of networks

• G3ict
• ICCHP conference
• AAL - European Active Assisted Living Program
• UNESCO Communication and Information Sector
• ITU - International Telecommunication Union
• WHO - World Health Organisation

Projects

• Accessible Teaching in Higher Education / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Accessible digital map and navigation for pedestrians with disabilities / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Accessible Scientific PDFs for All / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Mastering Accessibility of Open Educational Resources / Project leader / Project ongoing
• ETH Accessible Video Player / Project leader / Project completed
• Accessible walking routes / Project leader / Project completed
• Accessible Video Portal ETH / Project leader / Project completed
• ZKB: Accessible digital channels / Project leader / Project completed
• Barrierefreier Tourismusraum Bodensee / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Teaching and researching at Swiss universities - barrier-free! / Project leader / Project completed
• Internationale Bodenseehochschule - IBH Living Lab AAL / Project co-leader / Project completed
• MOSSEW - Von der Notruf-Uhr zum Personensicherheits-System / Team member / Project completed
• Age-appropriate design of mobile apps / Project leader / Project completed
• SAMS: Studie zum Arbeitsleben von Menschen mit Sehbehinderung / Team member / Project completed
• AgeWeb / Project leader / Project completed
• MS Powerpoint Accessibility AddIn / Project leader / Project completed
• Hindernisfreie Hochschule: Ein Leitfaden zur Selbstevaluation / Team member / Project completed
• MS Word Accessibility AddIn / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Schmitt-Koopmann, Felix M.; Huang, Elaine M.; Hutter, Hans-Peter; Stadelmann, Thilo; Darvishy, Alireza,

  2022.

  FormulaNet : a benchmark dataset for mathematical formula detection.

  IEEE Access.

  10, pp. 91588-91596.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3202639

• Seifert, Alexander; Darvishy, Alireza; Roth, Stephan,

  2016.

  Altersgerechtes Webdesign.

  Angewandte GERONTOLOGIE Appliquée.

  2016(1), pp. 21.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1024/2297-5160/a000011

• Seifert, Alexander; Darvishy, Alireza; Roth, Stephan,

  2016.

  Conception de sites web adaptée à l’âge.

  Angewandte GERONTOLOGIE Appliquée.

  2016(1), pp. e1-e3.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1024/2297-5160/a000012

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter; Seifert, Alexander,

  2022.

  Age-appropriate digital channels.

  Wiesbaden:

  Springer.

  SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology.

  ISBN 978-3-658-38445-6.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38446-3

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter; Seifert, Alexander,

  2021.

  Altersgerechte digitale Kanäle.

  Wiesbaden:

  Springer.

  ISBN 978-3-658-35500-5.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35501-2

• Darvishy, Alireza; Manning, Juliet,

  2020.

  Accessible digital documentary heritage : guidelines for the preparation of documentary heritage in accessible formats for persons with disabilities.

  Paris:

  UNESCO.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20991

• Darvishy, Alireza; Eröcal, Deniz; Manning, Juliet,

  2019.

  Delivering together for inclusive development : digital access to Information and knowledge for persons with disabilities.

  Paris:

  UNESCO.

  ISBN 978-92-3-100313-4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18188

• Schmitt-Koopmann, Felix M.; Huang, Elaine M.; Darvishy, Alireza,

  2022.

  Accessible PDFs : applying artificial intelligence for automated remediation of STEM PDFs [paper].

  In:

  Froehlich, Jon; Shinohara, Kristen; Ludi, Stephanie, eds.,

  ASSETS '22 Proceedings.

  24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Athens, Greece, 23-26 October 2022.

  Association for Computing Machinery.

  pp. 90.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550407

• Fathi, Kiavash; Darvishy, Alireza; van de Venn, Hans Wernher,

  2022.

  Augmented reality for the visually impaired : navigation aid and scene semantics for indoor use cases [paper].

  In:

  2022 IEEE 12th International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE-Berlin).

  12th IEEE International Conference on Consumer Technology (ICCE-Berlin), Berlin, Germany, 2-6 September 2022.

  IEEE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE-Berlin56473.2022.9937109

• Pierrès, Oriane; Darvishy, Alireza,

  2022.

  Gauging awareness of accessibility in Open Educational Resources [paper].

  In:

  Miesenberger, Klaus; Kouroupetroglou, Georgios; Mavrou, Katerina; Manduchi, Roberto; Covarrubias Rodriguez, Mario; Penáz, Petr, eds.,

  Computers Helping People with Special Needs.

  Joint International Conference on Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology & Accessibility (ICCHP-AAATE 2022), Lecco, Italy, 11-15 July 2022.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 335-342.

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 13342.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08645-8_39

• Darvishy, Alireza,

  2022.

  Internet of Things : services and applications for people with disabilities and elderly persons [paper].

  In:

  Miesenberger, Klaus; Kouroupetroglou, Georgios; Mavrou, Katerina; Manduchi, Roberto; Covarrubias Rodriguez, Mario; Penáz, Petr, eds.,

  Computers Helping People with Special Needs.

  Joint International Conference on Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology & Accessibility (ICCHP-AAATE 2022), Lecco, Italy, 11-15 July 2022.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 101-104.

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 13342.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08645-8_12

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter; Mosimann, Roland,

  2022.

  Towards personalized accessible routing for people with mobility impairments [paper].

  In:

  Miesenberger, Klaus; Kouroupetroglou, Georgios; Mavrou, Katerina; Manduchi, Roberto; Covarrubias Rodriguez, Mario; Penáz, Petr, eds.,

  Computers Helping People with Special Needs.

  Joint International Conference on Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology & Accessibility (ICCHP-AAATE 2022), Lecco, Italy, 11-15 July 2022.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 215-220.

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 13341.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_25

• Darvishy, Alireza,

  2022.

  Verifying screen reader accessibility of apps developed using Google Flutter [paper].

  In:

  Zallio, Matteo, ed.,

  Human Factors in Accessibility and Assistive Technology.

  13th AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Accessibility and Assistive Technology (HFAAT), New York, USA, 24-28 July 2022.

  AHFE International.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001641

• Hutter, Hans-Peter; Roth, Stephan; Darvishy, Alireza,

  2021.

  Service für barrierefreie Ferien im Bodenseeraum [paper].

  In:

  Kempter, Guido; Ritter, Walter, eds.,

  Grenzüberschreitende Reallabore für Assistenztechnik : Beiträge zum Usability Day XIX.

  uDay XIX : Grenzüberschreitende Reallabore für Assistenztechnik, Hard am Bodensee, 24. Juni 2021.

  Lengerich:

  Pabst Science Publishers.

  pp. 90-101.

• Darvishy, Alireza; Roth, Stephan; Hutter, Hans-Peter,

  2021.

  Sprachassistent für Hotelinformationen [paper].

  In:

  Kempter, Guido; Ritter, Walter, eds.,

  Grenzüberschreitende Reallabore für Assistenztechnik : Beiträge zum Usability Day XIX.

  uDay XIX : Grenzüberschreitende Reallabore für Assistenztechnik, Hard am Bodensee, 24. Juni 2021.

  Lengerich:

  Pabst Science Publishers.

  pp. 102-108.

• Jembu Rajkumar, Aravind; Lazar, Jonathan; Jordan, J. Bern; Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter,

  2020.

  PDF accessibility of research papers : what tools are needed for assessment and remediation? [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

  53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, HI, USA, 7-10 January 2020.

  Honolulu:

  University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

  pp. 4185-4194.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2020.512

• Hutter, Hans-Peter; Darvishy, Alireza; Roth, Stephan; Gäumann, Susanne; Kaspar, Heidi; Thimm, Tatjana; Gaiduk, Maksym; Evans, Sandra; Rosenberg, Martin,

  2020.

  Service design for accessible tourism [paper].

  In:

  Antona, Margherita; Stephanidis, Constantine, eds.,

  Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Practice.

  22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, virtual conference, 19-24 July 2020.

  Springer.

  Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI ; 12189.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49108-6

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter; Grossenbacher, Markus; Merz, Dario,

  2020.

  Touch explorer : exploring digital maps for visually impaired people [paper].

  In:

  Miesenberger, Klaus; Manduchi, Roberto; Covarrubias Rodriguez, Mario; Peňáz, Petr, eds.,

  Computers Helping People with Special Needs.

  17th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP), Lecco, Italy, 9–11 September 2020.

  Springer.

  pp. 427-434.

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 12376.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58796-3_50

• Hutter, Hans-Peter; Darvishy, Alireza,

  2019.

  Accessible tourism around Lake Constance [paper].

  In:

  Promberger, Kurt; Piazolo, Felix; Kempter, Guido, eds.,

  Innovative solutions for an ageing society : proceedings of SMARTER LIVES meets uDay 19.

  SMARTER LIVES meet uDay, Bozen, Italy, 28 May 2019.

  Lengerich:

  Pabst Science Publishers.

  pp. 93-97.

• Hutter, Hans-Peter; Darvishy, Alireza,

  2019.

  Barrierefreier Tourismus im Bodenseeraum [poster].

  In:

  Friedrich, Petra; Fuchs, Dominik, eds.,

  6. Ambient Medicine® Forum „Assistive Technik für selbstbestimmtes Wohnen“ (Band 6) : 19. - 20. Februar 2019, Tagungsband.

  6. Ambient Medicine Forum, Kempten, Deutschland, 19.-20. Februar 2019.

  Göttingen:

  Cuvillier.

  pp. 165-170.

  Schriftenreihe der Hochschule Kempten ; 6.

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter; Frei, Jasmin,

  2019.

  Making mobile map applications accessible for visually impaired people [paper].

  In:

  Ahram, Tareq; Taiar, Redha; Colson, Serge; Choplin, Arnaud, eds.,

  Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies : Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2019), August 22-24, 2019, Nice, France.

  International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies, Nice, France, 22-24 August 2019.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 396-400.

  Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ; 1018.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25629-6_61

• Keller, Thomas; Rüttimann, Markus; Darvishy, Alireza,

  2019.

  Mobility and visual impairment [paper].

  In:

  Kommers, Piet; Ravesteijn, Pascal; Ongena, Guido; Isaias, Pedro, eds.,

  17th International Conference e-Society Proceedings 2019.

  17th International Conference on e-Society 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands, 11-13 April 2019.

  IADIS.

  pp. 151-158.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.33965/es2019_201904L019

• Darvishy, Alireza,

  2018.

  E-accessibility supports researchers with disabilities [paper].

  In:

  2017 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility (ICTA) : Proceedings.

  ICTA 2017, Muscat, Oman, 19-21 December 2017.

  IEEE.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTA.2017.8336066

• Darvishy, Alireza,

  2018.

  PDF accessibility : tools and challenges [paper].

  In:

  Computers Helping People with Special Needs : ICCHP 2018 Proceedings, Part I.

  ICCHP 2018, Linz, Austria, 11-13 July 2018.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 113-116.

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 10896.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94277-3_20

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter,

  2018.

  Recommendations for age-appropriate mobile application design [paper].

  In:

  AHFE 2017 International Conference on Design for Inclusion, Los Angeles, California, USA, 17-21 July 2017.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 241-253.

  Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ; 587.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60597-5_22

• Hutter, Hans-Peter; Darvishy, Alireza,

  2017.

  Barrierefreier Tourismusraum Bodensee [poster].

  In:

  Kempter, Guido; Hämmerle, Isabella, eds.,

  Beiträge zum Usability Day XV : Umgebungsunterstütztes Leben, 22. Juni 2017.

  uDay XV - Umgebungsunterstütztes Leben, Dornbirn, Österreich, 22. Juni 2017.

  Lengerich:

  Pabst Science Publishers.

  pp. 91-94.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2782

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter,

  2017.

  Recommendations for age-appropriate mobile application design [paper].

  In:

  Harnessing the power of technology to improve lives.

  International Conferences on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices (AHFE 2017), Los Angeles, USA, 17-21 July 2017.

  IOS Press.

  pp. 676-686.

  Studies in Health Technology and Informatics ; 242.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-798-6-676

• Darvishy, Alireza,

  2014.

  Accessibility of mobile platforms [paper].

  In:

  Design, User Experience, and Usability : User Experience Design Practice.

  Third International Conference, DUXU 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Crete, Greece, 22-27 June 2014.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 133-140.

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 8520.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07638-6_14

• Doblies, Luchin; Stolz, David; Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter,

  2014.

  PAVE : a web application to identify and correct accessibility problems in PDF documents [paper].

  In:

  Miesenberger, Klaus; Fels, Deborah; Archambault, Dominique; Peňáz, Petr; Zagler, Wolfgang, eds.,

  Computers Helping People with Special Needs : ICCHP 2014 Proceedings, Part I.

  ICCHP 2014, 14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Paris, France, 9-11 July 2014.

  Paris:

  Springer.

  pp. 185-192.

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 8547.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08596-8

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter,

  2013.

  Comparison of the effectiveness of different accessibility plugins based on important accessibility criteria [paper].

  In:

  Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services for Quality of Life : 7th International Conference, UAHCI 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013, Proceedings, Part III.

  7th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, Las Vegas, USA, 21-26 July 2013.

  Springer.

  pp. 305-310.

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 8011.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39194-1_36

• Darvishy, Alireza; Good, Alice,

  2013.

  Inclusive websites for the elderly : user friendly guidelines for designers and managers of websites and applications [paper].

  In:

  HCI International 2013 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts.

  15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 21-26 July 2013.

  Berlin:

  Springer.

  pp. 226-230.

  Communications in Computer and Information Science.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39473-7_46

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter; Horvath, Alexander; Dorigo, Martin,

  2010.

  A flexible software architecture concept for the creation of accessible PDF documents [paper].

  In:

  Computers Helping People with Special Needs.

  12th International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons (ICCHP), Vienna, Austria, 14-16 July 2010.

  Springer.

  pp. 47-52.

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 6179.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_8

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter; Früh, Peter; Horvath, Alexander; Berner, Dominik,

  2008.

  Personal mobile assistant for air passengers with disabilities (PMA) [paper].

  In:

  Computers Helping People with Special Needs.

  11th International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons (ICCHP), Linz, Austria, 9-11 July 2008.

  Springer.

  pp. 1129-1134.

  Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 5105.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_169

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hedderich, Ingeborg; Oberholzer, Franziska; Sethe, Rolf,

  2022.

  Guidelines for accessible teaching and research at universities.

  Zürich:

  swissuniversities.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-223644

• Darvishy, Alireza,

  2018.

  Assistive technologies : short overview and trends [paper].

  In:

  Jekat, Susanne Johanna; Massey, Gary, eds.,

  Barrier-free communication: methods and products : proceedings of the 1st Swiss conference on barrier-free communication.

  1st Swiss Conference on Barrier-Free Communication, Winterthur, 15-16 September 2017.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  pp. 52-55.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2783

• Johner-Kobi, Sylvie; Riedi, Anna Maria; Nef, Susanne; Biehl, Verena; Page, Julie; Darvishy, Alireza; Roth, Stephan; Meyer, Sylvie; Copur, Eylem,

  2015.

  SAMS - Studie zum Arbeitsleben von Menschen mit Sehbehinderung : Schlussbericht.

  Zürich:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1179

• Johner-Kobi, Sylvie; Riedi, Anna Maria; Nef, Susanne; Biehl, Verena; Page, Julie; Darvishy, Alireza; Roth, Stephan; Meyer, Sylvie; Copur, Eylem,

  2015.

  Auf dem Weg zur Gleichstellung?

  .

  In:

  Schweizerischer Zentralverein für das Blindenwesen SZB, ed.,

  Beruflich am Ball bleiben: mit Sehbehinderung : eine Publikation zur «Studie zum Arbeitsleben von Menschen mit Sehbehinderung» (SAMS).

  St.Gallen:

  Schweizerischer Zentralverein für das Blindenwesen SZB.

  pp. 9-23.

  Available from: https://www.szb.ch/fileadmin/pdfs/forschung/Fachstudie-Am-Ball-dt-v05-BF.pdf

• Johner-Kobi, Sylvie; Riedi, Anna Maria; Nef, Susanne; Biehl, Verena; Page, Julie; Darvishy, Alireza; Roth, Stephan; Meyer, Sylvie; Copur, Eylem,

  2015.

  SAMS : Etude sur le handicap visuel et le marché du travail.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3384

• Johner-Kobi, Sylvie; Riedi, Anna Maria; Nef, Susanne; Biehl, Verena; Page, Julie; Darvishy, Alireza; Roth, Stephan; Meyer, Sylvie; Copur, Eylem,

  2015.

  Sur la voie de l'égalité ?

  .

  In:

  Union centrale suisse pour le bien des aveugles UCBA, ed.,

  Handicap visuel: rester sur les rails au travail : une publication à propos de l'étude: «Handicap visuel et marché du travail» (SAMS).

  Lausanne:

  Union centrale suisse pour le bien des aveugles UCBA.

  pp. 9-23.

  Available from: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/bitstream/11475/16348/1/rapport_final_SAMS_accessible.pdf

• Page, Julie; Becker, Heidrun Karin; Darvishy, Alireza; Copur, Eylem; Kobi, Sylvie; Pärli, Kurt; Winistörfer, Herbert,

  2012.

  Hindernisfreie Hochschule : ein Leitfaden zur Selbstevaluation.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Darvishy, Alireza; Hutter, Hans-Peter; Früh, Peter T.; Horvath, Alexander; Berner, Dominik,

  2008.

  Personal mobile assistant for air passengers with disabilities (PMA).

  MOTION Working Papers Transportation Systems

  ; 2.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-108

• Darvishy, Alireza,

  2019.

  Travelers with disabilities : challenges and assistive technologies.

  In:

  15th International Conference of the Association for the Avancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE), Bologna, Italy, 27-30 August 2019.

  IOS Press.

  pp. 125-132.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3233/TAD-190006

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