Humphrey Curtis

Paper accepted to CHI 2026 : “Computer Says No”: Disabled Welfare Experiences and Envisioned Futures Under AI Governance , to be presented in Barcelona, Spain.

Attended the Health Research from Home Annual Event at Google HQ.

Working as a Research Associate on Advokit, an inclusive, co-designed digital toolkit supporting disabled people in navigating public services.

Passed PhD viva with minor corrections under Prof Graham Pullin and Prof Oussama Metatla .

Exam marker for Human–Computer Interaction: 6CCS3HCI.

Weekly drop-in volunteer at Aphasia Re-Connect based at City, University of London .

Served as Associate Chair for the BCS HCI 2025 Conference .

Workshop published at BCS HCI 2025: Accessibility in Austerity: Formulating Strategies for Accessibility Research in Constrained Times.

Published in Nature, Scientific Reports: Making smartglasses accessible: perspectives and prototypes from co-design with people with aphasia.

Paper accepted at ASSETS 2025: “An Old Bastard in Bright Orange Satin!”: Zuzenna’s Aphasia Diary and Lessons Learned from DIY Augmentative and Alternative Communication.

Paper accepted at ASSETS 2025: Life as an International Computer Science PhD Student with Cerebral Palsy - an international collaboration with Tianchi Mo!

Attended and presented my MSR internship research, “I use video calling in all areas of my life”: Understanding the Video Calling Experiences of Chronically Ill People at CHI 2025 in Yokohama, Japan.

Served as Web Chair for Cockney CHAI 2025 .

🏆 Awarded the Ken Rothman Award at the Health Research from Home Annual Event at Google HQ.

Teaching assistant for Simulation and Data Visualisation: 7CCSMSDV.

Teaching assistant for Human-Computer Interaction: 6CCS3HCI and presented lecture on PhD research.

Weekly drop-in volunteer at Aphasia Re-Connect based at City, University of London.

Student Volunteer Chair for the 2024 ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility in St John's, Canada.

🥈 Nominated for Best Paper and presented Looking Past Screens: Exploring Mixed Reality and Discreet AAC Devices.

Served as a Research Mentor for ASSETS 2024.

Attended and presented at 2024 HCID Summer Open Day at City, University of London.

Summer Research Intern within the Ability Team in Redmond, Seattle, USA under Martez Mott.

🏆 Winner of the NMES PhD Research Competition for 2024.

Interviewed by Enabled in Academia on aphasia and accessibility research.

Attended and presented two papers and poster at the 2024 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Teaching assistant for Simulation and Data Visualisation: 7CCSMSDV and presented lecture on individual research project.

Teaching assistant for Human-Computer Interaction: 6CCS3HCI.

Weekly drop-in volunteer at Aphasia Re-Connect based at City, University of London.

Attended and presented at CUSP London PhD Conference in November 2023.

In-person SV and presented at 2023 ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility in New York, USA.

🏆 Awarded Best Student Paper for Watch Your Language: Using Smartwatches to Support Communication.

Interviewed by Electronic Specifier on wearable AAC devices in August 2023.

Attended 2023 ABSW Science Technology Journalism Summer School.

Attended 2023 HCID Summer Open Day at City, University of London.

Co-supervisor of a King's Undergraduate Research Fellowship project for summer 2023.

Attended and presented at the 2023 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Hamburg, Germany.

🏆 Awarded Best Paper for Envisioning the (In)Visibility of Discreet and Wearable AAC.

Organised internal KCL pre-CHI practice talks.

Teaching assistant for Simulation and Data Visualisation: 7CCSMSDV and presented lecture on individual research project.

Teaching assistant for Human-Computer Interaction: 6CCS3HCI.

Weekly drop-in volunteer at Aphasia Re-Connect based at City, University of London.

Teaching assistant for Simulation and Data Visualisation: 7CCSMSDV.

Teaching assistant for Human-Computer Interaction: 6CCS3HCI.

In-person SV and presented at the 2022 ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility in Athens, Greece.

Recipient of SIGACCESS Travel Scholarship for ASSETS 2022.

Accepted and participated in Doctoral Consortium for 35th International BCS HCI 2022 Conference, Keele University, UK.

In-person SV at 2022 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New Orleans, USA.

Weekly drop-in volunteer at Aphasia Re-Connect based at City, University of London.

Teaching assistant for Human-Computer Interaction: 6CCS3HCI.

Weekly drop-in volunteer at Aphasia Re-Connect based at City, University of London.