Harvard UniversityI research how people and computers understand user interfaces, developing intelligent UIs that bridge accessibility gaps. As an HCI researcher and educator, I explore how intentional, inclusive design empowers people in their everyday interactions, centering community needs across my research, teaching, and service.
Ritesh Kanchi
I'm a PhD student at Harvard University studying Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction. My research focuses on accessibility, intelligent user interfaces, and computer science education.
About me
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Diagrams Are Structures: Reframing Accessibility for Data Structure Diagrams
Brianna Wimer, Ritesh Kanchi, Jennifer Mankoff, and Ronald Metoyer
RESPECT 2026
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Nonvisual Support for Understanding and Reasoning about Data Structures
Brianna Wimer*, Ritesh Kanchi*, Kaija Frierson, Venkatesh Potluri, Ronald Metoyer, Jennifer Mankoff, Miya Natsuhara, and Matt Wang
CHI 2026
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Systems for Scaling Accessibility Efforts in Large Computing Courses
Ritesh Kanchi, Miya Natsuhara, and Matt Wang
SIGCSE TS 2026
Some of my work
STEMpump for iOS
An app designed to help students learn what they want, how they want
ARUW Prism
An internal platform to classify and manage robot vision data
Anchor
A collaborative writing platform with context-aware and assistive AI
Arboretum
A system for creating, transforming, and rendering accessible data structure representations
