Lisa Tang graduated from Software Engineering at uWaterloo in 2006 and entered graduate school to pursue interests in Human Computer Interaction. In 2012, she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with her PhD, specializing in Usability Engineering and Accessibility. Her thesis, titled "Producing Informative Textual Alternatives for Images" and sponsored by Microsoft Canada, specified a procedure for identifying information in an image while considering the importance of the information within a given context. The thesis provides a series of questions for identifying information and levels of importance for evaluating the information identified. This research has now become an International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Specification 20071-11, titled "Information technology -- User interface component accessibility -- Part 11: Guidance for alternative text for images". Lisa is now a Software Development Engineer at Microsoft in Washington, USA.
Thursday, July 31, 2014