Balancing accessibility, clarity, and technical accuracy for Google ATAP Research
How I helped Google ATAP win an award with my edits to their research paper.
What I did
Role: Editor
Company: Google ATAP / Touchstone
year: 2021
Problem
Google's Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) division is developing radar-based sensors that can understand human movement and intentions like gestures. The goal is to create devices that can interact with users without needing verbal commands. This technology is embedded in products like Nest.
The group wanted to gain credibility within the research community for its unique Radar technology. To do this, they created a thought leadership program through a series of speaking engagements and research papers.
Solution
The technology and research is sometimes difficult to grasp, so they partnered with me to help edit their work before publishing. Through my support, I was able to simplify some of the messaging. However, their audience is highly technical, so I worked to balance accessibility and accuracy along with industry terminology.
Impact
This paper was published at CHI2021 and won a best paper award (1% of total submissions)
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This video was presented at CHI '21, the 2021 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Session: Vision and Sensing. It explains what the research paper shared.