Michael Pozhidaev

"The only true paradise is paradise lost"
/by Marcel Proust/

E-mail: msp (at) luwrain (dot) org
Occupation: Software Engineer
Degree: Ph.D. in Computer Science
Organization: Tomsk State University
Position: Assistant Professor
Date of birth: March 23, 1983
Origin: Tomsk, Russia
Areas of interest: NLP, ML, UNIX, Java, cloud computing, assistive technologies
Hobbies: piano and travel
Blind person from 2002 due to illness

Education

• 2000–2007, Tomsk State University, Department of Computer Science
• 2007–2010, Tomsk State University, postgraduate education with a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science

Open Source activity

• LUWRAIN, aJava  platform for portable apps for the blind and visually-impaired
• VoiceMan speech server for GNU/Linux

Key events

• Internet+ training for the disabled people, APEC, Guangzhou, 2018
• Graffiti for the blind supporting the LUWRAIN project, Ekaterinburg, 2017
• St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, 2016
• Impact Journalism Day, 2015
• The Summit of Major Asian Cities, 2014

Key Publications

• Introducing LUWRAIN: Can GNU/Linux help us rethink accessibility solutions for the blind? Linux Journal, Texus, US, 2015
• The Framework for Accessible Applications: Text-Based Case for Blind People ACM DL, CEE/SECR, 2014