Hi! I am Brianna Wimer.
I am a Runway Startup Postdoc at Cornell Tech, where I work at the intersection of human-computer interaction, accessibility, and entrepreneurship. My work explores how technology can make complex systems more accessible, reliable, and easier for people to navigate.
I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in August 2026, advised by Dr. Ron Metoyer. During my Ph.D., I was a visiting researcher at the University of Washington, working with Dr. Jen Mankoff.
About Me
I'm based in New York City, where I bring together research, design, and entrepreneurship to tackle accessibility challenges in everyday life. My background is in human-computer interaction, with a particular focus on making visual information and educational experiences accessible to people with disabilities. My doctoral research focused on designing and building tools that enable people with disabilities to explore, understand, and create diagrams through nonvisual interaction.
Today, I'm expanding this work into the aviation industry as the founder of Amiro. I'm exploring how to make airport assistance more dependable, particularly for older travelers and people with reduced mobility, by rethinking how human support is delivered across the travel journey.
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Recent Activity
I’ll be presenting as a panel speaker at Universal Access in Aviation 2026.
I’ll be presenting on accessible data visualization at Accessing Higher Ground 2026.
I graduated with my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. I’m now a Runway Startup Postdoc at Cornell Tech.
Our paper Diagrams Are Structures: Reframing Accessibility for Data Structure Diagrams received the Best Paper Award (Perspectives Track) and an Exemplary Paper Award (Thematic Track) at ACM RESPECT 2026.
AccessFlow was accepted into the Spring 2026 idea 2 IMPACT BootCamp from the University of Pittsburgh, supporting translation of assistive technology research innovations into real-world impact.
Our paper "Nonvisual Support for Understanding and Reasoning about Data Structures" was accepted to CHI 2026 and will be presented in Barcelona, Spain by Ritesh Kanchi and myself.