Veronica Pimenova
pimenova [at] umich [dot] edu
Hi, I'm Veronica (she/her)! 🙂
For my recent publications, visit my Google Scholar.
I am a first-year PhD student at the
University of Michigan, advised by Venkatesh Potluri and
Druv (DJ) Jain. I am also a Rackham Merit Fellow.
Before starting at Michigan, I graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, where I was advised by Andrew Begel.
My research focuses on human factors of software engineering, with a focus on accessibility and developer productivity. I am passionate about inclusivity for minority groups, especially women and people with disabilities.
Read my recent paper on my work with UMass Amherst and Microsoft Research.
Research News
- October 4th, 2025 - Michigan AI research lab goes to an apple orchard!
- September 15th, 2025 - I just finished up my paper on vibe coding with some collaborators at UMass Amherst and Microsoft Research, read it here.
- August 10th, 2025 - Welcome to University of Michigan School of Information!
- July 31st, 2025 - My poster paper on the autoethnographic analysis of a professional with chronic illness and ADHD got accepted to ASSETS 2025! 🎉
- July 29th, 2025 - Carnegie Mellon VariAbility Lab summer send off. Thank you for 3 years of research!
- June 26th, 2025 - I received a scholarship to attend and present my work on "Enhancing Learning Platforms for Individuals with ADHD in XR Education" from Cornell University at the 2025 XR Access Symposium!
- May 15th, 2025 - Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! I gave a talk at CMU GAAD 2025.
- May 12th, 2025 - I just graduated (with honors) from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems!
- April 8th, 2025 - I won an Honorable Mention for the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship! 🎉
- March 28th, 2025 - I am featured on CMU News!
- February 26th, 2025 - I gave a talk at SIGCSE at the AccessComputing event!
- January 14th, 2025 - My abstract on Enhancing Learning Platforms for Individuals with ADHD got accepted to NCUR 2025! 🎉
- December 9th, 2024 - I led NAPE in a talk at CMU Access lunch.
- November 28th, 2024 - Happy Thanksgiving from the VariAbility Lab!!
- October 20th, 2024 - I did a presentation at OurCS where I worked in collaboration with CMU's CyLab (Lorrie Cranor). Earlier in the week I also attended a fully-funded MIT Media Lab workshop at UIST 2024.
- September 28th, 2024 - I was a guest lecturer to 200+ attendees at Carnegie Mellon's family weekend.
- September 13th, 2024 - I was a guest lecturer at Carnegie Mellon's 67-200 course on my accessibility work.
- August 8th, 2024 - I was accepted to ACM SIGASSETS 2024 as an SV. 🎉
- July 25th, 2024 - I received a scholarship from Carnegie Mellon Information System's Inclusion Committee to attend the 2024 Tapia Conference in San Diego, CA.
- June 6th, 2024 - I received a scholarship from Cornell University and Meta Reality Labs to attend the XR Access Symposium on June 6-7 in New York City.
- May 8th, 2024 - I presented at Carnegie Mellon's 2024 Meeting of the Minds and received a fellowship from Carnegie Mellon Undergraduate Research to continue this work through fall 2024.
The dean of CMU School of Computer Science watched my presentation.
Read more about my academic and research origin story/journey here. Feel free to reach out to me by email (pimenova [at] umich [dot] edu) with questions.