
A conversation with Roghayeh Leila Barmaki: How immersive technologies are reshaping education and healthcare
In this interview, Ubiquity senior editor Bushra Anjum chats with Roghayeh Leila Barmaki to explore how immersive technologies and AI enhance education and healthcare accessibility. The discussion highlights Dr. Barmaki's journey—overcoming social communication challenges—and how it shaped research on nonverbal cues, autism, and identity formation in STEM. The conversation also examines the impact of virtual companions in learning and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. ...

How to Generate Reader Interest in What You Write
Who has not discovered to their dismay that no one wants to read their most carefully crafted, meritorious, compelling, and passionate writings? Think of all the proposals you have written that no one was interested in. Or the web pages, the blog posts, news releases, company brochures, etc. that fell flat. Chances are, such mishaps are linked to producing texts that fail to connect with what your readers would be interested in reading.
This article was originally published by Ubiquity in 2009 as a single contribution. It is now being republished as part of Communication Corner, the author's interrelated series of essays curated to help computer professionals communicate more effectively with each other and the general public.
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