Abstract
Nowadays the spreading of low-cost technologies integrating sensors and actuators
favored the development of the so-called smart objects and this trend has been
fostered by the Internet of Things (IoT), which creates a bridge between the
physical and the digital world thanks to ubiquitous, connected sensors and actuators.
The opportunities offered by the IoT are amplified by the use of new approaches
that, based on novel interaction paradigms, involve directly non-technical users in
configuring the behavior of their smart objects. End User Development (EUD) is defined
as a set of methods, techniques, and tools that allow users of software systems, who are
acting as non-professional software developers, to create, modify, or extend a software
artifact. To support EUD of IoT applications, we have to consider that only end users can
know the most appropriate ways their applications should react to contextual events.
Thus, to reach a broad variety of users, tailoring environments should offer an
easy-to-learn User Interface (UI), while allowing users to attain high value and
even complexity of the software they create or customize. In this way, it will be
possible to obtain faster tailoring, better control over the application functionality,
and improved user experience. Given the diffusion and the importance of these issues,
this workshop will provide a venue for discussing ongoing research and sharing ideas for
researchers and practitioners working on solutions to personalize the behavior of
IoT ecosystems.
Organizers
- Margherita Andrao, University of Trento
- Fabrizio Balducci, University of Bari
- Bernardo Breve, University of Salerno
- Andrea Mattioli, CNR - ISTI
- Fabiana Vernero, University of Torino
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