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1. Creating Routines for IoT Ecosystems through Conversation with Smart Speakers.

Author

Barricelli, Barbara Rita, Bondioli, Alessandro, Fogli, Daniela, Iemmolo, Letizia, and Locoro, Angela

Subjects
*AMAZON Echo, *GOOGLE Home, *INTELLIGENT personal assistants, *RESEARCH questions, *SMARTPHONES
Abstract

Nowadays, end users can create routines for Amazon Echo and Google Nest devices using a companion app (Amazon Alexa and Google Home, respectively) running on smartphones. Our work explores the possibility of transferring this End-User Development activity directly to the smart speakers, with and without a touchscreen. To this aim, we designed and developed two Amazon Skills (one for Amazon Echo Show and the other for Amazon Echo Dot) and two Google Actions (one for Google Nest Hub and the other for Google Home Speaker). Then, we carried out two controlled experiments, involving 40 participants, to compare routine creation through multi-modal interaction (based on vision, speech, and touch) with routine creation through speech-only interaction. Driven by our research questions, we found that for routine creation the multi-modal interaction is preferred to the speech-only one and the perceived quality of interaction seems to depend on the brand of the smart speaker. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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2. A visual programming tool for mobile web augmentation.

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Aldalur, Iñigo, Perez, Alain, Larrinaga, Felix, and Illarramendi, Miren

Subjects
INTERNET content, PERSONAL computers, WEB browsing, INTERNET searching, WEBSITES
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The use of mobile devices for web browsing has increased extraordinarily in recent years, becoming the main source of information. Unfortunately, developers cannot meet the needs of all users. As a result, users have been forced to adapt web content to their needs. Additionally, users face more costly interactions than on desktop computers due to the smaller screen size of cell phones. These interactions include URL typing, scrolling, taping, branching and tab-switching. If the number of web resources is large, the activity becomes unpleasant. Furthermore, should the quantity of interactions be extensive, the web experience also becomes unpleasant. Moreover, all these interactions lead to higher costs in terms of phone time and battery life, as well as more costly navigation. Web augmentation enhances the user web experience by adding content from different resources, modifying the original layout, or reducing interactions during web searches, among other benefits. To reduce user interactions and satisfy their information necessities, we propose MAWA, an extension for Firefox mobile that allows users to adapt any web page to their needs through web augmentation techniques. To validate our proposal, an evaluation of the tool has been carried out. The article presents the benefits introduced by MAWA as a response to the inconveniences experienced by users when performing their activities in the mobile browser. The results obtained show that MAWA is able to reduce the number of interactions significantly, as well as to reduce battery consumption and the time needed to obtain the desired information. In addition, users perceive that navigation is less cluttered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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3. Enabling End-User Development in Smart Homes: A Machine Learning-Powered Digital Twin for Energy Efficient Management.

Author

Cotti, Luca, Guizzardi, Davide, Barricelli, Barbara Rita, and Fogli, Daniela

Subjects
DIGITAL twin, SMART homes, COMPUTERS, ENERGY management, HOME automation, ENERGY consumption, END users (Information technology)
Abstract

End-User Development has been proposed over the years to allow end users to control and manage their Internet of Things-based environments, such as smart homes. With End-User Development, end users are able to create trigger-action rules or routines to tailor the behavior of their smart homes. However, the scientific research proposed to date does not encompass methods that evaluate the suitability of user-created routines in terms of energy consumption. This paper proposes using Machine Learning to build a Digital Twin of a smart home that can predict the energy consumption of smart appliances. The Digital Twin will allow end users to simulate possible scenarios related to the creation of routines. Simulations will be used to assess the effects of the activation of appliances involved in the routines under creation and possibly modify them to save energy consumption according to the Digital Twin's suggestions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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4. Democratizing Gamification Strategy Design on Multitenant Platforms Through a Low-Code Approach

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Ribeiro, Nuno, Santos, Carlos, Silva, Henrique, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Gomide, Fernando, Advisory Editor, Kaynak, Okyay, Advisory Editor, Liu, Derong, Advisory Editor, Pedrycz, Witold, Advisory Editor, Polycarpou, Marios M., Advisory Editor, Rudas, Imre J., Advisory Editor, Wang, Jun, Advisory Editor, Herodotou, Christothea, editor, Papavlasopoulou, Sofia, editor, Santos, Carlos, editor, Milrad, Marcelo, editor, Otero, Nuno, editor, Vittorini, Pierpaolo, editor, Gennari, Rosella, editor, Di Mascio, Tania, editor, Temperini, Marco, editor, and De la Prieta, Fernando, editor

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2024
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5. An Online Repository for Educational Resources in HCI-Engineering

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Spano, Lucio Davide, Campos, José Creissac, Dittmar, Anke, Forbrig, Peter, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Bramwell-Dicks, Anna, editor, Evans, Abigail, editor, Winckler, Marco, editor, Petrie, Helen, editor, and Abdelnour-Nocera, José, editor

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2024
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6. Editorial to the Second IFIP WG 2.7/13.4 Workshop on HCI Engineering Education

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Spano, Lucio Davide, Campos, José Creissac, Dittmar, Anke, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Bramwell-Dicks, Anna, editor, Evans, Abigail, editor, Winckler, Marco, editor, Petrie, Helen, editor, and Abdelnour-Nocera, José, editor

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2024
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7. Supporting a Deeper Understanding of Users in Robot-Assisted Therapies by Two-Level Personas

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Forbrig, Peter, Dittmar, Anke, Kühn, Mathias, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Bramwell-Dicks, Anna, editor, Evans, Abigail, editor, Winckler, Marco, editor, Petrie, Helen, editor, and Abdelnour-Nocera, José, editor

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2024
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8. End-User Development of Oracle APEX Low-Code Applications Using Large Language Models

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Gorissen, Simon Cornelius, Sauer, Stefan, Beckmann, Wolf G., Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, van Leeuwen, Jan, Series Editor, Hutchison, David, Editorial Board Member, Kanade, Takeo, Editorial Board Member, Kittler, Josef, Editorial Board Member, Kleinberg, Jon M., Editorial Board Member, Kobsa, Alfred, Series Editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Editorial Board Member, Mitchell, John C., Editorial Board Member, Naor, Moni, Editorial Board Member, Nierstrasz, Oscar, Series Editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Editorial Board Member, Sudan, Madhu, Series Editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Editorial Board Member, Tygar, Doug, Editorial Board Member, Weikum, Gerhard, Series Editor, Vardi, Moshe Y, Series Editor, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Lárusdóttir, Marta Kristín, editor, Naqvi, Bilal, editor, Bernhaupt, Regina, editor, Ardito, Carmelo, editor, and Sauer, Stefan, editor

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2024
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9. A Survey of Natural Language-Based Editing of Low-Code Applications Using Large Language Models

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Gorissen, Simon Cornelius, Sauer, Stefan, Beckmann, Wolf G., Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, van Leeuwen, Jan, Series Editor, Hutchison, David, Editorial Board Member, Kanade, Takeo, Editorial Board Member, Kittler, Josef, Editorial Board Member, Kleinberg, Jon M., Editorial Board Member, Kobsa, Alfred, Series Editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Editorial Board Member, Mitchell, John C., Editorial Board Member, Naor, Moni, Editorial Board Member, Nierstrasz, Oscar, Series Editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Editorial Board Member, Sudan, Madhu, Series Editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Editorial Board Member, Tygar, Doug, Editorial Board Member, Weikum, Gerhard, Series Editor, Vardi, Moshe Y, Series Editor, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Lárusdóttir, Marta Kristín, editor, Naqvi, Bilal, editor, Bernhaupt, Regina, editor, Ardito, Carmelo, editor, and Sauer, Stefan, editor

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2024
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10. Alchemist: LLM-Aided End-User Development of Robot Applications.

Author

Karli, Ulas Berk, Chen, Juo-Tung, Antony, Victor Nikhil, and Huang, Chien-Ming

Subjects
LANGUAGE models, LOGIC programming, SYSTEMS design, ROBOT programming, NATURAL languages, ROBOTS
Abstract

Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to catalyze a paradigm shift in end-user robot programming---moving from the conventional process of user specifying programming logic to an iterative, collaborative process in which the user specifies desired program outcomes while LLM produces detailed specifications. We introduce a novel integrated development system, Alchemist, that leverages LLMs to empower end-users in creating, testing, and running robot programs using natural language inputs, aiming to reduce the required knowledge for developing robot applications. We present a detailed examination of our system design and provide an exploratory study involving true end-users to assess capabilities, usability, and limitations of our system. Through the design, development, and evaluation of our system, we derive a set of lessons learned from the use of LLMs in robot programming. We discuss how LLMs may be the next frontier for democratizing end-user development of robot applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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11. Sistem Dokumentasi Modul Perkuliahan Universitas Saintek Muhammadiyah Berbasis Web.

Author

Ibrahim, Abdullah

Abstract

This research aims to develop and implement a Lecture Module Documentation System at Universitas Saintek Muhammadiyah. This system is designed to facilitate efficient and structured planning, collection, selection, management, storage, and access to Lecture Module information. The system development method uses the End-user Development Method and involves the stages of initiation, transmission, control, and maturity. Research data were obtained through observation, interviews, and documentation studies. The system allows lecturers to fill, update, and access the syllabus online, and allows administrative staff to monitor and evaluate the Lecture Module. With this system, it is expected that the management of Lecture Modules at Universitas Saintek Muhammadiyah will be more efficient, transparent, and structured [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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12. Visual authoring of virtual reality conversational scenarios for e-learning.

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Baena-Perez, Rubén, Ruiz-Rube, Iván, Mota, José Miguel, Berns, Anke, and Balderas, Antonio

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to face-to-face activities being developed in a virtual format that often offers a poor experience in areas such as education. Virtual Learning Environments have improved in recent years thanks to new technologies such as Virtual Reality or Chatbots. However, creating Virtual Learning Environments requires advanced programming knowledge, so this work is aimed to enable teachers to create these new environments easily. This work presents a set of extensions for App Inventor that facilitate the authoring of mobile learning apps that use Chatbots in a Virtual Reality environment, while simultaneously monitoring of student activity. This proposal is based on integrating block-based languages and Business Process Model and Notation diagrams. The developed extensions were successfully implemented in an educational app called Let's date!. A quantitative analysis of the use of these extensions in App Inventor was also carried out, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of blocks required. The proposed contribution has demonstrated its validity in creating virtual learning environments through visual programming and modelling, reducing development complexity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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14. EUD Strategy in the Education Field for Supporting Teachers in Creating Digital Courses

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Valtolina, Stefano, Matamoros, Ricardo Anibal, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Spano, Lucio Davide, editor, Schmidt, Albrecht, editor, Santoro, Carmen, editor, and Stumpf, Simone, editor

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2023
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15. Challenges of Enabling End-Users to Develop Systems with AI

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Tetteroo, Daniel, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Spano, Lucio Davide, editor, Schmidt, Albrecht, editor, Santoro, Carmen, editor, and Stumpf, Simone, editor

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2023
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16. How End Users Develop Point-and-Click Games

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Artizzu, Valentino, Blečić, Ivan, Frau, Vittoria, Spano, Lucio Davide, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Spano, Lucio Davide, editor, Schmidt, Albrecht, editor, Santoro, Carmen, editor, and Stumpf, Simone, editor

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2023
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17. Programming with Minecraft Bedrock Up: Modeling, Coding, and Computational Concepts

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Mørch, Anders I., Andersen, Renate, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Spano, Lucio Davide, editor, Schmidt, Albrecht, editor, Santoro, Carmen, editor, and Stumpf, Simone, editor

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2023
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18. Designing for a Sustainable Digital Transformation: The DEA Methodology

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Barricelli, Barbara Rita, Fogli, Daniela, Locoro, Angela, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Spano, Lucio Davide, editor, Schmidt, Albrecht, editor, Santoro, Carmen, editor, and Stumpf, Simone, editor

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2023
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19. Understanding User Needs in Smart Homes and How to Fulfil Them

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Mattioli, Andrea, Paternò, Fabio, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Spano, Lucio Davide, editor, Schmidt, Albrecht, editor, Santoro, Carmen, editor, and Stumpf, Simone, editor

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2023
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20. End-User Development for Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Literature Review

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Esposito, Andrea, Calvano, Miriana, Curci, Antonio, Desolda, Giuseppe, Lanzilotti, Rosa, Lorusso, Claudia, Piccinno, Antonio, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Spano, Lucio Davide, editor, Schmidt, Albrecht, editor, Santoro, Carmen, editor, and Stumpf, Simone, editor

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2023
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21. Understanding Concepts, Methods and Tools for End-User Control of Automations in Ecosystems of Smart Objects and Services

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Andrao, Margherita, Balducci, Fabrizio, Breve, Bernardo, Cena, Federica, Desolda, Giuseppe, Deufemia, Vincenzo, Gena, Cristina, Matera, Maristella, Mattioli, Andrea, Paternò, Fabio, Santoro, Carmen, Treccani, Barbara, Vernero, Fabiana, Zancanaro, Massimo, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Spano, Lucio Davide, editor, Schmidt, Albrecht, editor, Santoro, Carmen, editor, and Stumpf, Simone, editor

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2023
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22. Defining Trigger-Action Rules via Voice: A Novel Approach for End-User Development in the IoT

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Monge Roffarello, Alberto, De Russis, Luigi, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Spano, Lucio Davide, editor, Schmidt, Albrecht, editor, Santoro, Carmen, editor, and Stumpf, Simone, editor

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2023
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23. Adaptive and Adaptable Systems: Differentiating and Integrating AI and EUD

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Fischer, Gerhard, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Spano, Lucio Davide, editor, Schmidt, Albrecht, editor, Santoro, Carmen, editor, and Stumpf, Simone, editor

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2023
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24. An Ontology-Based Approach for Setting Security Policies in Smart Homes

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Monge Roffarello, Alberto, De Russis, Luigi, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Saracino, Andrea, editor, and Mori, Paolo, editor

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2023
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25. Enabling End-User Development in Smart Homes: A Machine Learning-Powered Digital Twin for Energy Efficient Management

Author

Luca Cotti, Davide Guizzardi, Barbara Rita Barricelli, and Daniela Fogli

Subjects
End-User Development, digital twin, internet of things, routine, smart home, Information technology, T58.5-58.64
Abstract

End-User Development has been proposed over the years to allow end users to control and manage their Internet of Things-based environments, such as smart homes. With End-User Development, end users are able to create trigger-action rules or routines to tailor the behavior of their smart homes. However, the scientific research proposed to date does not encompass methods that evaluate the suitability of user-created routines in terms of energy consumption. This paper proposes using Machine Learning to build a Digital Twin of a smart home that can predict the energy consumption of smart appliances. The Digital Twin will allow end users to simulate possible scenarios related to the creation of routines. Simulations will be used to assess the effects of the activation of appliances involved in the routines under creation and possibly modify them to save energy consumption according to the Digital Twin’s suggestions.

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2024
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26. MAWA: Enhancing mobile web browsing through web augmentation for improved user experience

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Iñigo Aldalur, Alain Perez, Felix Larrinaga, and Miren Illarramendi

Subjects
Human–computer interaction, End-user development, Web augmentation, Customization, Mobile browser, Computer software, QA76.75-76.765
Abstract

In recent years, mobile devices have witnessed an exceptional surge in web browsing, emerging as the primary information source. Developers, however, struggle to cater to every user’s needs, compelling users to customize web content. Moreover, mobile interactions, including URL typing, scrolling, tapping, and tab-switching, are more cumbersome due to limited screen size, leading to an unpleasant web experience. Web Augmentation offers a solution by enhancing the user experience, reducing interactions, and meeting information needs. We introduce MAWA, a Firefox mobile extension that empowers users to adapt websites. Results demonstrate MAWA’s effectiveness in reducing interactions, battery consumption, and information retrieval time.

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2024
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27. Sketching Robot Programs On the Fly.

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Porfrio, David, Stegner, Laura, Cakmak, Maya, Sauppé, Allison, Albarghouthi, Aws, and Mutlu, Bilge

Subjects
ROBOT programming, ROBOTS, HUMAN-robot interaction, ORAL communication
Abstract

Service robots for personal use in the home and the workplace require end-user development solutions for swiftly scripting robot tasks as the need arises. Many existing solutions preserve ease, efficiency, and convenience through simple programming interfaces or by restricting task complexity. Others facilitate meticulous task design but often do so at the expense of simplicity and efficiency. There is a need for robot programming solutions that reconcile the complexity of robotics with the on-the-fly goals of end-user development. In response to this need, we present a novel, multimodal, and on-the-fly development system, Tabula. Inspired by a formative design study with a prototype, Tabula leverages a combination of spoken language for specifiying the core of a robot task and sketching for contextualizing the core. The result is that developers can script partial, sloppy versions of robot programs to be completed and refined by a program synthesizer. Lastly, we demonstrate our anticipated use cases of Tabula via a set of application scenarios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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29. Design and Verification of a Smart Home Management System for Making a Smart Home Composable and Adjustable by the Elderly

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Yoshizaki, Reina, Kang, SooIn, Kogami, Hiroki, Ito, Kenichiro, Yoshioka, Daisuke, Nakano, Koki, Sakurai, Yuriki, Miura, Takahiro, Fujisaki-Sueda-Sakai, Mahiro, Yabu, Ken-ichiro, Matsumoto, Hiroshige, Sugawara, Ikuko, Nihei, Misato, Akiyama, Hiroko, Ifukube, Tohru, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Qin, editor, and Zhou, Jia, editor

Published
2022
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30. Dialogo: A Controlled Portuguese for Developing Agroecological Information Systems

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Simões de Abreu Jaffe, Maxim, Mendes Lopes, Domingos Manuel, Monteiro Reis, Arsénio, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Gomide, Fernando, Advisory Editor, Kaynak, Okyay, Advisory Editor, Liu, Derong, Advisory Editor, Pedrycz, Witold, Advisory Editor, Polycarpou, Marios M., Advisory Editor, Rudas, Imre J., Advisory Editor, Wang, Jun, Advisory Editor, Rocha, Alvaro, editor, Adeli, Hojjat, editor, Dzemyda, Gintautas, editor, and Moreira, Fernando, editor

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2022
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31. Teaching End-User Development in the Time of IoT and AI

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Paternò, Fabio, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Ardito, Carmelo, editor, Lanzilotti, Rosa, editor, Malizia, Alessio, editor, Larusdottir, Marta, editor, Spano, Lucio Davide, editor, Campos, José, editor, Hertzum, Morten, editor, Mentler, Tilo, editor, Abdelnour Nocera, José, editor, Piccolo, Lara, editor, Sauer, Stefan, editor, and van der Veer, Gerrit, editor

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2022
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32. Fostering Scalable Citizen Development in Organizations: Towards a Guiding Framework.

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Viljoen, Altus, Nguyen, John, Kauschinger, Martin, and Hein, Andreas

Subjects
ORGANIZATION management, COMPUTER software development, END users (Information technology), SCALABILITY
Abstract

Low-code development platforms (LCDPs) offer organizations the potential to reassign time-intensive software development tasks from professional to citizen developers, freeing up resources for professionals while empowering domain experts. However, while software can be rapidly built through citizen development (CDD), organizations must look beyond implementation and consider whether software built by individuals with limited technical backgrounds is scalable and durable. In this study, we investigate the scalability of CDD in organizations by conducting a multivocal literature review, integrating both the current phenomenon (CDD) as well as related, established research streams like end-user development. We identify four dimensions affecting CDD scalability and four temporal stages of CDD maturity, and present these as a CDD scaling framework. Moreover, we identify three overarching themes in scaling CDD. Finally, we present an integrated research agenda based on the CDD scaling framework and overarching themes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023

33. End-users in recovery from substance use disorders as designers of Personas and digital games with therapeutic potential

Author

Paula Maia de Souza, Vânia Paula de Almeida Neris, Fernando Roberto Proença, and Franco Eusébio Garcia

Subjects
technology applied to health, approach to design, end-user development, substance abuse rehabilitation, alcohol and drugs, Computer software, QA76.75-76.765, Computer engineering. Computer hardware, TK7885-7895
Abstract

Thirty-five million people worldwide are affected by Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). Digital games can exert therapeutic effect in this domain and the development of these games by the end users themselves tends to potentiate the adherence and effectiveness of the games. Personas is a consolidated technique to support design solutions. There are studies in the literature that examine the creation of personas with the participation of health professionals. However, patients are generally just information providers and a more active participation is a desirable outcome to improve the design of digital systems for the healthcare domain. This paper investigates the co-creation of personas and digital games with therapeutic potential by patients recovering SUDs. Twenty-one patients, one healthcare professional and four computer science professionals took part in the workshops. In total, were created seven personas and four digital games with therapeutic potential. By conducting a qualitative analysis, we were able to determine eleven lessons learned from the process.

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2022
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34. Configuration approach for personalized travel mashup.

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Boulakbech, Marwa, Messai, Nizar, Sam, Yacine, and Devogele, Thomas

Subjects
RECOMMENDER systems, WEB services
Abstract

Nowadays, we live in an interconnected ecosystem of heterogeneous services which are available anytime and anywhere. Although these services can be used individually, their combined usage provides end‐users with real added value. Nevertheless, existing mashup solutions are not fully targeted to end‐users. Indeed, these solutions require technical knowledge to deal with the technological heterogeneity in which they are offered. The key limitation of current mashup solutions is their general‐purpose nature, which privileges expressive power over intuitiveness. As the reason for mashups was the desire of end‐users to build applications responding to their situational needs, we propose a domain‐specific mashup approach that "speaks the language of the user." The article presents (1) a domain‐specific visual language that allows end‐users to easily build mashup‐based compositions, (2) a mashup schema which is a gateway between service implementations and end‐users, providing a high‐level description in order to hide technological issues when including services in composition; and (3) a configuration module that executes the travel mashup query and generates a personalized trip planning. The results of a user study confirm that domain‐specific mashup tools lower the entry barrier to mashup development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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35. Empowering teachers to create augmented reality experiences: the effects on the educational experience.

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Romano, Marco, Díaz, Paloma, and Aedo, Ignacio

Subjects
*AUGMENTED reality, *EXPERIENTIAL learning, *EFFECTIVE teaching, *TEACHING experience, *EDUCATIONAL technology, *EDUCATIONAL planning
Abstract

Well-designed educational Augmented Reality (AR) experiences support collaboration, transferability to the real world, situated, and experiential learning. Nevertheless, envisioning engaging yet effective learning and teaching experiences is a challenge. Most teachers are not technologically ready to create AR experiences and rely upon closed products often regarded as fun activities but whose learning affordances might remain unnoticed and whose integration within the course activities is often shoehorned. End-User Development tools empowering not technical users like teachers to create their own AR experience could contribute to spread the use of this technology in educational settings. In this paper, we analyze whether a EUD AR tool based on mobile technology can have positive effects on the educational experience from a teaching and learning perspective. We performed qualitative and quantitative research in a high school analyzing the tool in a focus group with teachers and assessing its effects on the educational experience by using it in two real classes. Results show that even if using the tool implies an additional workload for teachers, results can be rewarding for both, teachers and students that are skilled enough to use AR as far as it is based on easy, familiar, and affordable devices like mobile devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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36. Fostering computational thinking skills with tangible user interfaces

Author

Turchi, Tommaso, Malizia, A., and Bell, D.

Subjects
006.3, End-user development, Tangible programming, Computational literacy, Gameplay learning
Abstract

Given how technology surrounds our whole life, learning to code is becoming more and more crucial for the general public: think for example of the amount of software involved in managing a flight, or when you just turn on the engine of your car. People want to play an increasingly active role in their life and there is already evidence in an overall heightened interest in coding from the many successful public initiatives aiming at introducing coding skills to a wide audience. Nonetheless, coding skills are not just about programming but require an ability of problem-solving, abstraction, pattern recognition to name but a few; in a word, the so-called Computational Thinking (CT) skills, namely a set of thinking skills, habits, and approaches that are integral to solving complex problems using a computer and widely applicable in today's information society. Due to this sudden global interest in promoting CT skills to many broad and diverse audiences, several tools and methods have been designed with the aim of supporting the introduction of programming concepts in more effective and less daunting ways than the past. A popular theory of learning that can come to the aid on this matter is Piaget's constructivism, which argues that people produce knowledge and form new meanings based upon their experiences in the real world and social interactions. Thus, exploiting human's natural ability for objects manipulation in the physical world and its afforded interactions could be an effective way of supporting users in learning abstract concepts such as the ones underpinning CT. Tangible User Interfaces are an interaction paradigm that was devised to foster collaborative learning and exploit humans' natural dexterity for physical objects manipulation to provide an easy to use interface that can be used even by inexperienced people. They exploit the physical world to offer a concrete representation of the abstract concepts learners usually struggle with and thus employing them to teach those concepts underpinning CT might represent an effective and engaging way of supporting the learning of such skills. This thesis investigates this claim through the development of a software platform combining its digital and physical features to promote CT skills in different domains. The platform design is informed by a review of related work, a workshop with domain experts, and was validated through a series of studies in different application scenarios which reported promising results in terms of CT support.

Published
2019

37. A set of customizable features for adaptable games

Author

Caio Carvalho, Luciano Teran, and Marcelle Mota

Subjects
adaptable games, customization of the interaction, accessibility, adaptable technologies, end-user development, Computer software, QA76.75-76.765, Computer engineering. Computer hardware, TK7885-7895
Abstract

The popularization of digital games reaches a wide diversity of audiences and styles, but often do not take into account the accessibility context, which excludes a portion of the population, such as children with disabilities. There are studies presenting games with customized interaction options; however, generally thought for specific disabilities. The purpose of this research is to investigate customizing characteristics in games, allowing a specialized professional to tailor the game to a specific patient during their session. For this, we conducted a review of the literature on adaptable games and an empirical study where we investigated three games that were developed and tested with healthcare professionals specialized in the care of children with disabilities. The results generated a set of customizable features for adaptable games.

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2022
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38. Smartphone-based augmented reality for end-user creation of home automations.

Author

Ariano, Raffaele, Manca, Marco, Paternò, Fabio, and Santoro, Carmen

Subjects
*HOME environment, *AUGMENTED reality, *TEMPERATURE, *CONFIDENCE intervals, *SOCIAL support, *MOBILE apps, *USER interfaces, *MOTIVATION (Psychology), *HUMIDITY, *SMARTPHONES, *INTERNET of things, *TASK performance, *AUTOMATIC speech recognition, *PRESSURE, *SOFTWARE architecture, *AUTOMATION, *ASSISTIVE technology, *PHOTOGRAPHY, *RESEARCH funding, *INTELLECT, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *BODY movement, *SCALE analysis (Psychology)
Abstract

In the last few years, several end-user tools have been designed to help people who are not professional developers in programming their smart environments. However, such tools are often based on structured visual editors providing abstract representations of the available connected sensors and objects, which can be problematic for end users, and do not particularly encourage their participation. This work aims to make the end-user experience of creating everyday automations involving various types of connected sensors and objects more engaging by replacing extensive, static, structured and comprehensive abstract visual tools with more narrowed, relevant, context-sensitive, dynamic, augmented reality-based representations. We present a solution for this purpose that mobile users can exploit through their smartphone. End users can use the smartphone camera to frame the relevant sensor or object through the developed prototype, then get the current automations associated with it, edit their definition, create new ones as well as monitor the automations involving the whole current environment. We also report a first user test of the developed prototype deployed in a home equipped with connected sensors and objects, which yielded positive feedback. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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39. Lepi-Board: An Infrastructure for the Development of Digital Storytelling Games by Blind-Users

Author

do Prado Mendes, Gabriel Cheban, de Oliveira Neris, Luciano, de Almeida Neris, Vânia Paula, Filipe, Joaquim, Editorial Board Member, Ghosh, Ashish, Editorial Board Member, Prates, Raquel Oliveira, Editorial Board Member, Zhou, Lizhu, Editorial Board Member, Ruiz, Pablo H., editor, Agredo-Delgado, Vanessa, editor, and Kawamoto, André Luiz Satoshi, editor

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2021
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41. SENSATION: An Authoring Tool to Support Event–State Paradigm in End-User Development

Author

Desolda, Giuseppe, Greco, Francesco, Guarnieri, Francisco, Mariz, Nicole, Zancanaro, Massimo, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Ardito, Carmelo, editor, Lanzilotti, Rosa, editor, Malizia, Alessio, editor, Petrie, Helen, editor, Piccinno, Antonio, editor, Desolda, Giuseppe, editor, and Inkpen, Kori, editor

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2021
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42. An Interactive Paradigm for the End-User Development of Chatbots for Data Exploration

Author

Piro, Ludovica, Desolda, Giuseppe, Matera, Maristella, Lanzilotti, Rosa, Mosca, Sara, Pucci, Emanuele, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Ardito, Carmelo, editor, Lanzilotti, Rosa, editor, Malizia, Alessio, editor, Petrie, Helen, editor, Piccinno, Antonio, editor, Desolda, Giuseppe, editor, and Inkpen, Kori, editor

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2021
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43. MAWA: A Browser Extension for Mobile Web Augmentation

Author

Aldalur, Iñigo, Perez, Alain, Larrinaga, Felix, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Ardito, Carmelo, editor, Lanzilotti, Rosa, editor, Malizia, Alessio, editor, Petrie, Helen, editor, Piccinno, Antonio, editor, Desolda, Giuseppe, editor, and Inkpen, Kori, editor

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2021
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44. Artificial Intelligence versus End-User Development: A Panel on What Are the Tradeoffs in Daily Automations?

Author

Paternò, Fabio, Burnett, Margaret, Fischer, Gerhard, Matera, Maristella, Myers, Brad, Schmidt, Albrecht, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Ardito, Carmelo, editor, Lanzilotti, Rosa, editor, Malizia, Alessio, editor, Petrie, Helen, editor, Piccinno, Antonio, editor, Desolda, Giuseppe, editor, and Inkpen, Kori, editor

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2021
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45. Design Requirements for Recommendations in End-User User Interface Design

Author

Sanctorum, Audrey, Rukonic, Luka, Signer, Beat, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Fogli, Daniela, editor, Tetteroo, Daniel, editor, Barricelli, Barbara Rita, editor, Borsci, Simone, editor, Markopoulos, Panos, editor, and Papadopoulos, George A., editor

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2021
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46. Lessons Learned from Using Reprogrammable Prototypes with End-User Developers

Author

Borowski, Marcel, Larsen-Ledet, Ida, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Fogli, Daniela, editor, Tetteroo, Daniel, editor, Barricelli, Barbara Rita, editor, Borsci, Simone, editor, Markopoulos, Panos, editor, and Papadopoulos, George A., editor

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2021
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47. Learning Domain Knowledge Using Block-Based Programming: Design-Based Collaborative Learning

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Andersen, Renate, Mørch, Anders I., Litherland, Kristina Torine, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Fogli, Daniela, editor, Tetteroo, Daniel, editor, Barricelli, Barbara Rita, editor, Borsci, Simone, editor, Markopoulos, Panos, editor, and Papadopoulos, George A., editor

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2021
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48. Design of a Chatbot to Assist the Elderly

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Valtolina, Stefano, Marchionna, Mattia, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Fogli, Daniela, editor, Tetteroo, Daniel, editor, Barricelli, Barbara Rita, editor, Borsci, Simone, editor, Markopoulos, Panos, editor, and Papadopoulos, George A., editor

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2021
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49. Devices, Information, and People: Abstracting the Internet of Things for End-User Personalization

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Corno, Fulvio, De Russis, Luigi, Monge Roffarello, Alberto, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Fogli, Daniela, editor, Tetteroo, Daniel, editor, Barricelli, Barbara Rita, editor, Borsci, Simone, editor, Markopoulos, Panos, editor, and Papadopoulos, George A., editor

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2021
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50. An End-User Development Approach to Secure Smart Environments

Author

Breve, Bernardo, Desolda, Giuseppe, Deufemia, Vincenzo, Greco, Francesco, Matera, Maristella, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Fogli, Daniela, editor, Tetteroo, Daniel, editor, Barricelli, Barbara Rita, editor, Borsci, Simone, editor, Markopoulos, Panos, editor, and Papadopoulos, George A., editor

Published
2021
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