Paper Info
Title
Activity based End-User-Development for Smart Homes: Relevance and Challenges.
Abstract
Ubiquitous computing is now mature enough to unleash the potential of Smart Homes. The obstacle is no more about hardware concerns but lies in how inhabitants can build, configure and control their Smart Home. In this paper, we defend the idea that End-User-Development (EUD), which considers inhabitants as makers rather than mere consumers, is an effective approach for tackling this obstacle. However, to unleash its potential, we argue that considering the Smart Home as a big computer composed a sensors and actuators that can be weaved together is not enough. We propose to use Activity Theory as a structuring framework to guide the design of futures EUD systems. We reflect on the lifecycle of devices and services to discuss challenges that EUD system will have to address in the Smart Home context: installation and maintenance, designation, control, development (including programming and testing), and sharing.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.3233/978-1-61499-411-4-141
WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS OF THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
End User Programming,End User Development,Activity Theory,Smart Homes,Smart environments
Conference
18
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1875-4163
3
0.45
References 
Authors
13
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alexandre Demeure128719.38
Sybille Caffiau2739.64
Joëlle Coutaz32175175.19