Nicolai

End-User Programming of Ubicomp in the Home

My presentation will introduce the important concepts of end-user programming (EUP), and then focus on the introduction of research projects that applied these concepts to requirements in the domestic space. This includes systems that provide graphical and tangible user interfaces for the users to program the Ubicomp environment in their home.

Material

• End-User Programming of Ubicomp in the Home: Presentation slides (PDF, 3,200 kB, last updated October 20, 2008).
• End-User Programming of Ubicomp in the Home: Handout (PDF, 70 kB, last updated October 20, 2008).

Main reading for the presentation

• Truong, K. N., Huang, E. M., and Abowd, G. D. (2004) CAMP: A Magnetic Poetry Interface for End-User Programming of Capture Applications for the Home. In Proceedings of Ubicomp 2004, pp. 143-160. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg.

Additional interesting papers

• Humble, J., Crabtree, A., Hemmings, T., Akesson, K., Koleva, B., Rodden, T., and Hansson, P. (2003)“Playing with the Bits” - User-configuration of Ubiquitous Domestic Environments. In Proceedings of Ubicomp 2003, pp. 256-263. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg.

This paper describes an end-user programming system with a graphical user interface. The system uses the metaphor of jigsaw pieces, that the users can combine to create new ubiquitous computing applications.

• Dey, A. K., Hamid, R., Beckmann, C., Li, I., and Hsu, D. (2004) a CAPpella: Programming by Demonstration of Context-Aware Applications. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Vienna, Austria, April 24 - 29, 2004), pp. 33-40. ACM, New York.

Anind Dey et al. describe the a CAPpella system that allows users to create new context-aware applications in situ with the programming by demonstration approach. The paper does not directly address programming in the home; however, context-aware applications are definitely an important part of the smart home visions.

• Blackwell, A. F. and Hague, R. (2001) AutoHAN: An Architecture for Programming the Home. In Proceedings of the IEEE 2001 Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (Hcc'01) (September 05 - 07, 2001). IEEE Computer Society, Washington.

Alan Blackwell's and Rob Hague's paper introduces the AutoHAN architecture and the Media Cubes that allow users the programming by direct manipulation of tangible objects.