Challenges for End-User Development in Intelligent Environments

We are reaching a crisis with design of user interfaces for consumer electronics. Flashing 12:00 time indicators, push-andhold buttons, and interminable modes and menus are all symptoms of trying to maintain a one-to-one correspondence between functions and physical controls, which becomes hopeless as the number of capabilities of devices grows. We propose instead to orient interfaces around the goals that users have for the use of devices.We present Roadie, a user interface agent that provides intelligent context-sensitive help and assistance for a network of consumer devices. Roadie uses a Commonsense knowledge base to map between user goals and functions of the devices, and an AI partial-order planner to provide mixed-initiative assistance with executing multi-step procedures and debugging help when things go wrong.

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“…The user can modify its look-and-feel and contextual rules. His work recognizes that a new programming metaphor needs to be developed [2].…”

Section: Interfaces To Consumer Electronics Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A goal-oriented interface to consumer electronics using planning and commonsense reasoning

Lieberman

Espinosa

2006

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces

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“…In the domain of domestic life particularly, the proliferation of web-enabled devices and services for smart homes [4] has led to the emergence of various programming environments that enable non-technical users to create complex home automation scenarios with heterogeneous devices [8,[84][85][86][87][88]. Finally, in [89], the authors stress the importance of the user being in control, i.e., having the option to define or modify a system's behavior, and they investigated how end-user development can empower users to define or modify the behavior on an intelligent system or environment beyond simple parameter specification. Among others, their findings highlight the need for different programming metaphors that will enable end users to modify the behavioral rules of context-aware devices.…”

Section: Programming Intelligent Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

ParlAmI: A Multimodal Approach for Programming Intelligent Environments

et al. 2019

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The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and services and their integration in intelligent environments creates the need for a simple yet effective way of controlling and communicating with them. Towards such a direction, this work presents ParlAmI, a conversational framework featuring a multimodal chatbot that permits users to create simple “if-then” rules to define the behavior of an intelligent environment. ParlAmI delivers a disembodied conversational agent in the form of a messaging application named MAI, and an embodied conversational agent named nAoMI employing the programmable humanoid robot NAO. This paper describes the requirements and architecture of ParlAmI, the infrastructure of the “Intelligent Home” in which ParlAmI is deployed, the characteristics and functionality of both MAI and nAoMI, and finally presents the findings of a user experience evaluation that was conducted with the participation of sixteen users.

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“…This will provide them with a sense of control, thereby promoting the acceptance of AmI concepts and technologies. End-user programming techniques require research into user models and software component infrastructures (de Ruyter & van de Sluis, 2006). A research “roadmap” into the development of EUD solutions has been generated with the financial support of the European Commission 1 .…”

Section: Future Research Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ambient Assisted Living Research in the CareLab

2010

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As technology development progresses, the vision of ambient intelligence has provided a human-centric approach to applications of technology. In the context of aging societies, ambient intelligence has focused on providing assistive solutions for elders at risk of losing their independence. In this article we report on a research environment called CareLab and describe three projects that have studied the role of technology in the monitoring and coaching of older adults. By focusing on the need for a feeling of safety, cognitive stimulation, and social connectedness, these projects have investigated the role of technology applications for supporting the elderly in maintaining an independent lifestyle. Finally, we discuss some challenges crucial for the success of ambient assisted-living research.

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Challenges for End-User Development in Intelligent Environments

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A goal-oriented interface to consumer electronics using planning and commonsense reasoning

A goal-oriented interface to consumer electronics using planning and commonsense reasoning

ParlAmI: A Multimodal Approach for Programming Intelligent Environments

Ambient Assisted Living Research in the CareLab

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