A Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM TOCHI)
Deadline for Submissions: March 22, 2016 (see author’s instructions)
The advent of massively interconnected objects, devices, and sensors — commonly referred to as the Internet of Things — raises equally massive challenges regarding the interfaces that will allow end-users to manage the complexity of such systems and to exploit the opportunities such technologies open up.
A promising approach, known as End-User Development, empowers end users to define and tailor the functions of their systems in order to satisfy their personal, local, and often task-specific needs.
In the context of the Internet of Things, and the diverse tools and methodologies now available to support the design of interactive systems, the field of End-User Development finds itself at a critical juncture of growth and wide impact, as the need to support personal, context specific, and emergent needs largely exceeds what is known from more conventional interactive systems.
This special issue will publish compelling papers exploring metaphors, interfaces, and development strategies for supporting users in customization and personalization of the Internet of Things. Contributions may take the form of studies, methodologies, or system implementations that explore context-dependent or application-specific behaviors of networked objects. Likewise, contributions that reflect on or take issue with the appropriateness of End-User Development as a strategy to face these challenges are welcome.
Possible topics include:
- Empowerment of end-users to understand, configure, personalize, and control Internet of Things applications
- Design methods and approaches for end-users specific to the Internet of Things
- Domain specific tools, architectures, and authoring environments for supporting end-user development
- Contextual factors promoting end-user development practices
- Social computing approaches for end-user development of Internet of Things ecologies
- Novel methodologies for evaluating emerging end-user interactions with the Internet of Things
Deadline
Final manuscripts are due March 22, 2016, but earlier submissions are encouraged.
Contact
To discuss a possible contribution please contact the special issue editors at eud-for-iot@tochi.acm.org.
Special Issue Editors:
- Panos Markopoulos (Eindhoven University of Technology)
- Jeffrey Nichols (Google)
- Fabio Paternò (CNR-ISTI)
- Volkmar Pipek (University of Siegen)
- For questions, please contact eud-for-iot@tochi.acm.org.
Schedule and Submission Details
Submissions deadline: March 22, 2016
Reviews Due: May 22, 2016
Author Notification: June 22, 2016
Revised Papers Due: August 22, 2016
Special Issue Published: Late 2016 (estimated)
All contributions will be rigorously peer reviewed to the usual exacting standards of TOCHI. Further information, including TOCHI submission procedures and advice on formatting and preparing manuscripts, can be found at: http://tochi.acm.org/authors/.
Manuscripts are submitted via the ACM online manuscript system at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tochi.
This is an abridged version of the call for publicity purposes. See http://tochi.acm.org/end-user-development-for-the-internet-of-things/ for further framing of the topic and additional questions and issues raised by this exciting confluence of two key areas.