End-User Development Empowering people to flexibly employ advanced information and communication technology

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End-User Development Empowering people to
flexibly employ advanced information and
communication technology

• 23-24 September 2002
• Pisa (I)

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Goals

• To help the European Commission to prepare a
  research agenda in the end-user development field
  for the next framework
• To increase contacts among highly-qualified
  research centres, both academic and industrial,
  in order to speed-up the production of innovative
  approaches
• Promoting end-user development principles and
  practices through a mix of activities, including
  workshops and participation in international
  events

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Initial consortium
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Research Topics

• Adaptive, adaptable and innovative interaction
  techniques
• FRAUNHOFER-FIT, ISTI-C.N.R., Univ. Bari
• Philips, University of Paris Sud, University of
  Bari, Telecom Italia Lab, CENA, Siemens
• Visual modelling and multimedia environments
• ISTI-C.N.R., University of Bari, UMIST
• Philips, University of Tolouse, University of
  Paderborn, Think3, Telecom Italia Lab, CENA,
  University of Cambridge
• Cooperative end user programming
• FRAUNHOFER-FIT, UMIST
• University of Oslo, Norway Blekinge Institute,
  Sweden University Paris-Sud

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Potential Application Domain

• Mobile Systems
• CAD applications
• ERP
• Air Traffic Control
• Home applications

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Planned activity

• Two EUD-Net workshops, which are a forum for
  the discussion of innovative research directions
  and also include a training element of the
  development of new research proposals
•  Meetings of subset of network members in
  conjunction with a large existing conference
  relevant for the topics of the network (for
  example CHI, HCI, Interact, ICSE, ESEC, )
•  A programme of short-term exchanges and visits
  aimed at fostering new research cooperations
•  Constructing and updating every four months a
  roadmap for trends in end-user development
•  Surveys of Ph.D. studies in the member nodes
•  Writing of joint papers
• Integration of prototypes developed in
  different sites in related projects.

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Deliverable list
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Research coordination
D1.1 Roadmap of the field - Responsible partner
FhG/FIT- Man-power 4.1 person/month D1.2
Identification of promising action lines for the
EC future programme - Responsible partner CNR-
Man-power 5 person/month D1.3 Two EUD-Net
workshop reports - Responsible partner UNIBA-
Man-power 4 person/month
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Industrial cooperation
D2.1 Action plan for industrial area -
Responsible partner UMIST- Man-power 5
person/month D2.2 Industrial forum report-
Responsible partner CNR - Man-power 5
person/month
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Information dissemination
D3.1 Survey of member research projects, tools,
and PhD studies - Responsible partner FhG/FIT -
Man-power 3.4 person/month D3.2 Proceedings
workshop organised in conjunction with a main
conference- Responsible partner UMIST-
Man-power 3 person/month D3.3 Network web site -
Responsible partner CNR - Man-power 5
person/month
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Evaluation
D4.1 Evaluation report including annotated
recommendations for improvements - Responsible
partner UNIBA - Man-power 10 person/month
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Management and administration
D5.1 Progress and administrative reports -
Responsible partner CNR - Man-power 6,5
person/month D5.2 Minutes of the executive
committee meetings - - Responsible partner CNR -
Man-power 5 person/month
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Communication tools

• Web server (http//giove.cnuce.cnr.it/eud-net.htm)
  
• BCSW server
• Mailing lists
• One for the network management committee to
  discuss management issues
• One for the network management committee and
  industrial partners to discuss issues related to
  the network management and industrial impact
• One for all the network members to discuss
  network related issues
• One open to the worldwide community to discuss
  issues related to end-user development.
• Logo

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This workshop

• Background day
• Discussion day
• US experts
• Potential EU-US cooperation
• Next events