Home automation faces the challenge of providing ubiquitous, unobtrusive services while
empowering users with approachable configuration interfaces. These interfaces need to …

Abstract The Internet-of-Things (IoT) has transformed everyday manual tasks into digital and
automatable ones, giving way to the birth of several end-user development solutions that …

AI-enabled smart-home agents that automate household routines are increasingly viable,
but the design space of how and what such systems should communicate with their users …

Research on the Internet of Things (IoT) has devoted many efforts to technological aspects.
Little social and practical benefits have emerged so far. IoT devices, so-called smart objects …

Visions of smart homes have long caught the attention of researchers and considerable
effort has been put toward enabling home automation. However, these technologies have …

With the advent of DIY smart homes and the Internet of Things comes the emergence of user
interfaces for domestic human-building interaction. However, the design trade-offs between …

Home and automation are not natural partners--one homey and the other cold. Most current
automation in the home is packaged in the form of appliances. To better understand the …

Programming a smart home is an iterative process in which users configure and test the
automation during the in-situ experience with IoT space. However, current end-user …

A considerable amount of research has been carried out towards enabling average users to
customize their smart homes through trigger-action (" if... then...") programming. However …

A considerable amount of research has been carried out towards making long-standing
smart home visions technically feasible. The technologically augmented homes made …