The goal of the
EUD-NET Network of Excellence
is to help the European Commission to create a research agenda
in the end-user development field for the VI Framework. Its aim will
be to increase the scope and level of
industrial uptake of end user development approaches by supporting contacts
among highly-qualified research centres, both academic and industrial.
The domain of the foreseen activities lies in the intersection between
human-computer interaction and software engineering. Usability will be a main
concern at all levels of the process, while still requiring the design of
approaches able to produce consistent and systematic solutions for the
envisioned interactive environments.
The
EUD-NET Network of Excellence
aim to research of the abstraction level best suited to representing
and manipulating information for the end
user and a search for the best trade-off between domain-specific and generic
end-user development environments, taking into account generality and
scalability issues.
To better exploit the possibilities offered by the information society, Network
Of Ecellence aim to define the features of computer environments that can
provide different experts communities with help in developing their tasks
without the burden of knowing a programming language or the need to become
computer experts.
The types of approaches to consider is group into three equally-important area:
adaptive and adaptable systems
visual modelling for creating programs out of components
web-service cooperative
programming.
Typical applications areas are mobile systems and their applications (for example
commerce), office and decision support applications, and home applications
(the network includes Philips, one of major manufacturers of interactive home
appliances). We will also address the needs of expert communities, such as
those working in CAD Systems, technical maintenance, and Air Traffic Control.
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