Empirical research aims to establish generalizable claims from data. Such claims may
involve concepts that must be measured indirectly by using indicators. Construct validity is …

The design of age-friendly homes benefits vulnerable groups, such as frail people and older
adults. Advances in smart home technologies, including robots, have important synergies …

With a plethora of off-the-shelf smart home devices available commercially, people are
increasingly taking a do-it-yourself approach to configuring their smart homes. While this …

In the last few years, several end-user tools have been designed to help people who are not
professional developers in programming their smart environments. However, such tools are …

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 …

End users can program trigger-action rules to personalize the joint behavior of their smart
devices and online services. Trigger-action programming is, however, a complex task for …

JESSIE is a robotic system that enables novice programmers to program social robots by
expressing high-level specifications. We employ control synthesis with a tangible front-end …

By 2027 more than 530 M homes will likely adopt at least one type of automated system.
This means that a growing number of residents will be living with automated technology in …

Context. A Smart city is intended as a city able to offer advanced integrated services, based
on information and communication technology (ICT) technologies and intelligent (smart) use …

Over the last decade, smart home technology (SHT) has become an integral part of modern
households. As a result, smart home ecosystems blend with daily social life, appropriated …