IS-EUD 2017 - 2017 6th International Symposium on End-User Development

Software developers cannot easily anticipate idiosyncratic needs of end-users that are not always known at the time software is designed and developed, but rather emerge during use of systems and services, as this use is embedded in practice in a specific context.
End-user development is a field that aims to empower end-users who are not necessarily experts in software development, to create their own software to address their specific needs. End user development is an interdisciplinary field that traditionally relates to areas such as psychology of programming, empirical studies in software engineering, human computer interaction. Technological trends like ubiquitous computing, tangible and embodied interaction, and the internet of things, have renewed the interest in end-user development for diverse audiences looking into industrial design, online communities, open innovation and crowd sourcing.
IS-EUD is a bi-annual event, that gathers researchers interested to extend our knowledge about how to design end-user development technologies and to provide scientific accounts of phenomena surrounding end-user development practices. IS-EUD cuts across application areas such as ubiquitous and wearable computing, online communities, domotics, robotics, games, etc.
IS-EUD 2017 in Eindhoven focuses on the topics of empowerment and materiality. We are looking for research into EUD technologies that empower end-users to magnify their reach and control over the physical world, that allow them to engage actively in societal trends and transformations. The theme that was business this is personal, aims to emphasize the personal involvement and engagement of end-users, the application of end-user programming beyond the professional environment looking also at discretionary use of technologies.