Conferencia de Mary Beth Rosson (Universidad de Pensilvania)

Miércoles, 30 de Junio de 12:30 a 13:30 horas en el Salón de Actos de la ESII.  

Title: End users who build their own software: Opportunities and challenges 

Abstract: For more than 25 years, user interface designers and usability engineers have studied and refined human-computer interaction techniques, hoping to improve human productivity and experience. But the standard view of an “end user” is fast becoming a thing of the past: Many users now build their own software at times, from email spam filters to spreadsheet simulations to interactive web applications. The amount and variety of information and computational services available to users who operate as end-user programmers has been expanding at a rapid pace. In this talk I will survey recent initiatives in end-user programming tools and services and discuss the issues raised by these new initiatives.  

Bio: Mary Beth Rosson is Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State University; she is currently a Visiting Professor in the DEI Lab at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Rosson was a pioneer in the study of psychological issues in object-oriented design, and spent many years developing and evaluating object-oriented tools and training for professional programmers; more recently has been studying the tools and practices of informal software development. She is an ACM Distinguished Scientist and a member of the CHI Academy. More details are available at http://mrosson.ist.psu.edu.