CESoc Malaysia Chapter Runs a Workshop on Consumer-Centric IoT

& WEB DEVELOPMENT AND programming have gone through a major transformation in recent years. Today’s web development is no longer focused on generic content, but rather ability to display dynamic content across heterogeneous platforms. Internet of Things (IoT) devices is among the new plethora of platforms that are being transformed by web development and programming. Web development and programming for IoT systems are vital as there are many devices that need to display and exchange web content, such as dashboards on mobile apps and wearables. A good example would be Amazon’s Echo with virtual assistant called Alexa. Alexa would be able to search the web with a back-end browser without interfering with front-end interface, clearly an indicator of how IoT is changing the way we deal with the web. Angularjs, Ionic, Laravel, and JavaScript are some of the popular choices needed for web development and programming for IoT devices. Realizing the importance of the trend, the CESoc Malaysia Chapter co-organized a workshop on consumer-centric IoT with the Foundation in Science Department, University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNMC), Semenyih, Malaysia. The workshop themed as “Future of Web Development and Programming” was held on 11th July, 2019. The event saw participation of 16 groups consisting of Foundation in Science students. This is a continuous initiative by the CESoc Malaysia chapter collaborating with academia and industry in Malaysia to expose the technological trends related to consumer-centric IoT. The event is led by Dr. Bavani Ramayah from the School of Foundation in Science, within the same campus. The primary purpose of the event is merely to explore new programming frameworks and web development technologies for IoT devices. Participants presented their working prototypes and these models had been evaluated by Dr. Thinagaran Perumal. Certificates were presented to best three prototypes to the respective groups. The event was a milestone for the Malaysia Chapter in promoting educational outreach. In the future, the CESoc Malaysia Chapter plans to host an extended version of such workshops in other Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MCE.2019.2953735