Greening Science Computing: An International Workshop in Bristol : JISC

Greening Science Computing: An International Workshop in Bristol

Morning workshop at Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol

Science is becoming more ICT-intensive. Like many activities it is making ever-greater use of desktop and mobile devices and the Internet. In addition, it has more specialised needs such as high performance computing and ICT-intensive equipment in laboratories. Patterns of ICT use are also changing, with suggestions that cloud computing could have a major impact on the way that computing-intensive science is carried out.

Date: 26 May 2011

Time: 9.30 - 12.30

Venue: Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1JA

City: Bristol

This workshop will examine a number of these issues, and highlight examples of good practice in responding to them. It has been organised in conjunction with a meeting of the EU-funded e-Infranet project, which has a mission of fostering world-class ICT infrastructures to support European science. The project is currently determining what Green IT initiatives it will engage with to support this mission, and the workshop will therefore provide valuable inputs to this discussion. (See proposal pro forma for submission of project ideas that might be relevant to e-Infranet, and an opportunity for some people doing this to attend the follow-on e-Infranet meeting). The European connection will also make it an interesting opportunity for UK attendees to hear about interesting, science-relevant, Green IT initiatives in Finland and the Netherlands, and to network with colleagues from other countries.

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Workshop Partner

The other workshop partner is the JISC-funded project Green in Silico, a project on greening scientific computing in general which follows on from the earlier SusteIT project. It is part of JISC’s green ICT programme.

Workshop Agenda
09.15-09.45	Registration and refreshments
09.45-10.00	Introduction and Overview	Rob Bristow, Green ICT Programme Manager, JISC and Professor Peter James, Director, Green in Silico Project
10.00-10.30	Greening Science Computing Policies, HPC, Grid and Storage	Professor Anne E Trefethen Director, Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford
10.30-11.00	"Green IT Amsterdam. Public-private co-operation for the energy transition"	Jan Willem, Stichting Consortium Green IT Regio Amsterdam
11.00-11.15	Refreshments
11.15-11.45	Scientific Cloud Computing – Environmental Aspects of Network Infrastructure	Colin Pattinson, Professor in Mobile and Converging Technologies, Computing & Interactive Systems, Leeds Metropolitan University
11.45-12.15	Greening Science Computing in Finland	Juha Haataja, Director of Services at CSC, Helsinki, Finland
12.15-12.45	Plenary discussion - Experience sharing, improvement opportunities, key issues for e-Infranet

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