Sustainability is not an optional feature. Targeting economic, social, and ecological issues through sustainable development has become a must, not least since the publication of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in 2015.
Computer Science (CS), and more prominently and recently, Artificial Intelligence (AI), is hailed as the solution to many sustainability problems (and yes, it is!). Still, energy efficiency and CO2 reduction must be considered to ensure fair and ecological use of resources. Hence, dealing with CS and sustainability involves two faces of the same coin: Sustainability with CS, often referred to as “Computational Sustainability”, and Sustainability for CS, commonly known as “Sustainable CS”.
This lecture series is the first of its kind in Austria, with all Austrian CS departments and faculties participating. We want to raise awareness for the utmost importance of sustainability in CS, demonstrating research solutions to various problems, and triggering developments for a sustainable future.
In the first part of the course, the students are introduced to the topic by means of lectures on various topics of sustainability in CS. In the second part of the course, the students have to analyze and evaluate a hypothesis of sustainability in CS based on the lectures.
The slides will be made available to students via TUWEL after the presentations.
All lectures will be offered as online lectures, except one, at January 8 2024, which is offered hybrid, on site at TU Wien and online.
Effort for the students:
14 x 1 h = 14 h Attending lectures
25 h Researching topic for writing seminar paper:
Analysing and Evaluating a hypothesis chosen among the topics presented
including literature work
25 h Writing seminar paper
11 h Reviewing seminar paper of a colleague
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75 h = 3 ECTS
