Green computing, sometimes known as sustainable computing, is an IT strategy that reduces the environmental impact of IT infrastructure and maximizes energy efficiency.  In this post, we will investigate energy-efficient software, server virtualization, and the importance of cloud computing to create a more sustainable future for the IT sector. We will also discuss how green computing and eco-friendly computing practices tackle high power consumption and mounting e-waste to help meet ‘Net Zero’ targets.  Green Computing: Explained The demands placed on the IT sector are high. Very hi ..read more

What will be the future of computing systems (hardware, software and infrastructure)? The vision of HiPEAC, an EU-funded European network of over 2,000 experts in computing systems is the “next computing paradigm.” This post provides a summary of the main concepts; for a more detailed description, read the HiPEAC Vision 2024 summary and visit the “next computing paradigm” chapter in the HiPEAC Vision 2024 rationale. Fusing trends in from information and communication technologies from the last few decades, the ‘next computing paradigm’ (NCP) refers to the convergence of key technologies from t ..read more

Embodied Artificial Intelligence (EAI) integrates artificial intelligence into physical entities like robots, endowing them with the ability to perceive, learn from, and dynamically interact with their environment. This post serves as a brief review of the history of EAI, its current developments, as well as a discussion of its future outlook. 1.  Early Foundations of EAI The idea of EAI was first extensively explored in Rodney Brooks’s research paper “Intelligence without representation” published in 1991 [1], which proposed the radical view that intelligent behavior could arise directly ..read more

As hubs of computing power, datacenters are essential for powering the digital services we rely on daily, from cloud computing to artificial intelligence. However, this surge in datacenter operations has also resulted in a significant spike in energy consumption and environmental impact.  Traditional cooling methods have proven to be energy-intensive and inefficient in meeting the escalating cooling demands of modern datacenters. This article will explore the latest advancements in datacenter cooling technologies. We’ll examine how these solutions are helping datacenter operators optimize ..read more

This series presents selected technical marvels from the fields of computing technology, mathematics, astronomy, surveying, time measurement, looms and automatons (automaton figures, chess-playing machines, musical automatons, automaton writers, drawing automatons, automaton clocks, picture clocks, globes, historical robots). The examples are largely from the 15th to 20th centuries and do not claim to be exhaustive. In particular, artifacts are included for which high-quality illustrations are available. Most of the objects come from Europe, with a few from Africa, America, Asia, and Australia ..read more

Embodied Artificial Intelligence (EAI) integrates artificial intelligence into physical entities like robots, endowing them with the ability to perceive, learn from, and dynamically interact with their environments. This capability empowers these robots to provide goods and services effectively within human society. In this article, we draw parallels with the data value from the Internet sector to estimate the potential value of data within EAI. Furthermore, we delve into the significant challenges posed by data bottlenecks in the development of EAI and examine innovative data capture and gene ..read more

We are on screens on all the time, as faculty members in Computer Science and as human beings in a technologically developed society. Screens come in all form factors, from the mobile phone that has us wrapped around it continually, to multiple monitors at work, to surrounding gigantic screens for consuming our entertainment. This large amount of screen time has raised alarm bells — from our ability to focus and think deep thoughts to our mental health. I got to thinking about this in a navel-gazing exercise after recently having to sit down and read about 20 papers and 5 proposals for reviewi ..read more

For some years, the HiPEAC Vision has focused on sustainability as a key concern for the computing systems community. In discussing this topic, this article summarizes the conclusions of papers by Koen De Bosschere, Patrick Blouet, Thomas Ernst, Lars-Åke Ragnarsson, Jean-Pierre Raskin, and Lieven Eeckhout, all of which form part of the rationale for the HIPEAC Vision 2024. ‘The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function’ – Albert Allen Bartlett Arguably the greatest challenge of the 21st century, sustainability is a dauntingly large and multi ..read more

Some of us are doomers. Some of us are boosters. [See Marantz.] Some of us are Boomers, in demographics, tangent to that spectrum, with a jaded view of the AI revolution and the predictions that propel it. Alternative prognostications are offered below. This is not a generation gap or an attitude difference that just needs adjustment. One of us is wrong—either you, ardent Doomer/Booster, or I, blasé Boomer. Maybe this! or …maybe this. Reliance on unbridled and unmonitored viral Internet items will delude the public and subvert community. Deepfakes will bring about the downfall of democrac ..read more

I recently attended the Logic Mentoring Workshop, a workshop for young researchers to discuss academic life as logicians and computer scientists. Many students feel insecure at conferences because they find a lot of the talks hard or impossible to follow. I do not blame them; I often do not get much out of conference talks myself, and when discussing this with the more senior researchers in my group, even they admitted the same. This means that the problem is not with the audience, but with the speakers. We seem to have forgotten the main purpose of a conference: to share our work with others ..read more