Climate Implications of Computing & Communications

Thursday, March 3 & Friday, March 4, 2022 | 10:00am – 2:00pm ET on each day

Please use this link to register for the virtual workshop on Climate Implications of Computing & Communications.

The demand for computing and wireless communications technologies is expected to increase significantly, resulting in a considerable impact on the planet. The MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing are hosting a workshop to explore initiatives that could lower the climate impacts of the computing and communications (e.g. telecommunications) sectors. This virtual two-day event will feature discussions and opportunities for collaboration with MIT faculty and industry leaders during multiple sessions.

Topics will include:

• Algorithms and custom hardware for efficient computing
• Wireless, networked, and distributed systems
• Energy-efficient sources and delivery systems
• Materials and hardware for new architectures

Confirmed speakers include:

• Takashi Ando, Principal Research Staff Member, IBM Research
• Ahmad Bahai, Chief Technology Officer, Texas Instruments
• Bill Dally, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research, NVIDIA
• Jeff Dean, Senior Vice President, Google Research and Google Health
• Dario Gil, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, IBM
• Evgeni Gousev, Senior Director, Qualcomm
• Helen Greiner, CEO, Tertill; Co-Founder, iRobot
• Heidi Hemmer, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Verizon
• Sam Naffziger, Senior Vice President, Corporate Fellow, and Product Technology Architect, AMD
• Heike Riel, IBM Fellow, Head Science & Technology, Lead IBM Research Quantum Europe, IBM Research

MIT faculty participation includes:

• Jesús del Alamo, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Joel Emer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Song Han, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• David Perreault, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Vivienne Sze, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Bilge Yildiz, Nuclear Science and Engineering