Seminar period 4 2022/2023: Sustainability in computing
- Due No due date
- Points 1
- Available after 2 May 2023 at 11:00
Reflection seminar in May 2023
Here you find instructions for how to prepare for the seminar and the group schedule of the seminar. Before the seminar, you also need to write a reflection document and read and comment on other group members' reflection documents.
In this seminar, you will reflect on how computer scientists can help address key sustainability challenges, such as societal and environmental challenges.
Preparations for the reflection
- Watch the following video (3m06s) about "What is Sustainability?":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx04Kl8y4dE Links to an external site. - Read sections I and II (3.5 pages), as well as sections VI and VII (2 pages) of the following study: Gupta et al. "Chasing Carbon: The Elusive Environmental Footprint of Computing." CoRR abs/2011.02839 (2020). doi: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.02839 Links to an external site.
- Watch the following video (3m45s) about "Computational Sustainability":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uZ2fQKqSSo Links to an external site.
(The article, which is not mandatory to read, mentioned at the end of the video is open access, available at: https://doi.org/10.1145/3339399) Links to an external site. - Read the introduction as well as one of the sections "AI and societal outcomes", "AI and economic outcomes", or "AI and environmental outcomes" (before "An assessment of the collected evidence on the interlinkages") of the following study led by KTH researchers: Vinuesa et al. "The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-14108-y Links to an external site.
Group schedule
Find your group number in the table below and look up when and where your seminar will be. The seminar is about 50 minutes, and it is important to be on time. Notice the odd starting times (10 minutes past)!
The seminar will be a walking seminar, starting from the meeting place.
Group number | Mentor | Date and time for walking seminar | Meeting place for walking seminar |
101 | Philipp Haller | May 16 at 9:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 3 |
102 | Philipp Haller | May 17 at 16:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 3 |
103 | Cyrille Artho | May 16 at 9:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 17 |
104 | Cyrille Artho | May 17 at 15:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 17 |
105 | Sten Ternström | May 16 at 9:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 24 |
106 | Sten Ternström | May 17 at 15:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 24 |
107 | Johan Jansson | May 16 at 9:10 | In front of Lindstedsvägen 1 |
108 | Johan Jansson | May 17 at 15:10 | In front of Lindstedsvägen 1 |
109 | Viggo Kann | May 16 at 9:10 | Under the vault near Osquars backe 12 (opposite the library entrance) |
110 | Viggo Kann | May 17 at 15:10 | Under the vault near Osquars backe 12 (opposite the library entrance) |
111 | Mårten Björkman | May 16 at 9:10 | In front of the F2 entrance, Lindstedtsvägen 28 |
112 | Mårten Björkman | May 17 at 15:10 | In front of the F2 entrance, Lindstedtsvägen 28 |
113 | Stefan Nilsson | May 17 at 15:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 9 |
114 | Stefan Nilsson | May 17 at 16:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 9 |
115 | Joakim Gustafson | May 16 at 9:10 | In front of the F1 entrance, Lindstedtsvägen 22 |
116 | Joakim Gustafson | May 17 at 15:10 | In front of the F1 entrance, Lindstedtsvägen 22 |
117 | Sten Ternström | May 16 at 9:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 24 |
118 | Sten Ternström | May 17 at 15:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 24 |
119 | Tomas Ekholm | May 17 at 15:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 15 |
120 | Tomas Ekholm | May 17 at 16:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 15 |
121 | Philipp Haller (substituting Danica Kragic) | May 16 at 8:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 3 |
122 | Philipp Haller (substituting Danica Kragic) | May 17 at 15:10 | In front of Lindstedtsvägen 3 |
123 | Musard Balliu | May 16 at 9:10 | At the Ada fountain in the middle of the courtyard |
124 | Musard Balliu | May 17 at 15:10 | At the Ada fountain in the middle of the courtyard |
All meeting places are outdoors, close to the Main building (D and E buildings).
The meeting places are marked as green circles in the map below.
Swapping seminar with another student
If you are unable to attend the seminar with your group, you may try to find another student to swap seminar with, using the seminar group swap page.
Alternative seminars in Zoom
For those who absolutely cannot participate in the walking seminar due to illness, injury or similar, a Zoom seminar will be held jointly for all groups as an alternative, see below.
Groups | Mentor at the Zoom seminar | Date and time for Zoom seminar | Link to the Zoom session |
101-124 | Tino Weinkauf | May 17 at 16:10 |
https://kth-se.zoom.us/my/weinkauf Links to an external site. |