Workshop: Sustainability in the Digital Transformation of Basic Research on Universe & Matter

Session

Subworking Group Session: Hardware & Research Data

31 May 2023, 11:25

Landhaus Nordhelle, Meinerzhagen

Presentation materials

sustainability-groups.pdf

22. Group 1 Footprint

31/05/2023, 11:25

Constructing a comprehensive picture of the footprint of all ErUM-Data related activities. Where does quantitative knowledge exist, where is it lacking? What resource needs do you see, what opportunities for savings? What innovations are needed to keep sustainable use of resources in balance with demands? To what extent does continuing education play a role? How can feedback reduce a footprint...

21. Group 2 Energy Supply

31/05/2023, 11:26

Where to locate & operate computing systems incl. storage? How could a dynamic energy supply look like, which largely covers the needs of ErUM-Data related activities with renewable energies? What information flows would be required for this? What mechanisms and what dynamics are required on a supra-regional basis to create compensation possibilities for windless/sunless periods?

20. Group 3 Hardware Lifetime

31/05/2023, 11:27

How could prolonged / optimized usage of hardware resources in view of technology evolution be modeled beyond their usual lifetimes? What short- and medium-term monitoring would be required to signal indispensable replacements on the one hand, and to execute computing jobs matching their algorithmic requirements on prolonged or current hardware on the other?

19. Group 4 Hardware & Algorithms

31/05/2023, 11:28

Which adaptive measures for hardware and algorithms could have a decisive impact on ErUM-Data? Which types of hardware (including e.g., GPU, TPU, FPGA, neuromorphic computing) could be considered and which automated mechanisms exist for adapting algorithms to non-specific or dedicated hardware?

18. Group 5 Smart Data

31/05/2023, 11:29

Deciding when and how to discard information without losing scientific value, based on learning from nature and experiment. What mechanisms for transforming data to smart data can be envisioned, and how can evaluation and control of information gain or loss be accomplished? How can archiving and retrieving data be managed?

17. Group 6 Cultural Change

31/05/2023, 11:30

What could a comprehensive educational area for rethinking, among other things, the use of computer hardware, actually required information (smart data), preparation of data packages (event loops versus event chunks), etc. look like? How can we change to a culture of data reuse? Assessment of ethical implications and risk assessment.

23. Group 1 Footprint

31/05/2023, 14:30

24. Group 2 Energy Supply

31/05/2023, 14:31

25. Group 3 Hardware Lifetime

31/05/2023, 14:32

26. Group 4 Hardware & Algorithms

31/05/2023, 14:33

27. Group 5 Smart Data

31/05/2023, 14:34

28. Group 6 Cultural Change

31/05/2023, 14:35