Date
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Topics
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Readings
etc.
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Week 1:
Jan 7 & 9
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Course overview
What is sustainability? Biophysical, Ecological, Human,
Social, Economic, Sustainable development, Resilience,
Computation, Green ICT, e-waste, Dematerialization.
Computational Sustainability: 2 types 1) models 2) embedded.
Constraint-based agents. Constraint-based sustainability.
Planetary Boundaries as Constraints. Design Space for
CompSust systems. Five dimensions: 1) Level: Biophysical,
Biological, Social, Economic 2) Domain 3) Type 4) Spatial
Scale 5) Temporal Scale.
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"Computation
and Sustainability: Beyond Green IT" (talk slides)
"Computational
Sustainability: Computational Methods for a Sustainable
Environment, Economy, and Society"
"Agents,
Bodies, Constraints, Dynamics, and Evolution"
The
Age of Sustainable Development (MOOC)
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Week 2:
Jan 14 & 16
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Green ICT
Sustainability meets computation.
Green IT: “designing, manufacturing, using, and disposingof
computers, servers, and associated subsystems […]
efficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact on the
environment.” [Source: Wikipedia, “Green Computing”]
- Lifecycle design
- Modular, replaceable, recyclable systems
- Low power chips and programming
- Cloud computing
- Server farm design
- Load balancing
- Green renewable energy supplies
Jan 16: guest lecturer Alan Wagner
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"Harnessing
Green IT: Principles and Practices"
"From
Green IT to Greening with IT"
"How
dirty is your data?"
"Energy
Oddities, Part 1: Why the Energy World Is Odd"
"Energy
Oddities, Part 2: Why Green Computing is Odd"
"Code
Green: Energy-Efficient Programming to Curb Computers'
Power Use"
"EnerJ,
the Language of Good-Enough Computing"
"New
Algorithms Reduce the Carbon Cost of Cloud Computing"
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Week 3:
Jan 21 & 23
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Biophysical Level
- Planetary boundaries
- Climate models
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"Planetary
Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for
Humanity"
"Climate
Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis" (IPCC)
"Climate
Change: A Grand Software Challenge"
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Week 4:
Jan 28 & 30
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Biophysical Level
(continued)
- Carbon budget
- Oceanographic modeling and monitoring
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"Assessing
'Dangerous Climate Change': Required Reduction of Carbon
Emissions to Protect Young People, Future Generations
and Nature"
"Un-burnable
oil: An examination of oil resource utilisation in a
decarbonised energy system"
"The
Trillion-Ton Cap: Allocating The World's Carbon
Emissions"
"Sea
level in the 5th IPCC report"
"International
Earth
system
expert
workshop
on
ocean
stresses and impact"
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Week 5:
Feb 4 (No class) & 6
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Biological Level
- Ecosystem management
- Resilience
- Wildlife corridors
- Social life of zebras etc.
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"Trophic
Downgrading
of
Planet
Earth"
"Robust
Network Design for Multispecies Conservation"
(slides)
"Machine
Learning for Computational Sustainability"
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Week 6:
Feb 11 & 13
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Biological Level
(continued)
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"Species
Extinction in the Marine Environment"
"Global
imprint of climate change on marine life"
"Fish
thermometer reveals long-standing, global impact of
climate change"
"Google
Earth reveals untold fish catches"
"Fisheries
applications of remote sensing: An overview"
"Sea
life relocating fast in response to climate change"
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Week 7:
Feb 18 & 20
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Midterm break - no classes |
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Week 8:
Feb 25 & 27 |
Social Level
- Urban design
- Transport
- Communication and social change
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"A
Decision Support System for the Design and Evaluation of
Sustainable Wastewater Solutions"
Happy
City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Seven
Rules for Sustainable Communities: Design Strategies
for the Post-Carbon World
"A
Multi-objective Approach to Balance Buildings
Construction Cost and Energy Efficiency"
"A
Machine Learning Approach to Pattern Detection and
Prediction for Environmental Monitoring and Water
Sustainability"
"Towards Fully
Autonomous Driving: Systems and Algorithms"
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Week 9:
Mar 4 & 6
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Social Level
(continued)
- Agriculture
- Education
- Assistive technology and aging
- Sustainable healthcare
- Personal health monitoring
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"Planning
and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility — Global
Report on Human Settlements 2013"
"Why
Cul-de-Sacs Are Bad for Your Health"
"Driverless
Cars Are Further Away Than You Think"
The Great Indian Phone Book: How the Cheap Cell
Phone Changes Business, Politics, and Daily Life
"Robots
Could Help Farmers Rein In Fertilizer Pollution"
"Navigation
Assistance for Intelligent Wheelchairs"
"An
Intelligent Powered Wheelchair for Users with Dementia:
Case Studies with NOAH (Navigation and Obstacle
Avoidance Help)"
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Week 10:
Mar 11 & 13
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Economic Level
- Energy: Clean energy, smart grid, household
disaggregation
- Insurance: crops
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"Transdisciplinary
electric power grid science"
"Privacy
by Design: Fundamentals for Smart Grid App Developers"
"Inspiring
Energy Conservation Through Open Source Metering
Hardware and Embedded Real-Time Load Disaggregation"
"The
Cognitive Power Meter: Looking Beyond the Smart Meter"
"Non-intrusive
load monitoring using prior models of general appliance
types"
"Mobile
Payments Gain Traction Among India’s Poor"
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Week 11:
Mar 18 & 20
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Economic Level (continued)
- New markets: fisheries, agriculture, Mar 18: guest
lecturer Kevin
Leyton-Brown
- ICT and the economy
- Equity
- Capital/labour
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"A Mobile
Market for Agricultural Trade in Uganda"
Race
Against The Machine: How the Digital Revolution is
Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and
Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy
The
Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a
Warming World
Gambling
with Civilization
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Week 12:
Mar 25 & 27
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Project Presentations |
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Week 13:
Apr 1 & 3
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Project Presentations |
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Week 14:
Apr 8
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Wrap Up |
"Naomi
Klein: How science is telling us all to revolt"
"Is
sustainability a dangerous myth fuelling over
consumption?"
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