Conveners
Input and Discussion: Best-practise examples
- Melissa Quinnan (Moderator) (Univ. of California San Diego (US))
- Valerie Lang (Chair) (Albert Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg (DE))
Input and Discussion: Sustainability initiatives
- Peter Millington (Chair) (University of Manchester)
- Melissa Quinnan (Moderator) (Univ. of California San Diego (US))
Input and Discussion: Summary of SDG Discussions
- Melissa Quinnan (Moderator) (Univ. of California San Diego (US))
- Peter Millington (Chair) (University of Manchester)
Input and Discussion: SDGs in HEP and APP
- Shankha Banerjee (Chair) (CERN)
- Melissa Quinnan (Moderator) (Univ. of California San Diego (US))
In view of the particular gas shortage in Germany, we propose a method to scale back HEP computing usage at times where the electricity production mix has an increased gas component. The predicted gas component is dependent on weather and demand forecasts. It is freely available and has very pronounced peaks due to the merit-order model. A compute site could use this to minimize consumption at...
In 2019 99% of people were found to breathe air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and 7 million people die from air pollution annually. This motivated the formation of the South African Consortium of Air Quality Monitoring. The international consortium was founded with the goal of bringing together government institutions, HEP research institutions, and private enterprises into a mutually...
Modern HEP experiments are heavily reliant on software, but the traditional model of software training has relied on air travel to in-person training events (often associated with workshops or conferences). The HEP Software Foundation has developed a software training program to respond to the above challenge and the long-term sustainability of the HEP research software ecosystem. The open...
During 2020, I was working on a grant proposal in precision particle physics, on so-called matching and merging strategies, for the widely used Pythia event generator. For complex processes, these types of calculations can be quite resource-intensive. That same summer, my home country of Australia had experienced catastrophic bush fires. It made me reconsider what I was doing, proposing...
The CERN Webfest - CERN's annual hackathon based on open web technologies - celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. Different to previous Webfest hackathons, this year's event ran through the summer, with the participants working in small teams on challenges relating to climate action and sustainability, with the aim of creating solutions.
This talk will outline the some of the...
In the last IPCC report one reads that "..., reduction of excess meat (and dairy) consumption is amongst the most effective measures to mitigate green house gas emissions, ...". Besides changing individual behaviour regarding food, we as community can also contribute here by changing common practice when it comes to catering at events or food offer at regular canteens.
I present some...
