Conveners
Environmental Sustainability: The Experiments
- Simone Campana (CERN)
Environmental Sustainability: The Experiments
- David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB))
The rapid evolution of computing technologies, including AI and high-performance computing (HPC), has significantly impacted scientific advancements, particularly in high-energy physics (HEP). However, this progress comes at an environmental cost, as the energy and carbon footprints of computing tasks continue to grow. This presentation explores the energy consumption and carbon footprint of...
Einstein Telescope (ET) is the proposed third generation ground-based gravitational wave observatory to be built in Europe in the mid-2030s. Sustainability is a key concern for Research Infrastructures and, thanks to its significant computing needs, ET has been charged with incorporating Sustainability criteria in its Computing Model already at the design phase. Although new, dedicated ET...
The ATLAS experiment relies on the PanDA workload management system to handle its analysis and production tasks across the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG). In response to a request from the ATLAS Sustainability Forum, we've introduced a new feature: simple, informative estimates of the carbon emissions generated by each job.
To achieve this, we calculate CO₂ emissions by retrieving...
The goal of this thesis is to develop an optimized task allocation algorithm for the Workload Management System (WMS) in DiracX, aimed at reducing energy consumption and maximizing the utilization of renewable energy sources. To achieve this, a combination of advanced techniques—including numerical optimization, clustering, and artificial intelligence (e.g., reinforcement learning)—will be...
