Conservation and Environmental Evening Courses Available
The Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC) at Columbia University provides executive training in environmental sustainability through science, policy, and economics; we invite you
to learn from our leading experts and practitioners to become an effective environmental leader and decision-maker.
Upcoming CERC Courses:
Green Information Technology: Paradox and Practice
Rajendra Bose, PhD. Manager, Research Computing Services, Columbia University
The growth in the use of computing and information technology (IT) in society demands more resources and energy, yet also allows us to understand and solve environmental problems. The course explores by discussing the environmental impacts of IT, and by reviewing examples of environmental research that require high-performance computing. The course also focuses on current IT practice in terms of designing and running data centers: Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are all representative of businesses that invest and depend heavily on large data centers, and the cost and energy efficiency of these centers has become a major concern. Other businesses and institutions, including universities and government research facilities, are also increasingly dependent on data centers, and the course describes current projects for green data centers and the metrics involved in those projects.
Meets: Tuesdays, Oct. 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 15 (5 sessions, 6:10-8:10PM)
