Institute for Computational Sustainability

Institute for Computational Sustainability

Established	2008
Field of research	Computational sustainability
Director	Carla P. Gomes
Campus	Cornell University (primary)
Website	computational-sustainability.cis.cornell.edu

The Institute for Computational Sustainability (ICS), founded in 2008 with support from an Expeditions in Computing grant^[1] from the National Science Foundation, focuses on the newly emerging field of computational sustainability and aims to apply computational techniques to help solve challenging sustainability problems.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} Its vision is that "computer scientists can—and should—play a key role in increasing the efficiency and effectiveness in the way we manage and allocate our natural resources, while enriching and transforming Computer Science." The institute, headed by Carla Gomes, is a joint venture involving scientists from Cornell University, Bowdoin College, the Conservation Fund, Howard University, Oregon State University, and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.