Institute for Computational Sustainability

Institute for Computational Sustainability
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Established2008
Field of research
Computational sustainability
DirectorCarla P. Gomes
CampusCornell University (primary)
Websitecomputational-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.

  1. ^ NSF Press Release 08-141, August 18, 2008
  2. ^ Description on the Website of the Institute for Computational Sustainability
  3. ^ Nature, October 29, 2008
  4. ^ Cornell Chronicle, September 3, 2008
  5. ^ FirstScience Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, September 4, 2008
  6. ^ Biofuels Digest Archived January 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, September 9, 2008
  7. ^ Environmental Protection, September 11, 2008
  8. ^ IEEE-USA Today's Engineer, Washington Technology Digest, Oct 2008
  9. ^ Computational Sustainability, Michael Trick's Operations Research Blog], CMU