Remote Sensing and Big Data in Geoscience Remote sensing has moved from isolated images to the edge of a data flood. In geoscience, teams now watch Earth with many sensors: optical satellites, radar, LiDAR, and drone surveys. This mix creates big data that can track rain patterns, forest loss, soil moisture, and urban growth over both short and long periods. The result is a clearer picture of how places change, respond to climate, or face hazards. ...
Sustainable IT: Green Computing Principles Sustainable IT means designing, using, and disposing of technology in a way that minimizes environmental impact while still meeting business goals. The core principles are energy efficiency, responsible lifecycle management, and transparent reporting. By combining smarter hardware choices with smarter software, teams can cut costs and emissions at the same time. Energy efficiency starts with both selection and operation. Choose hardware that is energy efficient and supports virtualization to run more work on fewer machines. Enable power management, use sleep modes when devices are idle, and optimize cooling airflow in data rooms or offices. Small changes add up: idle servers that stay on waste power, while properly tuned systems conserve it. ...
High-Performance Computing for Scientific Discovery High-performance computing (HPC) lets scientists test ideas at a scale no single workstation can match. By combining thousands of cores, fast memory, and powerful accelerators, HPC turns detailed models into practical tools. Researchers can run many simulations, analyze vast data sets, and explore new theories in less time. A modern HPC system merges CPUs, GPUs, large memory, and fast interconnects. The software stack includes job schedulers to manage work, parallel programming models such as MPI and OpenMP, and GPU libraries for acceleration (CUDA, HIP, OpenCL). The result is a flexible platform where units of work can scale from a laptop to a national facility. ...
Sustainable Computing: Energy Efficient IT Sustainable computing means designing and using IT so it needs less energy. This helps cut costs and lowers carbon emissions. It touches data centers, office devices, software, and daily habits. Small changes can add up over time. In data centers, virtualize and consolidate workloads to run fewer servers. Improve cooling with simple steps like proper airflow and organized hot and cold aisles. Use energy-aware power management and consider renewable sources when possible. ...
Climate and Social Responsibility in Tech Technology shapes how we live, work, and learn. As tech grows in importance, companies face a clear duty: reduce harm to people and the planet while delivering real value. Climate impact comes from energy use in data centers, hardware manufacturing, and end-of-life disposal. Software also matters: efficient code can cut server load, reduce data storage, and lower network traffic. Small choices, scaled across teams, add up. ...