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SUMMARY:How to reduce the carbon footprint of your research computing - Dr
  Nick Souter\, School of Psychology\, University of Sussex\, UK
DTSTART:20250623T113000Z
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CONTACT:Dace Apšvalka
DESCRIPTION:*Speaker*: Dr Nick Souter\, School of Psychology\, University 
 of Sussex\, UK (*Visiting in person*)\n\n*Title*: How to reduce the carbon
  footprint of your research computing\n\n*Abstract*: \n\nThe storage and p
 rocessing of large datasets\, including neuroimaging data\, uses energy\, 
 and therefore has a carbon footprint. In this 1-hour workshop\, we’ll di
 scuss how computing leads to carbon emissions\, and what can be done to re
 duce your personal research computing footprint. Specifically\, we’ll pr
 ovide context on:\n* The scale of impact of the ICT sector on the climate\
 n* The impact of accumulating unused ‘dark data’\n* The importance of 
 carbon intensity\n* How to cut back on unnecessary computing\n* Current me
 thods for tracking computing energy usage and carbon emissions\n\nThe cont
 ent discussed here will include specific examples from neuroimaging resear
 ch\, including how one can reduce the carbon footprint of preprocessing in
  fMRIPrep\, and the effect of fMRI software choice on energy usage. The me
 ssages and approaches discussed here will also apply to any discipline req
 uiring the processing of large amounts of data\, beyond neuroimaging alone
 . The session will end with live demonstrations of a digital carbon tracki
 ng tool and a climate aware task scheduler.\n\n*Venue*: MRC CBU West Wing 
 Seminar Room and Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82385113580?pwd=RmxIUmphQW
 9Ud1JBby9nTDQzR0NRdz09 (Meeting ID: 823 8511 3580\; Passcode: 299077)
LOCATION: MRC-CBU\, 15 Chaucer Road\, Cambridge
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