Green and sustainable software engineering is a rising field that aims at adopting energy-efficient software and hardware in an environmentally friendly manner with less negative impacts and carbon footprint. This topic is very important now that there is a list of the top 500 green supercomputers in the world, updated semi-annually, to promote the use of them. In a broader sense, green computing refers to the methods of creating, utilizing, and disposing of computing resources in an eco-friendly manner that preserves overall computing functionality. This encompasses minimizing the use of harmful substances, optimizing product performance throughout its lifespan while minimizing its energy usage, and ensuring that the used resources are either reusable, recyclable, or biodegradable to reduce their environmental impact. The talk will cover the recent efforts and advances in green computing and sustainable software engineering. Some of the topics to be covered are sustainable big data centers and cloud computing, the carbon footprint of a computer program and different techniques and methods for measuring it, introduction to state-of-the-art new emerging devices that promote high sustainability, reusability, and low-power, such as Neuromorphic computers and AI chips. In addition, the speaker will share their experience about introducing these topics to undergraduate senior students and why it’s important to promote this type of education in other schools. Speaker(s): Amr Mahmoud Room: 1235, Bldg: Benedum Hall, 3700 O'Hara St., 1211 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15261, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/420986

In place of the regularly scheduled ExComm meeting, there will be an open meeting with interested members at Der Braumeister s in Cleveland (https://derbrau.com/food_and_beer_menus/main-menu/) Appetizers and drinks will be provided as we talk about what we would like to see happen in the Cleveland section. And officers will be available to answer questions you might have regarding IEEE, especially the Cleveland section. This event is being held on the west side to make it easier for those people on the west side to attend. 13046 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44111

[] Northern Virginia hosts more data centers than any other location in the world, and the industry’s growth here is accelerating. Data centers use enormous amounts of energy, challenging our utilities’ ability to meet demand and comply with Virginia laws requiring a transition to zero-carbon energy. How can Virginia accommodate future data center growth? What are the responsibilities of lawmakers, utilities and the tech industry to ensure the energy serving data centers is clean, and that Virginia residents don’t bear the burden of this buildout? Ivy Main will walk us through the energy demand projections, Dominion Energy's plans, legislative solutions that have been proposed, and the response of the data center industry. Image Credit: Server Room in CERN, Florian Hirzinger, used under Creative Commons License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en Speaker(s): Ivy Main, Agenda: Refreshments will be available beginning at 6 PM. 6:30 PM - Announcements 6:40 PM - Speaker Introduction 6:45 PM - Talk followed by Q&A Bldg: Oakton Library, 10304 Lynn Haven Pl, Oakton, Virginia, United States, 22124, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/424609