This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant award for $1,213,677 will support a 5-year multi-institutional research initiative focused on developing sustainable computing solutions. The "Carbon Connect" expedition aims to: 1) Create transparent and accurate carbon accounting methods for the computing industry, 2) Develop innovative tools and strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of computing by...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $200,000 Project Grant under the CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering program to Cornell University. The "Carbon Connect" research expedition aims to develop transparent carbon accounting methods, innovative tools and strategies to reduce the computing industry's carbon footprint by 45% within the next decade, and coordinate the design and management of future computer systems to sustainably deliver...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $340,000 in funding to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to build the foundations for sustainable computing. The 5-year "Carbon Connect" research initiative will: Develop transparent and accurate carbon accounting methods, including standardized protocols for measuring and reporting carbon emissions from computing infrastructure. Create...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Project Grant award (CFDA 47.070) provides $199,998 to Yale University from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2029 to develop foundational methods and technologies for sustainable computing. The key objectives are to: 1) create transparent and accurate carbon accounting protocols for computing systems, 2) develop innovative tools and strategies to reduce the computing industry's carbon footprint by 45% over...
This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the "Carbon Connect" research initiative at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The objective of this 5-year project is to develop innovative methods and strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of information and communication technology by 45% over the next decade. The key products and services to be...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $130,134 to President and Fellows of Harvard College to conduct research on quantifying the trade-offs in power, performance, area, and total carbon footprint of monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D ICs) for carbon-efficient computing. The key objectives of this 4.75-year award are to: 1) model the embodied carbon...
This National Science Foundation award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $300,000 to Cornell University from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025 to develop shared community infrastructure and tools for quantifying the carbon footprint of computing platforms across their entire lifecycles. The project aims to create models and simulators that can assess the environmental impact of hardware manufacturing, operational power/energy usage, and...
This five-year, $225,691 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the "Carbon Connect" research initiative at The Ohio State University. The goal of the Carbon Connect expedition is to establish new standards for carbon accounting and develop innovative tools and strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of information and communication technology by 45% over the next...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) award of $299,994 to Clemson University's Division of Research is focused on developing a framework for sustainable revitalization of computing systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions during industry expansion. The project aims to establish robust methods for optimizing the migration and lifecycle management of smart computing devices in order to minimize their...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant Award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $3,000,000 in funding from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2029 to develop new computational techniques, algorithms, systems, and AI methods that sense, optimize, and reduce the operational, embodied, and lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of complex societal infrastructure systems. The goal is to establish the new field of "Computational...
This $1,160,634 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports a multi-year research initiative called "Carbon Connect - An Ecosystem for Sustainable Computing." The award, granted to Harvard University, aims to develop transparent carbon accounting methods, innovative tools and strategies to reduce computing's carbon footprint by 45% within 10 years, and coordinate the design of future computer systems to deliver sustainable performance for emerging applications like artificial intelligence and virtual reality. The project seeks to redefine how the computing industry approaches environmental sustainability, by minimizing the embodied and operational carbon emissions of semiconductor chips, data centers, and other computing infrastructure. This collaborative research effort will establish new standards, influence energy policy, and train the next generation of innovators in sustainable computing practices.