Report on the NSF Workshop on Sustainable Computing for Sustainability (NSF WSCS 2024)

TL;DR

This report summarizes the NSF Workshop on Sustainable Computing for Sustainability held in April 2024, highlighting its goals to foster research and interdisciplinary collaboration in sustainable computing and computing for sustainability.

Contribution

It documents the workshop's process, findings, and recommendations aimed at advancing research and collaboration in sustainable computing fields.

Findings

Development of research initiatives in sustainable computing and computing for sustainability.

Recommendations for fostering interdisciplinary teams and collaboration.

Guidelines for future research directions in sustainable computing.

Abstract

This report documents the process that led to the NSF Workshop on "Sustainable Computing for Sustainability" held in April 2024 at NSF in Alexandria, VA, and reports on its findings. The workshop's primary goals were to (i) advance the development of research initiatives along the themes of both sustainable computing and computing for sustainability, while also (ii) helping develop and sustain the interdisciplinary teams those initiatives would need. The workshop's findings are in the form of recommendations grouped in three categories: General recommendations that cut across both themes of sustainable computing and computing for sustainability, and recommendations that are specific to sustainable computing and computing for sustainability, respectively.