Session: Cyberinfrastructure in a Carbon-Constrained World

A session from the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference, featuring Larry Smarr, Director of Calit2 at the University of California, San Diego. His session is, "Cyberinfrastructure in a Carbon-Constrained World."

A significant contributor to rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the information technology and communications industry itself. As campus researchers increasingly employ computational and cyberinfrastructure technologies, these tools are coming into question due to their growing contributions to GHG emissions. Consequently, some universities and R&E networks are exploring new CI architectures that will both benefit research and reduce associated GHG emissions. Optical high-speed research networks and distributed zero-carbon CI data centers with network virtualization, web services, and grids are critical to this emerging architecture. This session reviews trends and spotlight projects that offer hope for averting a cybercarbon crisis.

This EDUCAUSE 2009 Conference Podcast is sponsored by Juniper Networks and Qwest Communications International.

Music: "Memorial Day" by Jaime Beauchamp