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1 1  == **2nd Workshop on Sustainability in the Digital Transformation of Basic Research on Universe & Matter (2025)** ==
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7 7  === **What happened so far: ** ===
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9 9  * 2023: In-person Workshop:[[ https:~~/~~/indico.desy.de/event/37480/>>url:https://indico.desy.de/event/37480/]]
10 10  * 2024: Follow up paper and online meetings
11 -** Publication:[[ https:~~/~~/arxiv.org/abs/2311.01169>>url:https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01169]]  Last sustainability workshop paper: [[https:~~/~~/doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-024-01436-4>>url:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-024-01436-4]]
7 +** Publication:[[ https:~~/~~/arxiv.org/abs/2311.01169>>url:https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01169]]
12 12  ** Online Discussion:[[ https:~~/~~/indico.desy.de/event/44490/>>url:https://indico.desy.de/event/44490/]]
13 13  ** Online Discussion:[[ https:~~/~~/indico.desy.de/event/45927/>>url:https://indico.desy.de/event/45927/]]
14 14  * **2025: In-person Workshop: [[https:~~/~~/indico.desy.de/event/47133/>>url:https://indico.desy.de/event/47133/]] **
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29 29  **Second Meeting with the Program Committee 11.03.2025**
30 30  
31 31  * Tuesday, March 11 from 4 - 5:30 pm: [[https:~~/~~/rwth.zoom-x.de/j/65088391540>>https://rwth.zoom-x.de/j/65088391540]]
32 -* Slides & Discussion:
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39 39  == **Second Meeting with the Program Committee 11.03.2025** ==
40 40  
41 -=== **1. Regarding Goals ** ===
33 +=== **Regarding Goals ** ===
42 42  
43 43  
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50 50  )))|(((
51 51  Author / Contact (optional)
52 52  )))
53 -|(% colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width:268px" %)**Definition**|(% style="width:1019px" %)What exactly is meant by “sustainability”|Achim S., Judith R.
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55 -|(% colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width:268px" %)**Track Progress / Review**|(% style="width:1019px" %)What is the concrete progress since the last workshop, what worked, what not.|Thomas K, Judith R.
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57 -|(% colspan="1" rowspan="4" style="width:268px" %)(((
58 -**Ideas / Ansätze**
45 +|(% style="width:268px" %)**Definition**|(% style="width:1019px" %)What exactly is meant by “sustainability”|Achim S., Judith R.
46 +|(% style="width:268px" %)**Track Progress / Review**|(% style="width:1019px" %)What is the concrete progress since the last workshop, what worked, what not.|Thomas K, Judith R.
47 +|(% rowspan="2" style="width:268px" %)(((
48 +**Verbindung zwischen**
49 +
50 +**Review und Outlook **
51 +
52 +**(//Connection/Linking//)**
59 59  )))|(% style="width:1019px" %)Based on input from referees I think one topic is whether we should collect data to effectively represent progress|
60 -|(% style="width:1019px" %)What new ansatzes (//approaches//) exist, what should we try|Achim S.
61 -|(% style="width:1019px" %) |
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63 -|(% colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:268px" %)**Concrete Recommendation for Action & Outlook **|(% style="width:1019px" %)(((
54 +|(% style="width:1019px" %)A paper detailing how to combat the practicalities of tackling sustainability issues (in Germany)|
55 +|(% rowspan="4" style="width:268px" %)**Outlook & Concrete Recommendation for Action**|(% style="width:1019px" %)What new ansatzes (//approaches//) exist, what should we try|Achim S.
56 +|(% style="width:1019px" %)(((
64 64  Konkrete Empfehlungen ans BMBF bzw. Projekte als einige white papers.
65 65  
66 66  (//Concrete recommendations to the BMBF and projects in the form of white papers//)
67 67  )))|
68 68  |(% style="width:1019px" %)(((
69 -Formation of focus groups for the implementation of identified guidelines from multiple projects, beyond the workshop (e.g. Connect Workshop 2024)
62 +Bildung von Fokusgruppen zur Umsetzung gefundener Leitlinien aus mehreren Projekten, über den Workshop hinaus. (z.B. Connect Workshop 2024)
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64 +//Formation of focus groups for the implementation of identified guidelines from multiple projects, beyond the workshop (e.g. Connect Workshop 2024)//
70 70  )))|
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72 72  Prüfsteine für einen dritten Workshop, der die Umsetzung der Fokusgruppen überprüfen kann.
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73 73  
74 74  //Criteria for a third workshop that can assess the implementation of the focus groups.//
75 75  )))|
76 -|(% style="width:1019px" %)A paper detailing how to combat the practicalities of tackling sustainability issues (in Germany)|
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79 79  
80 80  
81 -==== **Goals: ** ====
74 +**Goals: **
82 82  
83 -* Focus is on implementation: Last workshop was impulse, this should enable implementation by developing concrete action points.
76 +* Last workshop was impulse, this should enable implementation by developing concrete action points.
77 +* Focus is on implementation
84 84  * Do we need a paper? How can the results be optimally prepared?
85 85  * At the end, concrete measures should emerge and be recorded (e.g. white paper, without publication, but with the aim of disseminating the measures widely)
86 -* Concrete assignments: To present at DPG, concrete “tasks” with responsible persons (to be reported, e.g. to Overview Board or next year in the workshop)
80 +* Concrete assignments: Show on DPG, concrete “tasks” with responsible persons (to be reported, e.g. to Overview Board or next year in the workshop)
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89 89  
84 +=== **Regarding Contents ** ===
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91 91  
92 -=== **2. Regarding Contents ** ===
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95 -**Possible Focus: “Framework conditions for future research in ErUM in view of ultra-fast AI developments and the urgent need for sustainability in the area of digital transformation”**
96 -
97 -* **Title of the Workshop: Currrently "**[[2nd Workshop on Sustainability in the Digital Transformation of Basic Research on Universe & Matter>>url:https://indico.desy.de/event/47133/]]"
98 -* Sustainability: The topic of sustainability has been initiated by the first workshop/paper; we can already hear about ongoing research projects and draw further consequences for progress.
99 -* Ethics: The topic of ethics deals with AI developments and their significance for ErUM researchers. The aim here is to compile concrete AI developments and to identify probable development possibilities.
100 -** How will it be possible to realize predominantly human-performed research activities with the support of AI tools in the future?
101 -** Can we formulate a range for this?
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106 106  **Topics  **
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134 +=== **Regarding Timetable ** ===
152 152  
153 -=== **3. Regarding Timetable ** ===
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156 156  * What should the program consist of?
157 157  * Should we open the workshop for contributions (abstracts) or only include invited talks?
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161 161  * Talks, discussion and interactive parts
162 162  ** Interactive part: tutorial on sustainable programming
163 163  * Inspiration talks for fostering our creativity, followed by the possibility to discuss and exchange. Results of the discussion could then be presented in short talks
164 -* Talks in the morning,** paper-writing sessions in the afternoon.**
145 +* Talks in the morning,** paper-writing sessions in the afternoon.**
165 165  ** Different sessions have different sections to work on in Overleaf
166 166  ** Paper writing / Results: One moderator per session, who is also responsible for detailed documentation
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171 -=== ===
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173 -=== **4. Regarding Invitations / Speaker** ===
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175 -
176 -* ** **Find & Invite Experts from Organisations (CERN, DESY, BMBF): Anwendungsorientierte (application-oriented) Talks
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181 -**Topics **
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184 -)))|(% style="width:222px" %)Author / Contact (optional)
185 -|(% colspan="1" rowspan="3" %)**General **|(% style="width:1011px" %)International sustainability projects in science (WLCG, EU, …)|(% style="width:222px" %)
186 -|(% style="width:1011px" %)Overview of ideas in SUSFECIT research network (proposal handed in 2024 ErumM Data call)|(% style="width:222px" %)Markus Schumacher
187 -|(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
188 -|(% colspan="1" rowspan="3" %)**Tracking Progress **|(% style="width:1011px" %)(((
189 -Paper presentation: "Quantifying imperfect cognition with realized information gain"
190 -)))|(% style="width:222px" %)Torsten Ensslin (Confirmed Participation)
191 -|(% style="width:1011px" %)Know your footprint: status and next steps |(% style="width:222px" %)KYF authors
192 -|(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
193 -|(% colspan="1" rowspan="2" %)(((
194 -**CO2 /**
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196 -**Footprint with regards to hardware **
197 -)))|(% style="width:1011px" %)Full life cycle assessment of c02 footprint  (production, cooling water, disposal)  |(% style="width:222px" %)could ask Öko-Institut e.V (Markus Sch,) or Matthias Wadenstein, WLCG
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200 -**Operation of Data Centres /**
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202 -**Use of Energy**
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204 -Ecology: How computing centres fit into the local surroundings
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206 -* Re-using waste heat to provide heat for farming: vegetables
207 -* Novel power sources for datacentres, building datacentres where power is being generated
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209 -|(% style="width:1011px" %)Sustainability implementation at major research  facilities e.g. CERN, DESY (e.g. Serge Claudet, Cern energy management panel)|(% style="width:222px" %)Guenter Duckeck
210 -|(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
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212 -**Sustainable Programming & Implications / User **
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217 -|(% rowspan="4" %)**Motivation & Ethics **|(% style="width:1011px" %)(((
218 -"Warum föderierte, standardsbasierte Infrastrukturen ethische Implikationen haben, sowohl was Vermeidung von Lock-in und ständiger Obszoleszenz betrifft als auch, was gleichen Zugang für alle, von Server- wie von Clientseite aus, angeht. (Abdeckung z.B. durch Markus Demleitner im Rahmen eines 10 Min Frühstückgesprächs möglich)"
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220 -Why federated, standards-based infrastructures have ethical implications, both in terms of avoiding lock-in and constant obsolescence, as well as ensuring equal access for all, from both the server and client side. (Coverage, e.g., by Markus Demleitner in the context of a 10-minute breakfast discussion, is possible)
221 -)))|(% style="width:222px" %)Markus Demleitner
222 -|(% style="width:1011px" %)(((
223 -* RWTH Aachen AI Center Ethik Kommission: [[https:~~/~~/www.ai.rwth-aachen.de/cms/KI/Das-KI-Center/~~~~gglha/Team/>>url:https://www.ai.rwth-aachen.de/cms/KI/Das-KI-Center/~~gglha/Team/]] 
224 -** [[Prof. h.c. Dr. h.c. Dr. ir. Wil van der Aalst>>url:https://www.pads.rwth-aachen.de/cms/pads/der-lehrstuhl/team/professor/~~pxtb/wil-van-der-aalst/]]: Fairness und Privacy
225 -** [[Prof. Dr. Saskia Nagel>>url:https://www.ethics.rwth-aachen.de/cms/ETHICS/Das-Lehr-und-Forschungsgebiet/Team/~~fcnwz/Saskia-Nagel/]] Ethics of AI, Impact of AI on Individuals and Society
226 -** [[Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Frank Piller>>url:https://www.time.rwth-aachen.de/cms/TIME/Die-Research-Area/Technologie-und-Innovationsmanagement-/TIM-Team/Lehrstuhlinhaber/~~eebc/Piller-Frank-T/]] Social Effects and Acceptance of AI
227 -** [[Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten>>url:https://www.itec.rwth-aachen.de/cms/ITEC/Der-Lehrstuhl/Team/~~szbg/Rosenthal-von-der-Puetten-Astrid/]] Human-Agent Interaction · Human and AI Shared Decision Making · Human-Robot Interaction · Social Effects and Acceptance of AI
228 -** [[Prof. Dr. Claudia Wagner>>url:http://claudiawagner.info/]] Natural Language processing · Network Science · Computational Social Science · Fairness of AI
229 -* Benediktiner Pater Christoph Gerhard (Sustainability and ethics)
230 -* Johannes Hartel (Sustainability and ethics)
231 -* “Lesch sieht Schwartz” (zdf Harald Lesch und Pfarrer Thomas Schwartz)
232 -* Prof. Dr. Dr. Wolfgang Rhode
233 -)))|(% style="width:222px" %)Jan Bürger
234 -|(% style="width:1011px" %)Invite someone from the Deutscher Ethikrat talking about assessment of technologies in the domain of “AI++”|(% style="width:222px" %)Achim Streit, Martin Erdmann, Thomas Kuhr, Judith Reindl
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236 -|(% rowspan="2" %)**Politics & Stakeholder / Implementation **|(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
237 -|(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
238 -|(% rowspan="2" %)**Teaching & Science **|(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
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244 -Consider:
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246 -| |Distinctive Human Skills|How GenAI can supplement learning processes⁺
247 -|Create|Engage in both creative and cognitive processes that leverage human lived experiences, social-emotional interactions, intuition, reflection, and judgment to formulate original solutions.|Support brainstorming processes; suggest a range of alternatives; enumerate potential drawbacks and advantages; describe successful real-world cases; create a tangible deliverable based on human inputs
248 -|Evaluate|Engage in metacognitive reflection; holistically appraise ethical consequences of alternative courses of action; identify significance or situate within a full historical or disciplinary context|Identify pros and cons of various courses of action; develop and check against evaluation rubrics
249 -|Analyze|Critically think and reason within the cognitive and affective domains; justify analysis in depth and with clarity|Compare and contrast data, infer trends and themes in a narrowly-defined context; compute; predict; interpret and relate to real-world problems, decisions, and choices
250 -|Apply|Operate, implement, conduct, execute, experiment, and test in the real world; apply human creativity and imagination to idea and solution development|Make use of a process, model, or method to solve a quantitative or qualitative inquiry; assist students in determining where they went wrong while solving a problem
251 -|Understand|Contextualize answers within emotional, moral, or ethical considerations; select relevant information; explain significance|Accurately describe a concept in different words; recognize a related example; translate to another language
252 -|Remember|Recall information in situations where technology is not readily accessible|Retrieve factual information; list possible answers; define a term; construct a basic chronology or timeline
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