Wiki source code of 2nd Workshop on Sustainability

Last modified by Angela Warkentin on 2025/07/16 15:13

Hide last authors
Angela Warkentin 10.1 1 == **2nd Workshop on Sustainability in the Digital Transformation of Basic Research on Universe & Matter (2025)** ==
Jan Bürger 4.1 2
Angela Warkentin 12.1 3
Angela Warkentin 13.1 4 ----
Angela Warkentin 12.1 5
6
Angela Warkentin 10.1 7 === **What happened so far: ** ===
Jan Bürger 4.1 8
Angela Warkentin 5.1 9 * 2023: In-person Workshop:[[ https:~~/~~/indico.desy.de/event/37480/>>url:https://indico.desy.de/event/37480/]]
10 * 2024: Follow up paper and online meetings
Angela Warkentin 11.1 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]]
Angela Warkentin 5.1 12 ** Online Discussion:[[ https:~~/~~/indico.desy.de/event/44490/>>url:https://indico.desy.de/event/44490/]]
13 ** Online Discussion:[[ https:~~/~~/indico.desy.de/event/45927/>>url:https://indico.desy.de/event/45927/]]
14 * **2025: In-person Workshop: [[https:~~/~~/indico.desy.de/event/47133/>>url:https://indico.desy.de/event/47133/]] **
15 ** **28 July - 1 August 2024**
16 ** **(Erholungsgesellschaft) Aachen**
17
Angela Warkentin 10.1 18 === **Meeting documentation: ** ===
Angela Warkentin 5.1 19
20 **First Meeting with the Program Committee 19.02.2025**
21 Participation: Jan Bürger, Markus Demleitner, Günter Duckeck, Martin Erdmann, Benjamin Fischer, Martin Gasthuber, Thomas Kuhr, Judith Reindl, Markus Schumacher, Judith Steinfeld, Dwayne Spiteri, Achim Streit, Angela Warkentin, Sebastian Wozniewski
22
23 * [[Brainstorming document>>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S7DN9xc_zbogT9byt44xSCm0hpBDPFNy5b20U5a2HU8/edit?tab=t.0]]
24 * [[Slides>>attach:Program Planning Meeting, Feb 19.pdf]]
Angela Warkentin 7.1 25 * [[attach:preparation-slides.pdf||target="_blank"]]
Angela Warkentin 5.1 26
Angela Warkentin 6.1 27
28
29 **Second Meeting with the Program Committee 11.03.2025**
30
Angela Warkentin 7.1 31 * Tuesday, March 11 from 4 - 5:30 pm: [[https:~~/~~/rwth.zoom-x.de/j/65088391540>>https://rwth.zoom-x.de/j/65088391540]]
Angela Warkentin 22.1 32 * Discussion & Results: [[attach:2nd Program Planning March 11.pdf||target="_blank"]]
33 * Participation: Jan Bürger, Markus Demleitner, Martin Erdmann, Benjamin Fischer, Martin Gasthuber, Simran Guardasani, Thomas Kuhr, Markus Schumacher, Dwayne Spiteri, Angela Warkentin, Sebastian Wozniewski
Angela Warkentin 24.1 34 * Follow-up note from Dwayne: There was one point I think is missing from the slides for your discussions with the other organisers, if we are going to try and create a single timetable with these semi-dissimilar topics, we do need a bridge session to add some continuity, something about the ethics of sustainability. It doesn't have to be too long, but I think it needs to be there if the conference is to have a sense of coherence.
Angela Warkentin 6.1 35
Angela Warkentin 8.1 36
37
Angela Warkentin 24.2 38 **Third Meeting with the Program Committee 10.04.2025**
39
Angela Warkentin 25.1 40 * Thursday, April 10 from 4 - 5:30 pm
Angela Warkentin 27.1 41 * Discussion & Results: [[attach:3rd Program Planning April 10.pdf||target="_blank"]]
Angela Warkentin 25.1 42 * Participation: Jan Bürger, Markus Demleitner, Günter Duckeck, Martin Erdmann, Benjamin Fischer, Martin Gasthuber, Simran Guardasani, Thomas Kuhr, Pardis Niknejadi, Kilian Schwarz, Dwayne Spiteri, Angela Warkentin
Angela Warkentin 24.2 43
44
45
Angela Warkentin 13.1 46 ----
Angela Warkentin 12.1 47
48
Angela Warkentin 23.1 49 == **Discussion Basis for Second Meeting with the Program Committee 11.03.2025** ==
Angela Warkentin 10.1 50
Angela Warkentin 23.1 51 **Results: **[[attach:2nd Program Planning March 11.pdf||target="_blank"]]
52
Angela Warkentin 14.1 53 === **1. Regarding Goals ** ===
Angela Warkentin 10.1 54
55
Angela Warkentin 9.1 56 |(% style="width:268px" %)(((
57 **Goals**
58
59 **(Up to discussion on March, 11) **
60 )))|(% style="width:1019px" %)(((
61
62 )))|(((
Angela Warkentin 10.1 63 Author / Contact (optional)
Angela Warkentin 9.1 64 )))
Angela Warkentin 16.1 65 |(% colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="width:268px" %)**Definition**|(% style="width:1019px" %)What exactly is meant by “sustainability”|Achim S., Judith R.
66 |(% style="width:1019px" %) |
67 |(% 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.
68 |(% style="width:1019px" %) |
69 |(% colspan="1" rowspan="4" style="width:268px" %)(((
70 **Ideas / Ansätze**
Angela Warkentin 9.1 71 )))|(% style="width:1019px" %)Based on input from referees I think one topic is whether we should collect data to effectively represent progress|
Angela Warkentin 16.1 72 |(% style="width:1019px" %)What new ansatzes (//approaches//) exist, what should we try|Achim S.
73 |(% style="width:1019px" %) |
74 |(% style="width:1019px" %) |
75 |(% colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:268px" %)**Concrete Recommendation for Action & Outlook **|(% style="width:1019px" %)(((
Angela Warkentin 9.1 76 Konkrete Empfehlungen ans BMBF bzw. Projekte als einige white papers.
77
78 (//Concrete recommendations to the BMBF and projects in the form of white papers//)
79 )))|
80 |(% style="width:1019px" %)(((
Angela Warkentin 16.1 81 Formation of focus groups for the implementation of identified guidelines from multiple projects, beyond the workshop (e.g. Connect Workshop 2024)
Angela Warkentin 9.1 82 )))|
83 |(% style="width:1019px" %)(((
84 Prüfsteine für einen dritten Workshop, der die Umsetzung der Fokusgruppen überprüfen kann.
85
86 //Criteria for a third workshop that can assess the implementation of the focus groups.//
87 )))|
Angela Warkentin 16.1 88 |(% style="width:1019px" %)A paper detailing how to combat the practicalities of tackling sustainability issues (in Germany)|
89 |(% style="width:1019px" %) |
Angela Warkentin 9.1 90
91
92
Angela Warkentin 16.1 93 ==== **Goals: ** ====
Angela Warkentin 9.1 94
Angela Warkentin 16.1 95 * Focus is on implementation: Last workshop was impulse, this should enable implementation by developing concrete action points.
Angela Warkentin 9.1 96 * Do we need a paper? How can the results be optimally prepared?
97 * 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)
Angela Warkentin 16.1 98 * 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)
Angela Warkentin 9.1 99
100
101
Angela Warkentin 15.1 102
103
Angela Warkentin 14.1 104 === **2. Regarding Contents ** ===
Angela Warkentin 10.1 105
106
Angela Warkentin 20.1 107 **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”**
Angela Warkentin 18.1 108
Angela Warkentin 20.1 109 * **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/]]"
110 * 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.
111 * 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.
112 ** How will it be possible to realize predominantly human-performed research activities with the support of AI tools in the future?
113 ** Can we formulate a range for this?
Angela Warkentin 18.1 114
Angela Warkentin 20.1 115
116
Angela Warkentin 8.1 117 |(((
Angela Warkentin 9.1 118 **Topics  **
Angela Warkentin 8.1 119
120 **(Up to discussion on March, 11) **
121 )))|(% style="width:1011px" %)(((
122 **What do we want to cover in terms of content? **
123
124 (//**Subgroups 2023:** Footprint, Dynamic Energy Supply, Hardware Lifetime, Hardware & Algorithms, Smart Data, Cultural Change, Autonomization, Inquiries & Dynamics, Algorithms & Software, Machine Models, Injected Intelligence, Workflows & Stakeholders//)
125 )))|(% style="width:222px" %)Author / Contact (optional)
126 |(% colspan="1" rowspan="2" %)(((
127 CO2 /
128
129 Footprint with regards to hardware
130 )))|(% style="width:1011px" %)How to handle CO2-budget of the production of the hardware (+1)|(% style="width:222px" %)Achim Stahl, support by Markus Sch (may contact Öko Institut e.V.)
131 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Ethical implications of Life Cycle analysis (where machines are made - where they end up)|(% style="width:222px" %)
132 |(% rowspan="4" %)(((
133 Operation of Data Centres /
134
135 Use of Energy
136 )))|(% style="width:1011px" %)Sustainable operation of compute and data centres |(% style="width:222px" %)Markus Sch.
137 |(% style="width:1011px" %)How can we integrate datacentres/experiments with their environments|(% style="width:222px" %)
138 |(% style="width:1011px" %)What metrics are we use to decide how clean energy is/ optimal time for greenest use of energy|(% style="width:222px" %)
139 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Von Stromerzeugenden und Netzbetreibern Input bekommen, was wir eigentlich tun sollen. BnetzAgentur beiholen?|(% style="width:222px" %)(Raum1)
140 |(% rowspan="3" %)(((
141 Sustainable Programming & Implications / User
142
Jan Bürger 4.1 143
Angela Warkentin 8.1 144 )))|(% style="width:1011px" %)Sustainable programming is a topic frequently requested by the community. How can we drive this forward? |(% style="width:222px" %)Angela Warkentin
145 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Ethical question: if software gets more efficient by factor n will then e.g. simualtion run factor n more or will stop after initial goal reached?    |(% style="width:222px" %)Markus Schh.
146 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Wie managen mir die Wirkungen auf die Nutzenden, so dass diese mitgehen?  Wie können wir für diese Motivation schaffen?|(% style="width:222px" %)(Raum 1)
147 |(% rowspan="4" %)Motivation & Ethics |(% style="width:1011px" %)Wie managen mir die Wirkungen auf die Nutzenden, so dass diese mitgehen?  Wie können wir für diese Motivation schaffen?|(% style="width:222px" %)
148 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Introductions to Ethics and/in Sustainability|(% style="width:222px" %)
149 |(% style="width:1011px" %)UN sustainability points and the impact to physics|(% style="width:222px" %)
150 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Sustainability Communication: how to spread motivation among scientists |(% style="width:222px" %)
151 |(% rowspan="5" %)Politics & Stakeholder|(% style="width:1011px" %)Mit BMBF-Leuten darüber reden, wie wir unsere Erkenntnisse umgesetzt bekommen|(% style="width:222px" %)(Raum 1)
152 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Allgemeiner: Leitlinien für konkretes Handeln mit den Stakeholdern ausarbeiten.|(% style="width:222px" %)(Raum 1)
153 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Umgang mit politischen Zwängen (“wir gehen nicht nach Polen, weil deren Strom so dreckig ist” bzw. die Zurückweisung so einer Erwägung aus politischen Gründen)? (Or: If we fund it here we also want to run it here and not in Norway, Iceland ,... )|(% style="width:222px" %)
154 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Political barriers to sustainability (local laws/regulations)|(% style="width:222px" %)
155 |(% style="width:1011px" %)What does the BMBF expect? (Invite BMBF representative) |(% style="width:222px" %)
156 |(% rowspan="4" %)Teaching & Science |(% style="width:1011px" %)In view of abilities of Humans versus Machines (see table below): how will ErUM science change in future|(% style="width:222px" %)Martin E.
157 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Knowledge transfer, education, what concepts will stay to be important, what will be new|(% style="width:222px" %)Judith Reindl, Martin E.
158 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Wie managen mir die Wirkungen auf die Nutzenden, so dass diese mitgehen?  Wie können wir für diese Motivation schaffen?|(% style="width:222px" %)
159 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Sustainability Communication: how to spread motivation among scientists |(% style="width:222px" %)
160
Angela Warkentin 10.1 161
162
163
Angela Warkentin 15.1 164
Angela Warkentin 14.1 165 === **3. Regarding Timetable ** ===
Angela Warkentin 10.1 166
167
168 * What should the program consist of?
169 * Should we open the workshop for contributions (abstracts) or only include invited talks?
170
171 **Ideas so far: **
172
173 * Talks, discussion and interactive parts
174 ** Interactive part: tutorial on sustainable programming
175 * 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
Angela Warkentin 11.1 176 * Talks in the morning,** paper-writing sessions in the afternoon.**
Angela Warkentin 10.1 177 ** Different sessions have different sections to work on in Overleaf
178 ** Paper writing / Results: One moderator per session, who is also responsible for detailed documentation
179
Angela Warkentin 11.1 180
181
182
Angela Warkentin 15.1 183 === ===
184
Angela Warkentin 14.1 185 === **4. Regarding Invitations / Speaker** ===
Angela Warkentin 11.1 186
187
188 * ** **Find & Invite Experts from Organisations (CERN, DESY, BMBF): Anwendungsorientierte (application-oriented) Talks
189
190
191
192 |(((
193 **Topics **
194 )))|(% style="width:1011px" %)(((
Angela Warkentin 8.1 195
Angela Warkentin 11.1 196 )))|(% style="width:222px" %)Author / Contact (optional)
197 |(% colspan="1" rowspan="3" %)**General **|(% style="width:1011px" %)International sustainability projects in science (WLCG, EU, …)|(% style="width:222px" %)
198 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Overview of ideas in SUSFECIT research network (proposal handed in 2024 ErumM Data call)|(% style="width:222px" %)Markus Schumacher
199 |(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
200 |(% colspan="1" rowspan="3" %)**Tracking Progress **|(% style="width:1011px" %)(((
201 Paper presentation: "Quantifying imperfect cognition with realized information gain"
202 )))|(% style="width:222px" %)Torsten Ensslin (Confirmed Participation)
203 |(% style="width:1011px" %)Know your footprint: status and next steps |(% style="width:222px" %)KYF authors
204 |(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
205 |(% colspan="1" rowspan="2" %)(((
206 **CO2 /**
207
208 **Footprint with regards to hardware **
Angela Warkentin 12.1 209 )))|(% 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
Angela Warkentin 11.1 210 |(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
211 |(% rowspan="3" %)(((
212 **Operation of Data Centres /**
213
214 **Use of Energy**
215 )))|(% style="width:1011px" %)(((
216 Ecology: How computing centres fit into the local surroundings
217
218 * Re-using waste heat to provide heat for farming: vegetables
219 * Novel power sources for datacentres, building datacentres where power is being generated
220 )))|(% style="width:222px" %)
221 |(% 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
222 |(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
223 |(% rowspan="2" %)(((
224 **Sustainable Programming & Implications / User **
225
226
227 )))|(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
228 |(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
229 |(% rowspan="4" %)**Motivation & Ethics **|(% style="width:1011px" %)(((
230 "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)"
231
232 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)
233 )))|(% style="width:222px" %)Markus Demleitner
234 |(% style="width:1011px" %)(((
235 * 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/]] 
236 ** [[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
237 ** [[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
238 ** [[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
239 ** [[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
240 ** [[Prof. Dr. Claudia Wagner>>url:http://claudiawagner.info/]] Natural Language processing · Network Science · Computational Social Science · Fairness of AI
241 * Benediktiner Pater Christoph Gerhard (Sustainability and ethics)
242 * Johannes Hartel (Sustainability and ethics)
243 * “Lesch sieht Schwartz” (zdf Harald Lesch und Pfarrer Thomas Schwartz)
244 * Prof. Dr. Dr. Wolfgang Rhode
245 )))|(% style="width:222px" %)Jan Bürger
246 |(% 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
247 |(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
248 |(% rowspan="2" %)**Politics & Stakeholder / Implementation **|(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
249 |(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
250 |(% rowspan="2" %)**Teaching & Science **|(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
251 |(% style="width:1011px" %) |(% style="width:222px" %)
252
Angela Warkentin 17.1 253
254
255
256 Consider:
257
258 | |Distinctive Human Skills|How GenAI can supplement learning processes⁺
259 |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
260 |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
261 |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
262 |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
263 |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
264 |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
265
Angela Warkentin 11.1 266