Wednesday Seminar Series

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Come hear from Caltech faculty and JPL scientists about their exciting research! Lunch will be served to the first 100 guests.

This week features Adam Wierman, Professor of Computer Science.

How Clean is the Cloud?

Computing "in the cloud" may sound ephemeral, but the cloud actually has a physical presence in the form of data centers filled with thousands of servers. The power infrastructure needed to run these servers is enormous. In fact, at this point in time, data centers lead to more carbon emissions than the airline industry.In this talk I will describe ongoing research at Caltech aimed at building a sustainable computing infrastructure., where data centers are powered by renewable energy and even serve as virtual energy storage facilities for more broadly integrating renewable energy into the electrical grid.

For more information, please contact Student-Faculty Programs Office by phone at 626-395-2885 or by email at sfp@caltech.edu.

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