Title: Decarbonizing Cloud Computing Using CarbonFirst

Speaker: Prashant Shenoy

Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss our CarbonFirst approach to designing sustainable cloud computing systems. Our goal is to make carbon efficiency a first-class design metric, similar to traditional metrics of performance and reliability. I will explain how today’s systems can be made first carbon-aware by exposing energy and carbon usage information to software platforms and then made carbon-efficient by providing control over the system’s carbon usage. I will present application case studies on how modern cloud applications can employ these mechanisms to reduce their carbon footprint. I will end with some open research questions in the field of sustainable computing.

Short Bio: Prashant Shenoy is currently a Distinguished Professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He received the B.Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and the M.S and Ph.D degrees in Computer Science from the University of Texas, Austin. His research interests lie in distributed systems and networking, with a recent emphasis on cloud and sustainable computing. He has been the recipient of several best paper awards at leading conferences, including a Sigmetrics Test of Time Award. He is a fellow of the ACM, the IEEE, and the AAAS.