EcoCloud took part in the School of Engineering’s Industry Day at the SwissTech Conference Center.
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Sustainable technology for SKACH
EcoCloud is getting ready for exorbitant amounts of data The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) is a radio-astronomy project that will consist of two radio telescope arrays in Australia and South Africa, on which construction began December 5, 2022. The data that come from these telescopes will revolutionize our understanding […]
Read MoreUrbanTwin – Seeing double for sustainability
Twins are a fascinating phenomenon: observing how identical twins, even those separated at birth, can resemble each other in appearance, character, ability, and personal taste is astounding. It demonstrates the power of DNA, the smallest of building blocks, in creating surprisingly predictable results. Now, UrbanTwin, a collaboration of Swiss research […]
Read MoreContainergy – a new performance evaluation and profiling tool
The Embedded Systems Lab of EPFL has developed a new performance evaluation and profiling tool that uses software containers to perform application runtime assessment, providing energy and performance profiling data. It is focused on energy efficiency for next generation workloads and IT infrastructure. Read more here.
Read MoreSilicon device dependability – talk by visiting professor Sani Nassif
EcoCloud Visiting Professor Sani Nassif gave a talk in the BC Building at EPFL to a captivated audience. The talk examines trends in Silicon device dependability as scaling continues, and proposes some areas of cross-domain research that are needed to keep the information infrastructure functioning in the future.
Read MoreGabriele Manoli joins EcoCloud
Gabriele Manoli studies water supplies, energy exchange and the carbon cycle in urban and suburban systems. His interdisciplinary approach unites environmental technology, infrastructure and urban planning. He is currently investigating the worldwide trend towards urban densification and the effects of altering the urban climate (e.g. through greening measures). In collaboration […]
Read MoreThe coolest microchips around: designer swimwear by POWERLab
Having come through a heatwave it is easy to forget that humans are not the only ones that need to shelter from oppressive heat. Animals suffer too, and huge mechanical infrastructures like railways, even major runways. But what about computers? From the beginning, data centers have faced problems with cooling. […]
Read MoreResearcher adds Microsoft Fellowship to Google Scholarship
EcoCloud partner Microsoft Research have announced the laureates of their PhD Fellowships, including Simla Harma for her work on Cloud Infrastructure. Having won a Google Scolarship in 2021, Simla can lay claim to a unique achievement, in being funded by two of IT’s largest and most influential corporations. Simla is […]
Read MoreEcoCloud Stands in Solidarity with Iranian Universities
We at the EPFL EcoCloud Center condemn the brutal crackdowns against people protesting the Iranian regime and the actions of its so-called morality police. In particular we condemn the violent repression of students and academic staff at universities in Iran. These actions are in violation of basic human rights and […]
Read MoreUrbanTwin – a national joint initiative
The ETH Board has announced a joint initiative in the strategic areas of Energy, Climate and Environmental Sustainability and Engagement and Dialogue with Society: UrbanTwin – A digital twin for urban infrastructure, assessing the effectiveness of climate-related policies and actions Urban areas are responsible for 75% of greenhouse gas emissions, […]
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