Latest Past Events

Prof. Prashant Nair: Scaling the Memory Wall

BC420 - Computing Building of EPFL EPFL, Ecublens

Towards 3D-DRAM-based Accelerators for Efficient Generative Inference Generative AI now underpins search, digital assistants, and media applications, making inference cost a first-order design constraint. Unlike traditional compute-bound workloads, large language and speech models are typically limited by memory bandwidth and capacity rather than raw arithmetic throughput. Thus, their inference cost […]

AI and Sustainability in Practice: Challenges and Solutions

SwissTech Convention Center Rue Louis Favre 2, Ecublens

Is AI part of the climate problem or the sustainability solution? In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore its carbon footprint, discover practical tools, and co-design new pathways — including a visit to EPFL’s EcoCloud facility. Artificial Intelligence is becoming increasingly energy-intensive, with datacenters projected to consume up to 10% […]

AI and Energy: Building a Sustainable Future

SwissTech Convention Center Rue Louis Favre 2, Ecublens

In collaboration with the Applied Machine Learning Days, we will explore holistic approaches to sustainable computing, from renewable energy integration and advanced cooling in data centers to hardware efficiency with custom accelerators, energy storage solutions, heat reuse, and the broader vision of sustainable AI. As AI demand continues to rapidly […]