LEADER 05045nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910785766203321 005 20230801224352.0 010 $a0-309-25761-1 010 $a1-283-63611-5 010 $a0-309-25759-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241224 035 $a(EBL)3378996 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000736829 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11974198 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736829 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10773667 035 $a(PQKB)10573533 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3378996 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3378996 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10594221 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL394857 035 $a(OCoLC)923288226 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241224 100 $a20120822d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aComputing research for sustainability$b[electronic resource] /$fLynette I. Millett and Deborah L. Estrin, editors ; Committee on Computing Research for Environmental and Societal Sustainability ; Computer Science and Telecommunications Board ; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; National Research Council of the National Academies 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academies Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-309-25758-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Front Matter ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Roles and Opportunities for Information Technology in Meeting Sustainability Challenges""; ""2 Elements of a Computer Science Research Agenda for Sustainability""; ""3 Programmatic and Institutional Opportunities to Enhance Computer Science Research for Sustai""; ""Appendix A: Summary of a Workshop on Innovation in Computing and Information Technology for Sustainability""; ""Appendix B: Biographies of Committee Members and Staff"" 330 $aRoles and opportunities for information technology in meeting sustainability challenges -- Elements of a computer science research agenda for sustainability -- Programmatic and institutional opportunities to enhance computer science research for sustainability. 330 $a"A broad and growing literature describes the deep and multidisciplinary nature of the sustainability challenges faced by the United States and the world. Despite the profound technical challenges involved, sustainability is not, at its root, a technical problem, nor will merely technical solutions be sufficient. Instead, deep economic, political, and cultural adjustments will ultimately be required, along with a major, long-term commitment in each sphere to deploy the requisite technical solutions at scale. Nevertheless, technological advances and enablers have a clear role in supporting such change, and information technology (IT) is a natural bridge between technical and social solutions because it can offer improved communication and transparency for fostering the necessary economic, political, and cultural adjustments. Moreover, IT is at the heart of nearly every large-scale socioeconomic system-including systems for finance, manufacturing, and the generation and distribution of energy-and so sustainability-focused changes in those systems are inextricably linked with advances in IT. The focus of Computing Research for Sustainability is "greening through IT," the application of computing to promote sustainability broadly. The aim of this report is twofold: to shine a spotlight on areas where IT innovation and computer science (CS) research can help, and to urge the computing research community to bring its approaches and methodologies to bear on these pressing global challenges. Computing Research for Sustainability focuses on addressing medium- and long-term challenges in a way that would have significant, measurable impact. The findings and recommended principles of the Committee on Computing Research for Environmental and Societal Sustainability concern four areas: (1) the relevance of IT and CS to sustainability; (2) the value of the CS approach to problem solving, particularly as it pertains to sustainability challenges; (3) key CS research areas; and (4) strategy and pragmatic approaches for CS research on sustainability."--Publisher's description. 606 $aSustainable development$xResearch 606 $aSustainable development$xData processing 615 0$aSustainable development$xResearch. 615 0$aSustainable development$xData processing. 676 $a577.2 701 $aMillett$b Lynette I$01462377 701 $aEstrin$b Deborah$g(Deborah Lynn)$0924864 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommittee on Computing Research for Environmental and Societal Sustainability. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785766203321 996 $aComputing research for sustainability$93726305 997 $aUNINA