Accelerated Computing research group

ECO-COMPASS

Energy-Conscious Computational Algorithms & Sustainable Science

Abstract

Computers are indispensable in science, and large data centres are used daily for simulations and data analysis. In this project, we aim to reduce the energy consumption, and thus the climate impact, of all this computing. We achieve this by fine-tuning the algorithms, so they use the available computing power more efficiently and thus consume less energy. Although this may come at the expense of speed, this is often not a problem. The results of this project will enable scientists to better balance speed, accuracy, and energy consumption.

Energy-Conscious Computational Algorithms & Sustainable Science
Ben van Werkhoven

Ben van Werkhoven

Assistant Professor, Group Leader

Ben van Werkhoven is assistant professor at LIACS and head of the Accelerated Computing research group. His research interests lie in High Performance Computing (HPC), software optimization, automatic performance tuning (auto-tuning), energy efficiency, programming models, performance modeling, and the acceleration of scientific applications.