The environmental impact of (scientific) computing, computational biology in particular, is a growing concern in light of the urgency of the climate crisis, and there is widespread interest in the research community; so what can we all do about it? Tackling this issue and making it easier for scientists to engage with sustainable computing is what motivated the Green Algorithms project. 

During this webinar, we will discuss what we learned along the way, how to estimate the impact of our work and dive into the carbon footprint of common bioinformatic analyses. We will also highlight the levers scientists and institutions have to make their research more sustainable, debate the ethical implications of these environmental costs and examine what is still needed moving forward.

About the speaker

Dr Loïc Lannelongue is a Research Associate in Biomedical Data Science in the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit and the Inouye lab at the University of Cambridge. He is also a College Post-Doctoral Associate at Jesus College, Cambridge, and an Associate Fellow of Advance HE. Loïc developed the Greener Algorithms project, in collaboration with Jason Grealey and Michael Inouye, to understand the carbon footprint of analyses and promote best practices in green computing.