Join the Committee on Sustainability of the Biophysical Society for a Webinar on Sustainable Computing in Biophysics!

As climate change and resource scarcity reshape our world, the carbon footprint of scientific computing cannot be ignored. This webinar explores concrete problems and innovative solutions to make computational science greener.

We will tackle and discuss some key challenges such as:

• Supercomputing: How AlphaFold, molecular dynamics, and AI models use resources—and how to optimize them.
• Hidden costs: Water and energy usage, and the lifecycle impact of hardware in large-scale research.
• Policy and practices: carbon footprint calculators, green algorithms, collaborative projects, aiming at reducing the environmental impact of digital infrastructures.

Our panelists:

• Loïc Lannelongue (Cambridge) builds tools to monitor and cut the carbon footprint of computational research, advocating for policy changes and sustainable frameworks.
• Alexandre Bonvin (Utrecht) integrates sustainability into high-throughput computing, using smart job distribution to slash CO₂ emissions in structural biology.
• Rommie Amaro (UC San Diego), champions FAIR data principles and open science to enhance reproducibility and efficiency in computational chemistry and biophysics.

Following the presentations from our panelists, there will be time for discussion. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, share, and shape the future of eco-friendly scientific computing. 

This webinar will be chaired by Gabriela Popescu (Buffalo University, BPS Committee on Sustainability) and Sarah Harris (University of Sheffield, BPS Theory and Computation Subgroup).