Computational Sustainability is an interdisciplinary field that aims to apply techniques from computer science

Computer science

Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

, information science

Information science

-Introduction:Information science is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information...

, operations research

Operations research

Operations research is an interdisciplinary mathematical science that focuses on the effective use of technology by organizations...

, applied mathematics

Applied mathematics

Applied mathematics is a branch of mathematics that concerns itself with mathematical methods that are typically used in science, engineering, business, and industry. Thus, "applied mathematics" is a mathematical science with specialized knowledge...

, and statistics

Statistics

Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....

 for balancing environmental, economic, and societal needs for sustainable development

Sustainable development

Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...

. The main focus is on developing computational and mathematical models and methods for decision making concerning the management and allocation of resources in order to help solve some of the most challenging problems related to sustainability

Sustainability

Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...

.

Computational sustainability problems are unique in scale, impact, complexity, and richness, often involving combinatorial decisions, in a highly dynamic and uncertain environment. The research pursued is inherently highly interdisciplinary, bringing together computer scientists, applied mathematicians, statisticians, biologists, environmental scientists, biological and environmental engineers, and economists.

Related events

• AAAI-11-CompSust : Special Track on Computational Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence during the Twenty-Fifth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence held August 7–11, 2011 in San Francisco.
• CompSust'10 Conference: 2nd International Conference on Computational Sustainability, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA, June 28-30, 2010.
• CompSust09 Conference: 1st International Conference on Computational Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, June 8-11, 2009.

• CROCS at CP-10: 3rd International Workshop on Constraint Reasoning and Optimization for Computational Sustainability, St. Andrews, Scotland, September 6, 2010.
• CROCS at CPAIOR-10: 2nd International Workshop on Constraint Reasoning and Optimization for Computational Sustainability, Bologna, Italy, June 15, 2010.
• CROCS-09: 1st International Workshop on Constraint Reasoning and Optimization for Computational Sustainability, Lisbon, Portugal, September 20, 2009.

See also

• Institute for Computational Sustainability
  Institute for Computational Sustainability
  The Institute for Computational Sustainability , founded in 2008 with support from an Expeditions in Computing grant from the National Science Foundation, focuses on the newly emerging field of Computational Sustainability and aims to apply computational techniques to help solve some of the most...
  
   (ICS)
• eBird
  EBird
  eBird is an on-line database of bird observations providing scientists, researchers and amateur naturalists with real-time data about bird distribution and abundance. Originally restricted to sightings from the Western Hemisphere, it was widened to include New Zealand in 2008, and was widened to...
  
  
• The Nature Conservancy
  The Nature Conservancy
  The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable environmental organization that works to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive....
  
  
• USFWS
• USGS

External links

• http://www.computational-sustainability.org
• Institute for Computational Sustainability (ICS)