IGSC’15 will provide a forum for presenting and discussing innovative research on a broad range of topics in the fields of sustainable and energy-efficient computing and computing for a more sustainable planet. The conference will consist of technical papers, panels, workshops, and tutorials on these topics. IGSC’15 will be technically co-sponsored by the IEEE

Topics of interest for IGSC’15 include, but are not limited to:

Sustainable Computing

- Power- and thermal-aware algorithms, software and hardware

- Low-power electronics and systems

- Power-efficient multi/many-core chip design

- Application-specific ASICs and FPGAs

- Sensing and monitoring

- Power and thermal behavior and control

- Data centers optimization

- Smart grid and microgrids

- Power-efficient delivery and cooling

- Reliability, life-cycle analysis of ITequipment

Computing for Sustainability

- Renewable energy models and prediction

- Matching energy supply and demand

- Smart transportation and electric vehicles

- Smart buildings and urban computing

- Energy harvesting, storage, and recycling

- Climate and ecosystem monitoring

- IT solutions for water quality, air pollution, and sustainable agriculture

- Computational models for epidemics, infectious diseases and human well-being

- Computational methods for sustainableeconomy and society

Paper submission guidelines

IGSC’15 welcomes submissions that have not been published and that are not under review by other conferences or journals. All submissions will be evaluated on their originality, technical soundness, significance, presentation, and interest to the conference attendees.

Details on the paper format, rules and the submission link ca be found under submissions page.


Best paper award and journal publication

The Technical Committee will select the best paper as well as several papers to be extended and considered by the Elsevier Journal on Sustainable Computing.

Workshops and special sessions

Proposals are solicited for workshops and special sessions to be held in conjunction with the conference. Proposals should be submitted to the Workshops and Special sessions Chairs.

Important dates

Paper submission due: June15, 2015

Notifications sent to authors: July 26, 2015

Camera-ready papers due: August 17, 2015