Andreas Uhl: Carbon Footprint of Social Media

Public Lecture Series "Sustainability in Computer Science".
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Speaker:
Andreas Uhl, professor in Artificial Intelligence and Human Interfaces at PLUS
Abstract:
With the increasing importance of sustainable solutions in ICT, social media platforms have been increasingly criticized for their significant carbon footprints. We will have a look at corresponding results and will analyze the methodology of how these estimations have been obtained, partially revealing that the perspective from which such investigations are being conducted is significantly biasing the results.