Green computing and communications in critical application domains: Challenges and solutions

Abstract

Information and communication technologies (IT) and IT-based instrumentation and control (I&C) systems, hardware and software components are analyzed in context of “green” paradigm. Green IT paradigm is formulated as a Cartesian product of a pair “external (E) and internal (I) aspects of IT and computer-based I&Csystems” and a pair “power (recourse) consumption minimization (Rmin) and safety maximization (Smax)”. In the paper we discuss main research challenges and development solutions, education and training activities in the domain of green and safe computing and communication. Finally, we report results of EU-TEMPUS projects in the area of safe and green ITs and define models of academia and industry cooperation for excellence, innovations and knowledge exchange.