Teaching how to engineer greener software

Abstract

Green computing is a general term that describes a host of techniques that try to minimize the carbon footprint of software applications. As such, it is not a single body of knowledge, but a series of best practices that help reduce energy consumption relying on the features of any of the different layers that are exercised by software applications. This represents a challenge at the time of designing a comprehensive syllabus that would help students develop the series of skills needed to identify energy bottlenecks and eliminate them. In this poster we will describe the different concepts involved, and how they will be delivered to guarantee the achievement of learning objectives.