Loïc Lannelongue
Studying environmental impacts of computing and promoting Environmentally Sustainable Science 🌱
Researcher @CambridgeUni | Green Algorithms | Green DiSC | Fellow Software Sustainability Institute | he/him | 🐕 picture
https://www.lannelongue-group.org
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueCEU colleagues working on Environmentally Sustainable Computing led by @loiclnlg.bsky.social have launched a digital sustainability certification scheme called Green DiSC with the first Bronze Certifications awarded 🎉 Find out more about the first Bronze Certification awardees tinyurl.com/2jt389s8
- The first six teams across three institutions in the UK and Europe have completed the Bronze certification earlier this year, so we thought we’d celebrate these pioneers! 🎉 Check out the @softwaresaved.bsky.social’s coverage to learn about this first round of certification: lnkd.in/efPKdKpr
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueA 7% decline in English birds in just 5 years is astonishing The web of life is unravelling fast
- Exciting to finally announce the first Green DiSC awardees!
- The first six teams across three institutions in the UK and Europe have completed the Bronze certification earlier this year, so we thought we’d celebrate these pioneers! 🎉 Check out the @softwaresaved.bsky.social’s coverage to learn about this first round of certification: lnkd.in/efPKdKpr
- ⏰ Last couple of days to apply to join my group @Cambridge as a postdoc and work on the environmental (un)sustainability of AI! ⏳ Closing September 16th. ✏️ Apply here: tinyurl.com/2ukkp8yx Or learn more about what we do at www.lannelongue-group.org Initial examples of research projects below 👇
- Ideas of projects: 👉 Taking a global view encompassing environmental sustainability, human health, and perspectives from the Global South. 👉 Expanding environmental impacts beyond carbon footprint, with a focus on water usage in particular.
- Reposted by Loïc Lannelongue📣📣 Cool job alert! The @bakerresearchau.bsky.social is recruiting up to 2 new PIs in Biomedical Data Science 👉 www.seek.com.au/job/85989791... You’d join an awesome institute in an incredible city (Melbourne, Australia) as well as partnerships like with @cam.ac.uk… you’ll also get to work with me 😁
- Reposted by Loïc Lannelongue@hasanga.bsky.social from @mikeinouye.bsky.social / @cambridgebaker.bsky.social @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social sharing new results for local-ancestry effects on CAD risk loci. #ESHG2025
- My 3rd SSI Collaboration Workshop last week, an amazing & energising event as always! This one felt extra special: this time I actually had my own group to bring along! Team building + sustainable software, all in one 🌱 #newPI Thanks @softwaresaved.bsky.social !
- Featuring a great talk by @christinabremer.bsky.social and contributing to 1st and 3rd places at the hack-day! (Very excited about the winning project 👀) @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social @cambridgebrc.bsky.social
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueWe are now on Bluesky! Follow us to keep up to date with our research and find out what goes on at the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit in the @dphpc.bsky.social #cardiovasculardisease #prevention #healthcare #bigdata #globalhealth #publichealth #riskfactors
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueCome work with us! It's a great team and exciting research 🌱
- 📣 Interested in the environmental (un)sustainability of AI (and how to support positive change)? Or know someone who is? I have an open position for a postdoctoral researcher to join my group in Cambridge, UK 🌱 🚨Closing June 5th www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51255/ Topics below 👇 #AcademicSky #GreenSky
- 📣 Interested in the environmental (un)sustainability of AI (and how to support positive change)? Or know someone who is? I have an open position for a postdoctoral researcher to join my group in Cambridge, UK 🌱 🚨Closing June 5th www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51255/ Topics below 👇 #AcademicSky #GreenSky
- Topics can include: 💡Studying the environmental impacts of AI tools expected to become prominent in research in the coming years 💡Taking a global view on this: environmental sustainability + human health + Global South perspectives 💡Better integrate life-cycle analyses with a focus on water usage
- This is a chance to join the Green Algorithms project and a team of great people (unbiased opinion) working towards Environmentally Sustainable computing. For more info on our work: www.lannelongue-group.org
- @softwaresaved.bsky.social @dphpc.bsky.social @mctd.bsky.social @cambridgebrc.bsky.social @cst.cam.ac.uk you may know people :)
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueExcited to announce that I will be at #CHI2025 presenting the paper I co-authored with Bran Knowles and Adrian Friday 🌱 The paper describes the outcomes of a case study with energy professionals, revealing several "ironies of energy system automation". Session: programs.sigchi.org/chi/2025/pro...
- Welcoming a new member of the lab (this is Newton!) and turning 30, it’s been a busy week here! But excited to see what the next decade has in store 🌱 *PSA: expect delayed emails and puppy appearances in Zoom calls*
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueOur work on metabolic reaction fluxes as amplifiers and buffers of risk alleles for coronary artery disease is finally out in @molsystbiol.org ! www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... A short thread on our key findings 🧵👇
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueEnglish edition [EN] #code4thought: @loiclnlg.bsky.social, @kirstypringle.bsky.social & Andy Turner tell us, why we should care about the energy consumption of our computers & programs. And what can we do about it? Out on your podcast apps, YouTube podcast or codeforthought.buzzsprout.com
- Grant writing in the Cambridgeshire sun, not the worst way to do it! (I do have to periodically throw the ball, today’s research assistant is quite strict on that 🐕)
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueGoogle doc apparently has inbuilt AI now. Seeing an unfamiliar vertical line, I hovered over it. It suggested that I make some corrections to the blurb I was writing. The first one was to change "Dr. Devezer" to "He". Thank you, AGI.
- At the AI Action Summit in Paris this week and next week: message me if you’re around an want to chat about all things sustainable AI! 🌱 (or if you are at AI Fringe in London on Wed)
- Starting with the Science Days at Institute Polytechnique de Paris this week, a student-led event at the Sorbonne tonight and back on Tuesday for the Forum for Sustainable AI at the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition
- Also looking forward to the AI Fringe event in London on Wednesday, where I’ll sit on a panel on “Designing, building and using sustainable AI” organised by the @raeng.org.uk
- This is mind-boggling… you would have thought that “not contravening international law and human rights” was a no brainer as a starting point. Apparently not. Scary.
- With Google removing their Responsible AI Principles, they no longer state that they will *not* engage in "Technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights". Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased. ai.google/responsibili...
- ⏰ Deadline is tomorrow to apply to this reaearch role in Cambridge to work with me to make scientific computing more environmentally sustainable 🌱 part of the very cool (in my totally unbiased opinion) Green Algorithms Initiative
- 💫 The first role is about understanding computers' energy usage to improve carbon footprint monitoring, studying different computing equipment and tasks (simulations, AI...). A good understanding of computer science (hardware in particular) is a plus! ⏳Closing Feb 4 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49117/
- What is scientists' attitude towards the carbon footprint of their simulations? A mixed bag according to this survey in fluid dynamics: low awareness and low priority, but researchers know it can and should be improved. Really great work here! @official-uom.bsky.social arxiv.org/pdf/2501.09314
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueAI needs so much power, it's making yours worse. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... Based on this preprint, one could also hypothesise it's making your health worse as well... clear important research gap here arxiv.org/abs/2412.06288
- 🚨🌱 Interested in making scientific computing greener? Here is a chance to do just that in Cambridge: 2 open research roles to work with me and the Green Algorithms project. More details about the roles below👇 and at www.lannelongue-group.org/join/ ⏳ Closing: Feb 4 for one, Feb 17 for the other
- 💫 The first role is about understanding computers' energy usage to improve carbon footprint monitoring, studying different computing equipment and tasks (simulations, AI...). A good understanding of computer science (hardware in particular) is a plus! ⏳Closing Feb 4 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49117/
- 💫 The 2nd one is a flexible research role to improve how computing environmental impacts are reported and investigate the impact of tools in AI and/or comp bio. Some examples in the advert but opportunities to develop your own ideas for new research! ⏳Closing Feb 17 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49106/
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- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueIt made our lab think about our own environmental footprints. How could we fight climate change? Thats where the Green Algorithms Initiative started, now led by the amazing @loiclnlg.bsky.social www.green-algorithms.org In the end, it's not what happens to you, but how you react to it, that matters
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueThe LA wildfires have been so triggering but very relieved its calmed a bit. Back in 2019-20, just before COVID, my Australian lab and people I knew were hit by the Black Summer. I still recall masking up & stuffing plastic wrap around our windows to keep out smoke en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2...
- Reposted by Loïc Lannelongue"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueThe Unofficial Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) @softwaresaved.bsky.social Starter Pack is a list of #SSI #Fellows, #researchers, #collaborators, and others who are passionate about #research and #software. If you would like to be added, contact me. Sharing is appreciated go.bsky.app/Us38Nbxat://did:plc:b3iyikdmfaj3itcyanc5wi7b/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3ldnshu5fu72v
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueEMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships are a fantastic way to get your foot in the funding door and pursue proper high risk, high reward research. Check them out here: www.embo.org/funding/fell... Next deadline: Feb 14th Very happy to support any prospective applicants, but do get in touch early! 😊
- That’s good news, for better or worse this is an important part of academic metrics and useful to early-career researchers in particular
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueScientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
- In Glasgow for #LOCO2024 An incredibly exciting programme to look forward to 🌱
- Just a few days now till #LOCO2024 – the 1st International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing! 💻 🔬 🌱 The final programme for the whole of Tuesday 3 December is now available on our workshop website, www.sicsa.ac.uk/loco/loco202...
- Reposted by Loïc Lannelongue🎙️Check out the latest podcast where @ewels.bsky.social discusses highlights from the @nextflow.io Summit with the team at @seqera.io! 👉 Listen now: hubs.la/Q02ZN8l20
- Couldn't find a Starter Pack for green computing, so gave it a go! 🌱💻 No doubt it's missing many great ones... please add! Hoping to include anyone discussing environmental impacts of compute (not just pure CompSci), the broader the perspectives the better! #greencomputing go.bsky.app/CCE1mJeat://did:plc:ka2dtrpfewr7cxrpdt3jdy7q/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbuh7nrqbp2s
- Poking the first ones I found in this space to suggest additions😃🌱 @lauritzthamsen.bsky.social @anil.recoil.org @sashamtl.bsky.social @mmitchell.bsky.social @nikela-p.bsky.social @micheleweiland.bsky.social @cflorina.bsky.social @kirstypringle.bsky.social @alexbateman1.bsky.social @ewels.bsky.social
- And @nicksouter.bsky.social / @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social please suggest additions from your great Neuroscience+Climate community!
- @turingway.bsky.social I’m sure you’ll have good suggestions :)
- ⏰ Last day to apply to work with me in Cambridge on the Green Algorithms Initiative!🌱 5 roles open: 💫 Software Engineer Lead 💫 3 Research roles (postdocs or research assistants) focusing on green computing 💫 Community manager/project coordinator #AcademicSky #SciSky #Sustainability #hiring
- 🚨We're recruiting! Interested in making science and computing more environmentally friendly? Now's the time! Very excited to build a research group at Cambridge Uni to expand our Green Algorithms work thanks to the support of the Wellcome Trust www.green-algorithms.org/join-us #AcademicSky #SciSky
- A useful reminder that net zero is not the end goal 👇
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueBluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
- ⏳ Just one more week to apply! 5 roles open in my group working on the Green Algorithms project: 3 research, a Software Engineer Lead and a Community manager/project coordinator 🌱 More details and links to all adverts there: www.green-algorithms.org/join-us/ Closing 25/11 #AcademicSky #SciSky
- 🚨We're recruiting! Interested in making science and computing more environmentally friendly? Now's the time! Very excited to build a research group at Cambridge Uni to expand our Green Algorithms work thanks to the support of the Wellcome Trust www.green-algorithms.org/join-us #AcademicSky #SciSky
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueHappy to announce that the latest UniProt NAR paper is now out. Find out what we've been up to here academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
- Reposted by Loïc Lannelongue📢 A reminder that I am looking for a capable and ambitious researcher for my #EPSRC #NIA #project on Carbon-Aware Scalable Processing from early next year. Applications for the #PDRA/#RA position are due on 21-Nov-2024 at 23:45h UK time: jobs.ac.uk/job/DKI680/r... 📢 #hiring #researcher
- Reposted by Loïc Lannelongue"Why are electricity prices so high if renewables break generation records and are so cheap?" I have been asked. The main reason: Gas still sets the price 63% of the time in wholesale electricity markets in EU27 & >90% in some countries. The graphic is from the Draghi Report.
- Fancy peeking behind the curtain of Generative AI? I really love this cartography of genAI by the Estampa Collective... absolutely fascinating, but fair warning, I may have lost track of time... cartography-of-generative-ai.net
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueGreat @techcrunch.com article on Bluesky! Very nice intro article to send to friends and share around. I love that they articulate the differences with other platforms in a nontechnical way, and provide pointers on good ways to get started. techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/h...
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueAnnouncing version 3.2.0 of the ukbnmr R package now available on CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages... This is a major update that makes the package compatible with the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform and shows removal of technical variation on the full NMR data release coming Jan 2025
- Interesting to compare renewable share with power outage… curious whether the state of infrastructure in 2006 vs 2024 can also contribute to this trend?
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueBack in Jan 2020, even before COVID-19, our Melbourne lab was masked up & staying at home due to horrific wildfires This environmental disaster made us ask what are *we* doing to address climate change? Today, our Green Algorithms Initiative is recruiting. Please join us 🌱 bsky.app/profile/loic...
- 🚨We're recruiting! Interested in making science and computing more environmentally friendly? Now's the time! Very excited to build a research group at Cambridge Uni to expand our Green Algorithms work thanks to the support of the Wellcome Trust www.green-algorithms.org/join-us #AcademicSky #SciSky
- 🚨We're recruiting! Interested in making science and computing more environmentally friendly? Now's the time! Very excited to build a research group at Cambridge Uni to expand our Green Algorithms work thanks to the support of the Wellcome Trust www.green-algorithms.org/join-us #AcademicSky #SciSky
- We're looking for a diversity of backgrounds and expertise (not only computer scientists!): 3 research roles, a Software Engineer Lead and a Community manager/project coordinator. This is a chance to work with me, @mikeinouye.bsky.social and others in the department and around the UK (+🇫🇷🇩🇪)
- ⏳ Applications close on the 25th of November 2024 👉 I'm of course very happy to have a chat about any of these positions, either here or by email 👥 You'll be part of Cambridge's Dept of Public Health and Primary Care based on the biomedical campus More: www.green-algorithms.org/join-us/
- And some brief background on the Green Algorithms initiative
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueSix exciting preprints from the lab that we are hoping to publish in the next few months. A 🧵 of 🙏🤞 and 🤷🏻♂️... 1. Cardiovascular risk prediction using metabolomic biomarkers and polygenic risk scores: A cohort study and modelling analyses www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
- London -> Barcelona by train ✅ (surprisingly easy! 🚄) Just arrived for the 2024 Nextflow Summit, very excited to be delivering the keynote tonight on this mildly intimidating stage (tech tests ✔️, Segrada Familia ✔️ … we’re ready to roll)
- Reposted by Loïc Lannelongue“Higher Education Rankings as Profit Centers”. Great insights from rankings legends, Ellen Hazelkorn and Philip Altbach, on the conflicts of interest posed by the QS, THE & ARWU rankings. ihe.bc.edu/pub/6nf0v9ku...
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueDeep learning for polygenic prediction: The role of heritability, interaction type and sample size www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... We try to find the specific conditions under which deep learning out performs other basic polygenic prediction methods. tldr: They are rare.
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueUK "Minister for Science, Research and Innovation should implement “Plan U”, mandating the publication of all taxpayer-funded research as “preprints” before they are submitted to academic journals" ukdayone.org/briefings/re... ht @jacoates.bsky.social
- Quite amazing to have a look at the original charter book of The Royal Society dating back to 1660… and a chance to search for some famous signatures (swipe for Newton and Darwin) #PairingScheme24 royalsociety.org/news/2024/03...
- At the HDR UK annual conference in Leeds for the next 2 days, excited to hear about health data research! Get in touch if you’re around
- Reposted by Loïc LannelongueOur review paper 'Ten recommendations for reducing the carbon footprint of research computing in human neuroimaging' was recently published in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social doi.org/10.1162/imag... Here's a quick summary of each of our recommendations 🧵
- It’s a start for the #EICworkshop! How to make computational research more environmentally sustainable?
