67-353 IT & Environmental Sustainability

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Sustainable living and sustainable development are serious challenges facing individuals, communities, organizations and countries around the world. Addressing these challenges is a multidisciplinary effort. In particular, while Information and Communications Technologies have been among the most transformative developments in recent decades, they have the potential to address some of societys most urgent needs. For examples, intelligent use of ISIT can help enable smarter cities, more efficient transportation systems, smarter energy systems, more efficient logistics and greener product life cycle design. In this course, students will reflect on the challenges of sustainability and the potential role ISIT may play in enabling adaptation and mitigation of these challenges.

Prerequisites: none listed

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