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                                The	
  Legacy	
  of	
  Unsustainable	
  Software	
  
                         Professor	
  Patricia	
  Lago,	
  Vrije	
  Universiteit	
  Amsterdam	
  
	
  
Abstract:	
   Software	
   has	
   been	
   developed	
   for	
   decades	
   without	
   taking	
   sustainability	
  
into	
  consideration.	
  This	
  holds	
  for	
  its	
  energy	
  efficiency,	
  that	
  is	
  the	
  amount	
  of	
  energy	
  
software	
   consumes	
   while	
   ensuring	
   other	
   system	
   qualities	
   like	
   security,	
  
performance,	
   reliability,	
   etc.	
   etc.	
   Software	
   un-­‐sustainability,	
   however,	
   is	
   becoming	
  
increasingly	
  evident	
  with	
  the	
  growing	
  interest	
  worldwide.	
  Finally	
  IT	
  specialists	
  are	
  
becoming	
   aware	
   that	
   software	
   solutions	
   can,	
   and	
   should,	
   be	
   designed	
   with	
  
sustainability	
   concerns	
   in	
   mind.	
   In	
   doing	
   so,	
   they	
   can	
   create	
   solutions	
   that	
   are	
  
technically	
   more	
   stable	
   (hence	
   requiring	
   less	
   modifications	
   over	
   time),	
   target	
  
societal	
  goals	
  with	
  a	
  higher	
  certainty,	
  or	
  help	
  sustaining	
  the	
  business	
  goals	
  of	
  both	
  
developing	
   and	
   consuming	
   organizations.	
   Everything	
   sounds	
   great.	
   The	
   real	
  
question	
   is,	
   how?	
   How	
   can	
   we	
   redirect	
   software	
   engineering	
   practices	
   toward	
  
sustainable	
   software	
   solutions?	
   How	
   can	
   we	
   turn	
   sustainability	
   into	
   a	
   business	
   so	
  
that	
   companies	
   will	
   finally	
   invest	
   in	
   it?	
   Based	
   on	
   various	
   case	
   studies	
   in	
  
collaboration	
   with	
   industry,	
   this	
   talk	
   explores	
   software	
   sustainability	
   from	
   a	
  
technical	
   perspective:	
   results,	
   challenges,	
   and	
   lessons	
   learned	
   will	
   be	
   included	
   for	
  
interactive	
  discussion.	
  
	
  
Bio:	
   Patricia	
   Lago	
   is	
   professor	
   at	
   the	
   Vrije	
   Universiteit	
   Amsterdam,	
   the	
   Netherlands,	
  
where	
  she	
  leads	
  the	
  Software	
  and	
  Services	
  research	
  group	
  in	
  the	
  Computer	
  Science	
  
Department.	
   Her	
   passion	
   in	
   research	
   is	
   to	
   create	
   software	
   engineering	
   knowledge	
  
that	
   makes	
   software	
   better,	
   smarter,	
   and	
   more	
   sustainable.	
   Her	
   philosophy	
   is	
   that	
  
research	
  should	
  be	
  industrial-­‐relevant	
  and	
  serve	
  the	
  final	
  purpose	
  of	
  being	
  applied	
  
in	
   practice.	
   To	
   this	
   end,	
   her	
   research	
   specifically	
   focuses	
   on	
   the	
   ‘real’	
   needs	
   of	
  
practice	
   by	
   establishing	
   collaboration	
   with	
   partners	
   from	
   both	
   private	
   and	
   public	
  
sectors.	
   She	
   has	
   a	
   PhD	
   in	
   Control	
   and	
   Computer	
   Engineering	
   from	
   Politecnico	
   di	
  
Torino	
  and	
  a	
  Master	
  in	
  Computer	
  Science	
  from	
  the	
  University	
  of	
  Pisa,	
  both	
  in	
  Italy.	
  
She	
  is	
  member	
   of	
   the	
   Steering	
   Committees	
  of	
  IEEE/IFIP	
  WICSA,	
  ECSA	
  and	
  the	
  ICT4S	
  
conference	
   series,	
   member	
   of	
   the	
   IFIP	
   2.10	
   Working	
   group	
   on	
   Software	
  
Architecture,	
  the	
  IFIP	
  2.14	
  Working	
  group	
  on	
  Services-­‐based	
  Systems,	
  and	
  the	
  Dutch	
  
Knowledge	
  Network	
  on	
  Green	
  Software.	
  She	
  has	
  published	
  in	
  all	
  major	
  conferences	
  
and	
  journals	
  of	
  her	
  field.	
  Her	
  research	
  and	
  teaching	
  are	
  about	
  software	
  architecture,	
  
software	
   design	
   and	
   modeling,	
   software	
   quality	
   assessment.	
   She	
   is	
   initiator	
   and	
  
coordinator	
   of	
   the	
   Computer	
   Science	
   Master	
   Track	
   in	
   Software	
   Engineering	
   and	
  
Green	
   IT.	
   She	
   co-­‐founded	
   the	
   Green	
   Lab,	
   a	
   place	
   where	
   researchers,	
   students	
   and	
  
companies	
  collaborate	
  to	
  measure	
  the	
  energy	
  footprint	
  of	
  software	
  solutions.	
  More	
  
information	
  online	
  at	
  www.cs.vu.nl/~patricia	
  and	
  www.s2group.cs.vu.nl.	
  
	
  

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