Posted on September 21, 2022

In late August 2022 we organised #SICT2022, the 3rd doctoral school on Sustainable ICT, at Université Grenoble Alpes. With the objective to critically look at the current state of ICT, challenge mainstream research agendas and underlying assumptions, and discuss the role(s) ICT researchers can play to build a sustainable and... [Read More]

Posted on May 9, 2022

As the European Union amends the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) exploring the impact of AI systems on marginalised communities is vital. AI systems are increasingly developed, tested and deployed to judge and control migrants and people on the move in harmful ways. How can the AI Act prevent this?... [Read More]

Posted on April 25, 2022

This is the 2022-2023 list of topics for master’s theses (partly) under my supervision at DistriNet/Computer Science, KU Leuven. I’m of course open for individual proposals in embedded security and sustainable ICT. Some of these topics might be a good fit for summer internships with us. I’m also open for... [Read More]

Posted on April 5, 2022

In this post I dissect the idea of sustainable safety and security, starting from the questions of what we want to sustain, and for whom we want to sustain it. I believe that a general "people and planet" answer is inadequate here because this form of sustainability cannot be the... [Read More]

Posted on January 25, 2022

We discussed issues and ideas for internet platforms that protect and serve marginalised groups in a panel at PrivacyCamp22. [Read More]

Posted on October 28, 2021

Under the title “CO2 is in the air,” KU Leuven’s Faculty of Engineering Science together with the Alumni Ingenieurs organised the “Van Cauteren – Dutré Arenbergsymposium 2021.” The agenda of the symposium made it clear that the event was set up to give two corporations, ExxonMobil and ArcelorMittal, a platform... [Read More]

Posted on September 16, 2021

Maybe 200 years in the future, a young woman endeavours to find her place in a world marked by two centuries of ecological collapse and mass migration. Things may have stabilised, but society has changed for good, striving to save all that can be saved. [Read More]

Posted on April 26, 2021

This is the 2021-2022 list of topics for master’s theses (partly) under my supervision at DistriNet/Computer Science, KU Leuven. I’m of course open for individual proposals in embedded security and sustainable ICT. Some of these topics might be a good fit for summer internships with us. I’m also open for... [Read More]

Posted on April 19, 2021

Talk at the 10th annual Symposium on Ethics in the Age of Smart Systems 2021-04-19. [Read More]

Posted on April 19, 2021

Talk at the 10th annual Symposium on Ethics in the Age of Smart Systems on 2021-04-20. [Read More]

Posted on November 24, 2020

A brief introduction to what (un-)sustainability could be in the context of ICT infrastructures, followed by a list of selected reading materials on the many aspects of sustainability in computing. I have good intentions to keep this updated. [Read More]