Sustainable AI 201

Day 1 - Foundations of Green AI (8 Hours)

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Introduction to Green AI & Sustainability
  • Time: 2 Hours
  • Activities:
    • AI’s environmental impact
    • Why Green AI matters
    • Energy consumption in AI models
    • Hands-on: Energy-aware AI analysis
Measuring AI’s Carbon Footprint
  • Time: 3 Hours
  • Activities:
    • Tools for carbon tracking (CodeCarbon, ML CO2 Impact)
    • Calculating emissions from a small AI model
    • Hands-on: AI carbon footprint analysis
Q&A + Discussion on AI Sustainability Challenges
  • Time: 1 Hour
Lab: Implementing Energy-Aware AI Models
  • Time: 2 Hours
  • Activities:
    • Case Study: Google’s AI energy optimization
    • Hands-on experiments to reduce emissions

Day 2 - Practical Green AI Implementation (8 Hours)

AI Model Optimization for Green Computing
  • Time: 3 Hours
  • Activities:
    • Model compression: Pruning, Quantization, Distillation
    • Lightweight models (TinyML, MobileNets)
    • Hands-on: Optimize an AI model
Time-Shifting AI for Carbon
  • Time: 2 Hours
  • Activities:
    • What is time-shifting in AI?
    • Running AI inference during low-energy demand
    • Hands-on: Scheduling AI workloads
Final Q&A + Industry Case Study Discussion
  • Time: 3 Hours
  • Activities:
    • Edge vs. cloud AI for sustainability
    • Deploying AI models on energy-efficient platforms
    • Hands-on: Deploy an optimized AI model

Day 3 - Advanced Techniques & AI Sustainability Metrics (8 Hours)

AI Lifecycle Analysis & Governance
  • Time: 3 Hours
  • Activities:
    • Where does energy get wasted in AI?
    • FLOPs, energy efficiency, and carbon metrics
    • Hands-on: AI power tracking & efficiency dashboard
Advanced Carbon Profiling & Optimization
  • Time: 3 Hours
  • Activities:
    • Implementing custom AI sustainability dashboards
    • Real-time AI power tracking using smart meters & IoT
    • Hands-on: AI energy forecasting tool
Q&A + Discussion on AI Governance & Compliance
  • Time: 2 Hours

Day 4 - Advanced Deployment & AI Policy Frameworks (8 Hours)

Neural Architecture Search (NAS) for Energy Efficiency
  • Time: 2 Hours
  • Activities:
    • Using AI to design optimized models
    • Hands-on: Train & optimize a green AI model
Enterprise-Scale AI Scheduling & Auto-Scaling
  • Time: 3 Hours
  • Activities:
    • AI workload scheduling frameworks
    • Hands-on: AI-based energy prediction tool
AI Governance & Compliance Frameworks (ISO, SEC, EU AI Act)
  • Time: 3 Hours
  • Activities:
    • AI lifecycle management & carbon offsetting
    • Hands-on: Develop a Green AI policy

Day 5 - Real-World Projects & AI Challenge (8 Hours)

Advanced Model Deployment & Optimization Challenge
  • Time: 4 Hours
  • Activities:
    • Deploying AI models in constrained environments
    • Optimizing AI workloads across multiple cloud regions
    • Hands-on: Real-world Green AI competition
Final Capstone Project & Review
  • Time: 4 Hours
  • Activities:
    • Group project: Build an AI sustainability roadmap
    • Hands-on: AI governance strategy presentation
    • Final discussion & feedback

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