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Workshop on AI for Sustainable Energy Systems and Green AI

hosted by HEU project ENFIELD at

Brdo Estate, Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia

11-12.03.2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly used for modelling, both for the purpose of understanding certain phenomena and as well as for design and development in engineering. Among other things, AI has been successfully used for creating, improving, and controlling energy systems, and for understanding their roles in socio-technical systems. With approaches such as AI-based design, surrogate modeling for digital twins, and data-driven modeling of large-scale interactions between energy systems and individuals, AI has contributed to more sustainable energy conversion and transmission. At the same time, the computational cost of AI – most notably of large foundational models for generative AI – has risen substantially. There is thus a growing need and wider recognition that AI systems must, like all systems, be designed considering their environmental costs during development (training costs) and deployment (inference costs).

This workshop is dedicated to bringing together experts to discuss 

  1.  the role of AI in the development and control of energy systems  

  2. approaches that reduce the energy demand of AI applications

The scope of the workshop thus includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

  • AI Models of Energy Systems

  • Virtual Sensing and Parameter Inference for Energy Systems

  • Smart Management of (Micro-)Grids

  • AI-Assisted Analysis of Smart Meter Data

  • AI for Energy Poverty Alleviation

  • Resource-Efficient Deep Learning/Machine Learning

  • Computationally Efficient Learning Approaches (Continual Learning, Knowledge Distillation, etc.)

  • AI on the Resource-Constrained Edge

  • Carbon-Aware Operation of AI Systems

  • Green Generative Language Models

  • Quantification, Assessment, and Policing of AI Energy Consumption

We solicit contributions in the form of an extended abstract of up to two pages (including figures and references and using this LaTeX template) that can be, upon acceptance, presented via a talk or a poster (to be decided by the program committee). The abstracts will be published in a Book of Abstracts (with ISBN) under a Creative Commons license on the workshop website. Attending the workshop is free of charge.

Important Dates:

  • Submission Deadline: 10.02.2025

  • Notification of Acceptance: 17.02.2025

  • Workshop: 11.03.2025

Please submit the extended abstract and direct further inquiries about the scientific program to Bernhard Geiger ( trvtre@vrrr.betgro.eeei@regieg ) or Klemen Žbontar ( Xyrzra.Mobagne@vfxenrzrpb.pbzmoc.ocemearksi@ratnobZ.nemelK ). The e-mail adressess can't be copied, please type it in your mailing app.