NSF Expeditions in Computing for
Computational Decarbonization of Societal Infrastructures at Mesoscales (NSF CoDec)
Unifying, transforming, and accelerating growth of societal infrastructure domains using computational techniques.
About
NSF CoDec will foster a new computational field through an interdisciplinary collaboration spanning 6 universities, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst. We draw on a variety of expertise in theory, AI, systems, energy systems, built environment, and economics.
Research
NSF CoDec research focuses on optimizing the efficiency and resilience of societal infrastructure to ensure sustainable growth of computing and societal infrastructure using computational and data-driven techniques.
Education
NSF CoDec will train the next-generation of researchers and practitioners at the intersection of computation and sustainability. We will develop new courses and concentrations at the undergraduate level, and a model research-driven graduate curriculum in collaboration with ACM SIGEnergy.
Latest News
Sustainable Compute and AI Infrastructure (SCAI) Research Symposium at UMass
Hosted by CoDec faculty at UMass, the SCAI Research Symposium brought together academia, industry experts, and government to imagine AI infrastructure as a flexible and responsible participant in the broader public-infrastructure ecosystem, designed to respect the resource constraints of existing infrastructure and serve the public good.
CoDec Faculty at UMass organize 2026 Turing Summer Program for local high school students
CoDec faculty are hosting the second year of the UMass Turing Summer Program. This summer, we welcomed 20 high school students from Western Massachusetts for a three-week program in computer science.
CoDec at ACM Sustainability Week
CoDec faculty and students made a great showing at ACM Sustainability Week in Banff, Alberta! Faculty and students from all six CoDec institutions (UMass Amherst, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Chicago, UCLA, UW-Madison) co-authored seven papers at e-Energy and two papers at BuildSys — congratulations to all authors and collaborators!