Publications

Here are some of Loïc’s publications that have guided the different projects that the group will expand on moving forward. See here for a full list of his publications.

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Green Algorithms: Quantifying the Carbon Footprint of Computation

Loïc Lannelongue, Jason Grealey, Michael Inouye

Advanced Science · 02 May 2021 · doi:10.1002/advs.202100707

The flagship paper of the Green Algorithms project introducting the online calculator.

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GREENER principles for environmentally sustainable computational science

Loïc Lannelongue, Hans-Erik G. Aronson, Alex Bateman, Ewan Birney, Talia Caplan, Martin Juckes, Johanna McEntyre, Andrew D. Morris, Gerry Reilly, Michael Inouye

Nature Computational Science · 26 Jun 2023 · doi:10.1038/s43588-023-00461-y

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CATS: The Climate Aware Task Scheduler

Sadie L. Bartholomew, Lincoln Colling, Abhishek Dasgupta, Anthony J. Greenberg, Loïc Lannelongue, Thibault Lestang, Carlos Martinez-Ortiz, Colin Sauzé, Andrew M. Walker, Adam Stuart Ward

Journal of Open Source Software · 08 Jul 2025 · doi:10.21105/joss.08251

2024

Modeling the increase of electronic waste due to generative AI

Loïc Lannelongue

Nature Computational Science · 08 Nov 2024 · doi:10.1038/s43588-024-00726-0

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The Heidelberg Agreement on Environmental Sustainability in Research Funding

Philipp M. Weber, Sandra Bendiscioli, Gerlind Wallon, Uwe von Ahsen, Anne Marie de Beaufort, …, Teresa Sanchis, Susan Simon, Mathew Tata, Gisou van der Goot, Fiona M. Watt

Zenodo · 22 Oct 2024 · doi:10.5281/ZENODO.13938809

Prioritize environmental sustainability in use of AI and data science methods

Caroline Jay, Yurong Yu, Ian Crawford, Scott Archer-Nicholls, Philip James, …, Robert Haines, Loïc Lannelongue, Emily Lines, Scott Hosking, David Topping

Nature Geoscience · 26 Jan 2024 · doi:10.1038/s41561-023-01369-y

2023

Environmental Impacts of Machine Learning Applications in Protein Science

Loïc Lannelongue, Michael Inouye

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology · 01 Dec 2023 · doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a041473

GREENER principles for environmentally sustainable computational science

Loïc Lannelongue, Hans-Erik G. Aronson, Alex Bateman, Ewan Birney, Talia Caplan, Martin Juckes, Johanna McEntyre, Andrew D. Morris, Gerry Reilly, Michael Inouye

Nature Computational Science · 26 Jun 2023 · doi:10.1038/s43588-023-00461-y

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Carbon footprint estimation for computational research

Loïc Lannelongue, Michael Inouye

Nature Reviews Methods Primers · 16 Feb 2023 · doi:10.1038/s43586-023-00202-5

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