1. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 20121 (ZEROPOWER: 01-01-2011  31-12-2013) Luca Gammaitoni NiPS Laboratory, Università di Perugia (IT) Brussels, June 12 2012

2. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 20122 CA is not research… Coordination Actions have the aim to complement research projects, clustered in Proactive Initiatives, by supporting communities, providing a forum for discussion, supporting young researchers, Identifying research challenges and new research topics, setting out research roadmaps, taking joint actions in areas such as education, creating contacts with high-tech SMEs, supporting collaboration with groups outside Europe. http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/fet-proactive/csa_en.html#about 2 What is a Coordination Action (CA)

3. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 20123 Coordination action (CA) in FET Proactive ICT Call 6 FP7-ICT-2009-6 “Co-ordinating Research Efforts Towards Zero-Power ICT” Started in January 2011 Duration: 3 years Budget: 625000 € ZEROPOWER CA coordinates the activities of the 4 consortia involved in “Toward Zero-Power ICT” research projects (FET proactive call FP7-ICT-2009-5, Objective 8.6) www.zero-power.eu 3

4. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 20124 Consortium Four partners involved: NiPS-Univ. Perugia (It) coord., UAB (Sp), Tyndal-UCC (Ir), Univ Glasgow (UK) The four partners are coordinators of four projects that passed the evaluation on “Toward Zero-Power ICT” (FET proactive call FP7-ICT-2009-5, Objective 8.6): - SiNAPS: semiconductor nanowires both for energy harvesting of electromagnetic radiation and for (bio-) chemical sensing.Tyndal - GREEN-Si: energy harvesting from temperature gradients with silicon silicon-germanium superlattices. Glasgow - NANOPOWER: fundamentals of energy harvesting at the nanoscale: mechanical vibrations, thermal fluctuations, quantum fluctuations. NiPS - NANERG: optoelectromechanical systems (unfunded) UAB and thus represent 4 different communities of scientists interested in energy harvesting and low power, energy efficient ICT.

5. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 20125 Communities ZEROPOWER is aimed at creating a coordination activity among consortia involved in “Toward Zero-Power ICT” research projects (FET proactive call FP7-ICT-2009-5, Objective 8.6) and communities of scientists interested in energy harvesting and low power, energy efficient ICT. Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Ireland Institut für Photonische Technologien E.V., Jena, Germany École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, U.K. Aquamarijn Research B.V., Zutphen, The Netherlands School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, U.K. L-NESS, Politecnico di Milano, Como, Italy Institute for Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Universitaet Linz, Austria Electron Microscopy, ETH Zürich, Switzerland NiPS Laboratory, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus, VTT, Espoo, Finland Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland Universita degli Studi di Camerino, Camerino, Italy 16 Groups

6. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 20126 1.Identify a clear and present need for coordination (emerging field …) 6 The starting point 1)Addresses the problem of PORTABLE POWER for Autonomous ICT Devices 2)Addresses the problem of ENERGY EFFICIENCY in ICT To date these two problems were considered independently by different communities

7. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 20127 Key-point in our effort: A general approach to ICT devices as micro/nano machines An ICT device is a machine that inputs information and energy (under the form of work), processes both and outputs information and energy (mostly under the form of heat). Energy efficiency is usually defined as the percentage of energy input to a device that is consumed in useful work and not wasted as useless heat, however … Energy (work) ICT device Dissipative properties Inf. Processing properties Heat sink Information

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9. 9 - Jan 2008, Brussels. Expert Consultation on “Molecular-scale Information Systems” - July 2009, Call FP7-ICT-2009-5 - ICT 2009.8.6 Towards Zero-Power ICT - Feb 2010, Brussels. Consultation workshop on "Disruptive Solutions for Energy Efficient ICT" - Aug.1 st 2010 three project started (SiNAPS, GREEN SILICON, NANOPOWER) - Jan 1 st 2011 ZEROPOWER C.A. started - 26 July 2011 FP7 CALL 8, ICT 9.8 FET Proactive: Minimising Energy Consumption of Computing to the Limit (MINECC) (deadline 17 January 2012) - 12 Oct 2011 FET Proactive Information Day (MINECC) – Brussels - Sept. 1 2012 Starting of the 7 MINEC funded projects 9 This is part of an ongoing EC (ICT – FET Proactive) effort

10. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201210 Expected impact  Understanding of theoretical limits of energy efficiency in computation (e.g. energy dissipation, thermodynamic and quantum physics limits)  Foundations of computing technologies with negligible energy consumption  Reduction of the environmental impact caused by the energy consumption of ICT. 10 Minimising Energy Consumption of Computing to the Limit (MINECC) 21 proposals, 7 STREP funded

11. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201211 Annual Review Meeting 1

12. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201212 Annual Review Meeting 1 Major achievements First Period Jan 1 st 2011 – Dec 31 st 2011 Communication is important ! A special section of the ZEROPOWER WEB site allows the registration for receiving a periodic Newsletter (NANOENERGY Letters) aimed at informing scientists and industrial players on advances related to ICT-Energy issues, together with scientific highlights from the research developed by the four consortia represented by the four partners of ZEROPOWER. Newsletter www.nanoenergyletters.eu

13. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201213 Annual Review Meeting 1 Major achievements First Period Jan 1 st 2011 – Dec 31 st 2011 Meeting is important ! We are bringing togheter a newly born community (2ZeroP) with a wider scientific and industrial (both pre-existing and novel) community. ZEROPOWER workshop The Community building is one of the important goals of the ZEROPOWER activity. In order to reach such a goal a number of action are planned and particularly there are 3 annual ZEROPOWER workshops planned during the project life time. The first one was organized by Tyndall-UCC in Cork, Ireland from Tuesday 25 th October to Thursday 27 th October 2011.

14. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201214 Annual Review Meeting 1 ZEROPOWER workshop The Community building is one of the important goals of the ZEROPOWER activity. In order to reach such a goal a number of action are planned and particularly there are 3 annual ZEROPOWER workshops planned during the project life time. ZEROPOWER Workshop - Glasgow, 3-4 July 2012 Info on http://www.zero-power.eu

15. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201215 Annual Review Meeting 1 Major achievements First Period Jan 1 st 2011 – Dec 31 st 2011 Looking ahed is important ! ZEROPOWER Research Agenda A research agenda for “ICT-Energy” roadmapping, including strategic objectives, identification of research drivers and measures for assessment. A first draft of the ZEROPOWER Research Agenda has been made publicly available via deliverable D3.1 We are bringing togheter a newly born community (2ZeroP) with a wider scientific and industrial (both pre-existing and novel) community. on www.zero-power.eu

16. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201216 Annual Review Meeting 1 Major achievements First Period Jan 1 st 2011 – Dec 31 st 2011 Outreach is important ! Micro-Energy Day We are bringing togheter a newly born community (2ZeroP) with a wider scientific and industrial (both pre-existing and novel) community. Info on: www.microenergyday.eu

17. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201217 Annual Review Meeting 1 Major achievements First Period Jan 1 st 2011 – Dec 31 st 2011

18. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201218 Annual Review Meeting 1 Outreach is important ! ZEROPOWER group

19. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201219 Annual Review Meeting 1 Major achievements First Period Jan 1 st 2011 – Dec 31 st 2011 Educating is important ! We are bringing togheter a newly born community (2ZeroP) with a wider scientific and industrial (both pre-existing and novel) community. 2010 2011

20. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201220 Educational activity: Summer school 2012 Summer School - 23-27 July 2012, Erice (Sicily) For info: www.nipslab.org/summerschool

21. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201221 Coomunication through web site: www.zero-power.eu

22. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201222 Approach to Community building The goal of this CA is to put the basis for the growth of a new scientific community that shares scientific and technological interests focussed around low-power/energy-efficient ICT. A first step toward this goal is represented by the coordination of 4 existing consortia involved in Toward Zero-Power ICT. Around this initial nucleus we plan to aggregate a much wider community of scientists interested in ICT-Energy related initiatives by carrying-on at European level a well structured activity composed by: - dissemination of scientific knowledge, - clustering of existing efforts, - networking of existing interest groups, - production of research agendas - surveys, tutoring and training future researchers

23. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201223 We put the basis for the growth of a new scientific community that shares scientific and technological interests focussed around low-power/energy-efficient ICT Where do we go from here?

24. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201224 joint collaborative task The list of mandatory activities to be covered is as follows: Joint Publications to promote the Proactive Initiative: web portal, journals, reports, presentations, joint press releases, joint books, newsletters, press kit, training material for students Joint Events for the Proactive Initiative: participation to the FET conference, contribution to: dedicated workshops & working groups, including with industry, consultation meetings, summer schools and clustering meetings (at least once a year) Strategy and Roadmapping for the Proactive Initiative: contribution to the initiative's impact assessment of results for research take-up and exploitation, contribution to white papers for new research topics and future workprogrammes International Co-Operation activities for the Proactive Initiative: contribution to relevant national and international activities (ex. joint workshops, calls, etc… for example with US, Canada, New Zealand, Japan…)

25. ZEROPOWER Workshop – July 3 201225 How do we do it?