CS/INFO 6702 Topics in Computational Sustainability

Computer Science and Information Science

Spring 2010

Cornell University

Instructor: Carla Gomes

Faculty Team: Jon Conrad, Steve Ellner, Carla Gomes, and Mary Lou Zeeman

Teaching Assistants: Bistra Dilkina and Georgios Piliouras

Web page: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Courses/cs6702/2010sp/

Suggested Readings

· Background Info on the State of the planet

(United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Publications, EPA)

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Synthesis report)

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Overview)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) (Synthesis report) (2007)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) (Synthesis report - Summary) (2007)

Global Environment Outlook 4 (2007) Global Environment Outlook 4 Fact Sheets (2007)

Climate Change: Science Compendium (2009)

Kick the habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality (2009)

EPA Sustainability Research Strategy

· Natural Resource Protection

· Economics and Human Behavior

· Energy Resources

· Human-Built Systems and Land Use

· Books