Developing a design thinking artificial intelligence driven auto-marking/grading system for assessments to reduce the workload of lecturers at a higher learning institution in South Africa DOI Creative Commons

Khanyisile Yanela Twabu,

Mathabo Nakene-Mginqi

Frontiers in Education, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9

Published: Dec. 17, 2024

This study explores the development and implementation of a design thinking Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven auto-marking/grading system for practical assessments accurate feedback aimed at alleviating workload lecturers an Online Distance eLearning (ODeL) institution in South Africa. The adopts iterative approach to designing prototyping system, ensuring alignment with unique needs challenges ODeL higher learning (HLI). outlines Design framework developing AI emphasizing empathy user needs, clear problem definition, ideation, prototyping, testing, improvements. Integrating such promises enhance operational efficiency, ensure fair unbiased grading assessments, provide students consistent, timely, personalized feedback. Tapping on theorists as Michael Foucault Joseph Schumpeter, this contributes ongoing discourse innovative solutions educational Africa by employing qualitative research methods. It provides insights implementing AI-driven systems education settings. Cognizant data privacy laws, will highlight essential adherence ethical guidelines automated assessment processes successful ODeL. Additionally, aligns several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Good Health Wellbeing (SDG 3), Quality Education 4), Decent Work Economic Growth 8), Industry, Innovation, Infrastructure 9). have follow-up article that report collected, we conduct another where seek users’ regarding system.

Language: Английский

Towards Sustainable IT Infrastructure: Integrating Green Computing with Data Warehouse and Big Data Technologies to Enhance Efficiency and Environmental Responsibility DOI Open Access
Jennifer Chinelo Ugonnia, Oluwaseun Oladeji Olaniyi, Folashade Gloria Olaniyi

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Journal of Engineering Research and Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26(5), P. 247 - 261

Published: April 23, 2024

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Advancing green computing: Practices, strategies, and impact in modern software development for environmental sustainability DOI Creative Commons

Akoh Atadoga,

Uchenna Joseph Umoga,

Oluwaseun Augustine Lottu

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World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 220 - 230

Published: Feb. 17, 2024

Advancing Green Computing: Practices, Strategies, and Impact in Modern Software Development for Environmental Sustainability explores the evolving landscape of green computing within realm software development, emphasizing imperative environmentally sustainable practices. In response to escalating environmental concerns, industry is undergoing a paradigm shift towards reducing its carbon footprint mitigating ecological impacts. This particularly crucial given pervasive influence on technological ecosystems. The review delves into multifaceted dimensions computing, elucidating various practices strategies that are instrumental fostering sustainability. From optimizing code efficiency embracing energy-efficient architectures, underscores diverse approaches available developers minimizing resource consumption emissions. Furthermore, it examines broader ramifications these practices, their potential reshape industry's contribute global efforts conservation. Moreover, highlights symbiotic relationship between modern development methodologies. It elucidates how principles such as agile DevOps can be synergistically integrated with enhance sustainability throughout lifecycle. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach integrates considerations design, deployment processes, organizations catalyze transformative changes greener ecosystem. also investigates tangible impact metrics. Through case studies empirical analyses, showcases efficacy energy consumption, emissions, electronic waste generation. Additionally, discusses economic societal benefits accrued from ranging cost savings enhanced corporate social responsibility. provides comprehensive overview context development. myriad opportunities challenges associated integrating

Language: Английский

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Tools, techniques, and trends in sustainable software engineering: A critical review of current practices and future directions DOI Creative Commons

Akoh Atadoga,

Uchenna Joseph Umoga,

Oluwaseun Augustine Lottu

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World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 231 - 239

Published: Feb. 17, 2024

The quest for sustainability has extended its reach into the realm of software engineering, prompting an exploration tools, techniques, and emerging trends to mitigate environmental impact development operation. This review provides a critical current practices future directions in sustainable engineering. In recent years, industry recognized need address footprint systems, considering factors such as energy consumption, resource utilization, carbon emissions. Consequently, plethora tools techniques have emerged support processes. These range from energy-efficient programming languages frameworks eco-friendly architectures design patterns. Moreover, methodologies Green Software Engineering (GSE) Sustainable Development (SSD) gained traction, emphasizing integration considerations throughout lifecycle. By adopting like green requirements energy-aware testing, eco-design principles, organizations can optimize their systems reduced without compromising functionality or performance. Furthermore, engineering extend beyond traditional practices. rise cloud computing, edge Internet Things (IoT) technologies presents both challenges opportunities sustainability. Techniques serverless computing containerization offer potential benefits terms efficiency scalability, while also introducing new regarding data center consumption electronic waste management. Looking ahead, is marked by innovation collaboration. Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) blockchain hold promise optimizing allocation, enhancing efficiency, fostering transparency efforts. Additionally, interdisciplinary collaboration between engineers, scientists, policymakers will be essential shaping more digital ecosystem. journey towards involves multifaceted approach encompassing ongoing adaptation evolving trends. critically evaluating embracing directions, contribute environmentally responsible resilient future.

Language: Английский

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A Survey of Industrial AIoT: Opportunities, Challenges, and Directions DOI Creative Commons
Kamran Sattar Awaisi, Qiang Ye, Srinivas Sampalli

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IEEE Access, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12, P. 96946 - 96996

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Internet of Things (IoT) is an important technology employed in a variety different applications, such as transportation, healthcare, and manufacturing. In recent years, the number IoT devices deployed globally has been increasing at rapid pace estimated to reach 20 billion by end 2025. modern industry, plays pivotal role monitoring condition industrial machines and, consequently, improving efficiency processes. To optimize various Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques have adopted, leading new computing paradigm, namely, Industrial (i.e. AIoT). this paper, we describe challenges tackle opportunities explore AIoT. Specifically, first review use state-of-the-art AI methods AIoT with focus on Deep Learning (DL) Machine (ML) techniques. Thereafter, present series applications The key associated implementation are also discussed. addition, societal economic impacts briefly described. Finally, outline future research directions AIoT, which should be further investigated fully utilize potential innovative technology.

Language: Английский

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Multimodal information fusion and artificial intelligence approaches for sustainable computing in data centers DOI
Xinyi Wu, Anxun He

Pattern Recognition Letters, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Advances in Numerical Modeling for Heat Transfer and Thermal Management: A Review of Computational Approaches and Environmental Impacts DOI Creative Commons
Łukasz Łach, Dmytro Svyetlichnyy

Energies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 18(5), P. 1302 - 1302

Published: March 6, 2025

Advances in numerical modeling are essential for heat-transfer applications electronics cooling, renewable energy, and sustainable construction. This review explores key methods like Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), the Finite Element Method (FEM), Volume (FVM), multiphysics modeling, alongside emerging strategies such as Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR), machine learning (ML), reduced-order (ROM), high-performance computing (HPC). While these techniques improve accuracy efficiency, they also increase computational energy demands, contributing to a growing carbon footprint sustainability concerns. Sustainable practices, including energy-efficient algorithms renewable-powered data centers, offer potential solutions. Additionally, increasing consumption highlights need optimization mitigate environmental impact. Future directions point quantum computing, adaptive models, green pathways thermal management modeling. study systematically reviews latest advancements and, first time, provides an in-depth exploration of roles management. outlines roadmap efficient, environmentally responsible models meet evolving demands.

Language: Английский

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Integrating eXplainable AI in Healthcare: A Web Application Framework for Advancing the One Health Paradigm DOI
Danilo Danese, Tommaso Di Noia, Angela Lombardi

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Communications in computer and information science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 77 - 88

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Optimizing 5G Networks for Low-Latency Communication: A Reinforcement Learning-Based Approach DOI Open Access
Andrea Pazienza, Ludovico Bozzolo,

Domenico Mancuso

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Procedia Computer Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 253, P. 1780 - 1789

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Life Cycle Assessment of Edge Data Centers: Case Study in Presence of Renewable Energy and Refurbished Servers DOI Open Access
Ismael Samaye, Georges Ouffoué, Abdoulaye Gamatié

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ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 15, 2025

As the demand for computing power increases, ecological footprint of data centers becomes a critical concern. Evaluating and mitigating this trend is essential to ensure sustainable future digital technologies. This paper addresses issue by comparing environmental impacts solar-powered edge center (SDC) with refurbished servers conventional (CDC). The comparison conducted using multicriteria life cycle assessment both types, focusing on indicators such as climate change, depletion abiotic resources, acidification, ionizing radiation, particle emissions. Our results indicate that, under reference design scenario, SDC achieves reduction in impact ranging from 11% 60% compared CDC. advantage maintained when scaling up centers. Further reductions, 92% some indicators, are possible leveraging characteristics increased solar energy use, grid integration, extended compute node lifetimes. analysis shows that overhead replacing components during server refurbishment minimal, 1% 6%, thereby reinforcing sustainability reliability SDC. comparative study illustrates potential yield positive outcomes. Finally, we discuss limitations improvements study, well challenges associated deploying CDC specific environments particular tasks.

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Contemporary Innovations and Sustainable Practices in the Application of Clay Materials within Architectural Design and Construction Methodologies DOI Creative Commons
Amjad Almusaed, İbrahim Yitmen, Asaad Almssad

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IntechOpen eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 25, 2024

This chapter examines integrating innovative clay materials within modern architecture’s environmental stewardship framework. Focusing on clay, it emphasizes its role in sustainable design and construction, driven by escalating ecological concerns the need for green development. The highlights clay’s enduring appeal, resilience, energy efficiency, eco-friendliness architecture. It traces historical use, from traditional bricks terracotta to advanced composites, significant advancements production techniques that enhance material properties while reducing impact. Sustainable extraction practices, lifecycle analysis, thermal healthier indoor environments are discussed. Case studies illustrate contemporary architects’ use of meet esthetic, structural, needs, addressing barriers such as economic, regulatory challenges. Recommendations modifying regulations, enhancing education, embracing technological innovation provided promote broader construction. concludes should be future architectural ecologically responsible approaches. argues strategic combined with technology ethics, can achieve development goals create environmentally responsible, efficient, esthetically appealing built environments.

Language: Английский

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