Lauritz Thamsen
@lauritzthamsen.org
Computer systems faculty at Glasgow, driving research on resource-efficient and carbon-aware distributed computing systems, @glasgowc3lab.bsky.social, lauritzthamsen.org ☁️💻🌱
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Could you be our next Head of School?
We're seeking an innovative, forward-thinking leader to join us in this academic leadership role, accountable for providing a coherent academic vision and direction for the School.
Apply by 30 November: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...
We're seeking an innovative, forward-thinking leader to join us in this academic leadership role, accountable for providing a coherent academic vision and direction for the School.
Apply by 30 November: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Could you be our next Head of School?
We're seeking an innovative, forward-thinking leader to join us in this academic leadership role, accountable for providing a coherent academic vision and direction for the School.
Apply by 30 November: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...
We're seeking an innovative, forward-thinking leader to join us in this academic leadership role, accountable for providing a coherent academic vision and direction for the School.
Apply by 30 November: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...
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Part 1 covers the 2nd Programming for the Planet conference (@propl.dev) organised by @kcsrk.info @dorchard.bsky.social and me. There were talks, demos and discussions about what we can do as computer scientists to avert the climate and biodiversity crises anil.recoil.org/notes/icfp25... 🌍
Programming for the Planet at ICFP/SPLASH 2025
anil.recoil.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Part 1 covers the 2nd Programming for the Planet conference (@propl.dev) organised by @kcsrk.info @dorchard.bsky.social and me. There were talks, demos and discussions about what we can do as computer scientists to avert the climate and biodiversity crises anil.recoil.org/notes/icfp25... 🌍
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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Thinking about a PhD in Computing Science?
Join us on 12 Nov at 12:30 PM in the Sir Alwyn Williams Building (Room 422/423, Level 4) for our PhD information session!
Come along and ask questions, get advice, and network with academics and current PhD students.
@uofgcompsci.bsky.social
Join us on 12 Nov at 12:30 PM in the Sir Alwyn Williams Building (Room 422/423, Level 4) for our PhD information session!
Come along and ask questions, get advice, and network with academics and current PhD students.
@uofgcompsci.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Thinking about a PhD in Computing Science?
Join us on 12 Nov at 12:30 PM in the Sir Alwyn Williams Building (Room 422/423, Level 4) for our PhD information session!
Come along and ask questions, get advice, and network with academics and current PhD students.
@uofgcompsci.bsky.social
Join us on 12 Nov at 12:30 PM in the Sir Alwyn Williams Building (Room 422/423, Level 4) for our PhD information session!
Come along and ask questions, get advice, and network with academics and current PhD students.
@uofgcompsci.bsky.social
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
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⌛Countdown is on!
Applications to join DiveIn in 2026 open in November
🥽Ready to DiveIn? Here's what awaits:
💷£4K enhanced stipend
🧠Co-create your PhD research project
🔗Interdisciplinary support
🌍Inclusive research culture
🤝Career-focused external partners
💡Express interest: www.divein.org.uk/apply/
Applications to join DiveIn in 2026 open in November
🥽Ready to DiveIn? Here's what awaits:
💷£4K enhanced stipend
🧠Co-create your PhD research project
🔗Interdisciplinary support
🌍Inclusive research culture
🤝Career-focused external partners
💡Express interest: www.divein.org.uk/apply/
October 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
⌛Countdown is on!
Applications to join DiveIn in 2026 open in November
🥽Ready to DiveIn? Here's what awaits:
💷£4K enhanced stipend
🧠Co-create your PhD research project
🔗Interdisciplinary support
🌍Inclusive research culture
🤝Career-focused external partners
💡Express interest: www.divein.org.uk/apply/
Applications to join DiveIn in 2026 open in November
🥽Ready to DiveIn? Here's what awaits:
💷£4K enhanced stipend
🧠Co-create your PhD research project
🔗Interdisciplinary support
🌍Inclusive research culture
🤝Career-focused external partners
💡Express interest: www.divein.org.uk/apply/
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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Are you a computer science postgraduate research student at a Scottish university? Would you like £500 to help with your conference travel?
If so then please apply to the @sicsa-scotland.bsky.social travel fund sicsa.ac.uk/sga/phd-trav...
If so then please apply to the @sicsa-scotland.bsky.social travel fund sicsa.ac.uk/sga/phd-trav...
PhD Travel Fund - SICSA
SICSA - Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance
sicsa.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Are you a computer science postgraduate research student at a Scottish university? Would you like £500 to help with your conference travel?
If so then please apply to the @sicsa-scotland.bsky.social travel fund sicsa.ac.uk/sga/phd-trav...
If so then please apply to the @sicsa-scotland.bsky.social travel fund sicsa.ac.uk/sga/phd-trav...
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PROPL '25: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Programming for the Planet. Now online: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
Looking forward to the workshop next week @icfp-conference.bsky.social/SPLASH
Looking forward to the workshop next week @icfp-conference.bsky.social/SPLASH
Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Programming for the Planet | ACM Conferences
dl.acm.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
PROPL '25: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Programming for the Planet. Now online: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
Looking forward to the workshop next week @icfp-conference.bsky.social/SPLASH
Looking forward to the workshop next week @icfp-conference.bsky.social/SPLASH
We had a fantastic away day as the Carbon-Conscious Computing lab (lauritzthamsen.org/lab/) of the University of Glasgow last week! 💻 ☁️ 🌱 In keeping with our mission, we took our bikes out for a ride around the Isle of Bute! 🚉 ⛴️ 🌊
August 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We had a fantastic away day as the Carbon-Conscious Computing lab (lauritzthamsen.org/lab/) of the University of Glasgow last week! 💻 ☁️ 🌱 In keeping with our mission, we took our bikes out for a ride around the Isle of Bute! 🚉 ⛴️ 🌊
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If you speak two languages well, have you tried counting to 10 in alternating languages? I found it surprisingly mind-bending.
August 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If you speak two languages well, have you tried counting to 10 in alternating languages? I found it surprisingly mind-bending.
I had a great time at IEEE #ICDCS 2025. First time that I attended a conference without a talk or helping to organize, so this was a new experience! Of course, also rather nice to attend a top conference after 10 minutes on public transport (and after dropping off the wee one at nursery too ☺️)
July 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I had a great time at IEEE #ICDCS 2025. First time that I attended a conference without a talk or helping to organize, so this was a new experience! Of course, also rather nice to attend a top conference after 10 minutes on public transport (and after dropping off the wee one at nursery too ☺️)
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Due to the world being a little unpredictable right now, we've extended the submission deadline for PROPL by a few days, so it's now 8th July 2025 AoE! conf.researchr.org/home/icfp-sp...
June 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Due to the world being a little unpredictable right now, we've extended the submission deadline for PROPL by a few days, so it's now 8th July 2025 AoE! conf.researchr.org/home/icfp-sp...
Very happy to share that I won the Early-Career #Teaching Excellence #Award of the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Glasgow! ☺️👨🏫🏰🎓✨
Longer post: www.linkedin.com/posts/laurit...
@uofgcompsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Longer post: www.linkedin.com/posts/laurit...
@uofgcompsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
I am delighted to share that I won the Early-Career Teaching Excellence… | Lauritz Thamsen
I am delighted to share that I won the Early-Career Teaching Excellence Award of the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Glasgow! 👨🏫🏰🎓✨
As an academic who cares about teaching ju...
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May 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Very happy to share that I won the Early-Career #Teaching Excellence #Award of the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Glasgow! ☺️👨🏫🏰🎓✨
Longer post: www.linkedin.com/posts/laurit...
@uofgcompsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Longer post: www.linkedin.com/posts/laurit...
@uofgcompsci.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
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Not sure how many people realize that battery storage already supplies 30% of California’s electricity demand at peak.
Batteries aren’t the future — they’re here now.
Batteries aren’t the future — they’re here now.
May 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Not sure how many people realize that battery storage already supplies 30% of California’s electricity demand at peak.
Batteries aren’t the future — they’re here now.
Batteries aren’t the future — they’re here now.
1/4: If you are at #IEEE #CCGrid 2025 in #Tromsø next week, catch Jonathan, Fabian, and Kathleen (@westkath.bsky.social) presenting joint work! 📰🧵👇
#CCGrid #distributed #sustainable #cloud #computing #research #Spark #Nextflow
#CCGrid #distributed #sustainable #cloud #computing #research #Spark #Nextflow
May 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
1/4: If you are at #IEEE #CCGrid 2025 in #Tromsø next week, catch Jonathan, Fabian, and Kathleen (@westkath.bsky.social) presenting joint work! 📰🧵👇
#CCGrid #distributed #sustainable #cloud #computing #research #Spark #Nextflow
#CCGrid #distributed #sustainable #cloud #computing #research #Spark #Nextflow
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Apparently some folks are still confused about how much CO2 in the air has grown due to human activities. It's increased by more than 50%, which means over one third of all CO2 in the air is due to us.
May 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Apparently some folks are still confused about how much CO2 in the air has grown due to human activities. It's increased by more than 50%, which means over one third of all CO2 in the air is due to us.
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2. The biggest problem is that AI is now good at the introductory problems, across every discipline. But introductory problems are necessary for learning.
May 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
2. The biggest problem is that AI is now good at the introductory problems, across every discipline. But introductory problems are necessary for learning.
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Following the 1st International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing (LOCO), we are now calling for bids to organize the 2nd LOCO workshop! 💻 🔬 🌱
Bids due: 13 May (AoE)
Notifications by: 4 June
Full call details: sicsa.ac.uk/loco/loco202...
#lowcarbon #sustainable #green #computing #research
Bids due: 13 May (AoE)
Notifications by: 4 June
Full call details: sicsa.ac.uk/loco/loco202...
#lowcarbon #sustainable #green #computing #research
LOCO2024 - SICSA
SICSA - Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance
sicsa.ac.uk
April 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Following the 1st International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing (LOCO), we are now calling for bids to organize the 2nd LOCO workshop! 💻 🔬 🌱
Bids due: 13 May (AoE)
Notifications by: 4 June
Full call details: sicsa.ac.uk/loco/loco202...
#lowcarbon #sustainable #green #computing #research
Bids due: 13 May (AoE)
Notifications by: 4 June
Full call details: sicsa.ac.uk/loco/loco202...
#lowcarbon #sustainable #green #computing #research
The talk recordings from #LOCO2024 are online now: www.youtube.com/@loco-workshop 💻🔬🌱
There are 19 talks across 7 sessions covering energy efficiency, carbon awareness, frugal computing, sustainable software engineering, and the related fields of computing for climate science & energy informatics!
There are 19 talks across 7 sessions covering energy efficiency, carbon awareness, frugal computing, sustainable software engineering, and the related fields of computing for climate science & energy informatics!
International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing
Video Channel for International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing
www.youtube.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The talk recordings from #LOCO2024 are online now: www.youtube.com/@loco-workshop 💻🔬🌱
There are 19 talks across 7 sessions covering energy efficiency, carbon awareness, frugal computing, sustainable software engineering, and the related fields of computing for climate science & energy informatics!
There are 19 talks across 7 sessions covering energy efficiency, carbon awareness, frugal computing, sustainable software engineering, and the related fields of computing for climate science & energy informatics!
Following the 1st International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing (LOCO), we are now calling for bids to organize the 2nd LOCO workshop! 💻 🔬 🌱
Bids due: 13 May (AoE)
Notifications by: 4 June
Full call details: sicsa.ac.uk/loco/loco202...
#lowcarbon #sustainable #green #computing #research
Bids due: 13 May (AoE)
Notifications by: 4 June
Full call details: sicsa.ac.uk/loco/loco202...
#lowcarbon #sustainable #green #computing #research
LOCO2024 - SICSA
SICSA - Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance
sicsa.ac.uk
April 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Following the 1st International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing (LOCO), we are now calling for bids to organize the 2nd LOCO workshop! 💻 🔬 🌱
Bids due: 13 May (AoE)
Notifications by: 4 June
Full call details: sicsa.ac.uk/loco/loco202...
#lowcarbon #sustainable #green #computing #research
Bids due: 13 May (AoE)
Notifications by: 4 June
Full call details: sicsa.ac.uk/loco/loco202...
#lowcarbon #sustainable #green #computing #research
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Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
April 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
PROPL, the workshop that inspired us to organize LOCO, is back! This time it'll take place with both ICFP and SPLASH. Have a look at the website if programming/computing as a force for good is something you care about! 💻🌍🌱📄👇
The 2nd Programming for the Planet workshop will be hybrid and co-located with ICFP/SPLASH in October in Singapore! Our call for papers is out at conf.researchr.org/home/icfp-sp..., submission deadline 3rd July 2025.
PROPL 2025 - Programming for the Planet 2025 - ICFP/SPLASH 2025
There are simultaneous interlinked crises across the planet due to human actions: climate change, biodiversity loss, and desertification. Addressing these challenges requires, amongst other things, a ...
conf.researchr.org
April 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
PROPL, the workshop that inspired us to organize LOCO, is back! This time it'll take place with both ICFP and SPLASH. Have a look at the website if programming/computing as a force for good is something you care about! 💻🌍🌱📄👇
Reposted by Lauritz Thamsen
The 2nd Programming for the Planet workshop will be hybrid and co-located with ICFP/SPLASH in October in Singapore! Our call for papers is out at conf.researchr.org/home/icfp-sp..., submission deadline 3rd July 2025.
PROPL 2025 - Programming for the Planet 2025 - ICFP/SPLASH 2025
There are simultaneous interlinked crises across the planet due to human actions: climate change, biodiversity loss, and desertification. Addressing these challenges requires, amongst other things, a ...
conf.researchr.org
April 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The 2nd Programming for the Planet workshop will be hybrid and co-located with ICFP/SPLASH in October in Singapore! Our call for papers is out at conf.researchr.org/home/icfp-sp..., submission deadline 3rd July 2025.
Happening right now at ACM EuroSys 2025 in Rotterdam! 🙂🔊💬
Program details below and on the website: tdis.gitlab.io/tdis25/
Open access proceedings: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
Program details below and on the website: tdis.gitlab.io/tdis25/
Open access proceedings: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
March 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happening right now at ACM EuroSys 2025 in Rotterdam! 🙂🔊💬
Program details below and on the website: tdis.gitlab.io/tdis25/
Open access proceedings: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...
Program details below and on the website: tdis.gitlab.io/tdis25/
Open access proceedings: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...