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author Di Bella, Luca
Bürger, Jan
Demleitner, Markus
Enßlin, Torsten
Erdmann, Johannes
Erdmann, Martin
Fischer, Benjamin
Gasthuber, Martin
Gramelsberger, Gabriele
Gründinger, Wolfgang
Gupta, Prateek
Hartl, Johannes
Horzela, Maximilian
Kartik, Vijay
Krischer, Stefan
Kröll, Eva
Kuhr, Thomas
Kürschner, Katharina
Lakomiec, Inga
Lang, Valerie
Lohwasser, Kristin
Metcalf, Thomas
Möller, Martin
Nagel, Saskia
Pfalzner, Susanne
Redlin, Rebecca
Schrader, Christopher
Schulz, Kathrin
Schumacher, Markus
Schwarz, Kilian
Sigler, Fabian
Spiteri, Dwayne
Stahl, Achim
Steinfeld, Judith
Vanderbauwhede, Wim
Walther, Cyrus
Warkentin, Angela
Wissmann, Peter
Woods, Eoin
author_facet Di Bella, Luca
Bürger, Jan
Demleitner, Markus
Enßlin, Torsten
Erdmann, Johannes
Erdmann, Martin
Fischer, Benjamin
Gasthuber, Martin
Gramelsberger, Gabriele
Gründinger, Wolfgang
Gupta, Prateek
Hartl, Johannes
Horzela, Maximilian
Kartik, Vijay
Krischer, Stefan
Kröll, Eva
Kuhr, Thomas
Kürschner, Katharina
Lakomiec, Inga
Lang, Valerie
Lohwasser, Kristin
Metcalf, Thomas
Möller, Martin
Nagel, Saskia
Pfalzner, Susanne
Redlin, Rebecca
Schrader, Christopher
Schulz, Kathrin
Schumacher, Markus
Schwarz, Kilian
Sigler, Fabian
Spiteri, Dwayne
Stahl, Achim
Steinfeld, Judith
Vanderbauwhede, Wim
Walther, Cyrus
Warkentin, Angela
Wissmann, Peter
Woods, Eoin
contents This workshop report from "Shaping the Digital Future of ErUM Research: Sustainability & Ethics" (Aachen, 2025) reviews progress on sustainability measures in data-intensive ErUM-Data research since the 2023 call-to-action on resource-aware research. It evaluates short-, medium-, and long-term actions around monitoring and reducing CO2 emissions, improving data and software FAIRness, optimizing workflows and computing infrastructures, and aligning operations with low-carbon energy availability, including concepts such as "breathing" computing centers, long-term data storage strategies, and software efficiency certification. The report stresses the need for systematic teaching, training, mentoring, and new support formats to establish sustainable coding and computing practices, particularly among students and early-career researchers, and highlights the importance of dedicated steering and funding instruments to embed sustainability in project planning. Ethical discussions focus on the transformative use of AI in ErUM-Data, addressing autonomy, bias, transparency, explainability, attribution of responsibility, and the risk of deskilling, while reaffirming that accountability for scientific outcomes remains with human researchers. Finally, the report emphasizes that sustainable transformation requires not only technical measures but also targeted awareness-building, communication strategies, incentives, and community-driven initiatives to move from awareness to action and to integrate sustainability and ethics into everyday scientific practice.
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spellingShingle Shaping the Digital Future of ErUM Research: Sustainability & Ethics
Di Bella, Luca
Bürger, Jan
Demleitner, Markus
Enßlin, Torsten
Erdmann, Johannes
Erdmann, Martin
Fischer, Benjamin
Gasthuber, Martin
Gramelsberger, Gabriele
Gründinger, Wolfgang
Gupta, Prateek
Hartl, Johannes
Horzela, Maximilian
Kartik, Vijay
Krischer, Stefan
Kröll, Eva
Kuhr, Thomas
Kürschner, Katharina
Lakomiec, Inga
Lang, Valerie
Lohwasser, Kristin
Metcalf, Thomas
Möller, Martin
Nagel, Saskia
Pfalzner, Susanne
Redlin, Rebecca
Schrader, Christopher
Schulz, Kathrin
Schumacher, Markus
Schwarz, Kilian
Sigler, Fabian
Spiteri, Dwayne
Stahl, Achim
Steinfeld, Judith
Vanderbauwhede, Wim
Walther, Cyrus
Warkentin, Angela
Wissmann, Peter
Woods, Eoin
Computational Physics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Physics and Society
This workshop report from "Shaping the Digital Future of ErUM Research: Sustainability & Ethics" (Aachen, 2025) reviews progress on sustainability measures in data-intensive ErUM-Data research since the 2023 call-to-action on resource-aware research. It evaluates short-, medium-, and long-term actions around monitoring and reducing CO2 emissions, improving data and software FAIRness, optimizing workflows and computing infrastructures, and aligning operations with low-carbon energy availability, including concepts such as "breathing" computing centers, long-term data storage strategies, and software efficiency certification. The report stresses the need for systematic teaching, training, mentoring, and new support formats to establish sustainable coding and computing practices, particularly among students and early-career researchers, and highlights the importance of dedicated steering and funding instruments to embed sustainability in project planning. Ethical discussions focus on the transformative use of AI in ErUM-Data, addressing autonomy, bias, transparency, explainability, attribution of responsibility, and the risk of deskilling, while reaffirming that accountability for scientific outcomes remains with human researchers. Finally, the report emphasizes that sustainable transformation requires not only technical measures but also targeted awareness-building, communication strategies, incentives, and community-driven initiatives to move from awareness to action and to integrate sustainability and ethics into everyday scientific practice.
title Shaping the Digital Future of ErUM Research: Sustainability & Ethics
topic Computational Physics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Physics and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.24087