ICFP/SPLASH 2025 (series) / PROPL 2025 (series) / 2nd ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Programming for the Planet (PROPL 2025) / Should we use LLMs to program for the planet?
Should we use LLMs to program for the planet?Remote
[Discussion] State-of-the-art large language models can help us to develop scientific software and data analysis pipelines; in future, they may be capable of doing so with minimal human intervention leading to increased developer-researcher efficiency and more effective planetary computing. At the same time, LLM training and inference can be highly resource intensive and each completion bears some responsibility for the global environmental cost. In a climate-aware research space, how can we reconcile these two positions?
Mon 13 OctDisplayed time zone: Perth change
Mon 13 Oct
Displayed time zone: Perth change
16:00 - 17:40 | |||
16:00 15mTalk | Challenges in Practice: Building a Usable Library for Planetary-Scale Embeddings PROPL Sadiq Jaffer University of Cambridge, Frank Feng University of Cambridge, Robin Young University of Cambridge, Srinivasan Keshav University of Cambridge, Anil Madhavapeddy University of Cambridge, UK, Robin Young University of Cambridge | ||
16:15 15mPaper | STACD: STAC Extension with DAGs for Geospatial Data and Algorithm Management PROPL Saharsh Laud Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi, Saurabh Joshi Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi, Tarun Mangla Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi, Abhilash Jindal IIT Delhi, India, Aaditeshwar Seth Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi DOI | ||
16:30 15mTalk | Spatial Programming for Environmental Monitoring PROPL Josh Millar Imperial College London, Ryan Gibb University of Cambridge, Roy Ang University of Cambridge, Hamed Haddadi Imperial College London, Anil Madhavapeddy University of Cambridge, UK | ||
16:45 15mPaper | Yirgacheffe: a declarative approach to geospatial data Remote PROPL Michael Dales University of Cambridge, UK, Alison Eyres University of Cambridge, Patrick Ferris University of Cambridge, UK, Anil Madhavapeddy University of Cambridge, UK, Francesca A. Ridley Newcastle University, Simon Tarr IUCN DOI Media Attached | ||
17:00 15mOther | Should we use LLMs to program for the planet? Remote PROPL Jay Torry University of Cambridge | ||
17:15 15mTalk | Scaling the Urban Forest: An Integrated Framework for Managing Cities by Fusing Raster and Vector Data PROPL Andrés C. Zúñiga-González University of Cambridge, Anil Madhavapeddy University of Cambridge, UK, Ronita Bardhan University of Cambridge | ||
17:30 10mDay closing | Closing thoughts from the chairs PROPL Anil Madhavapeddy University of Cambridge, UK, KC Sivaramakrishnan IIT Madras and Tarides, Dominic Orchard University of Cambridge; University of Kent | ||
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