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In the Stack, but no Admin Privs Value Streams, Metadata, Inflection Points and Missed Opportunities in AI, Software Engineering and Standardization in Support of Sustainability March 18, 2025, 6-7:00 pm PST Mark Underwood, Senior InfoSec & AI Consultant at Krypton Brothers Software’s near ubiquity in most systems would suggest that its practitioners are in the lead when it comes to sustainability initiatives. No doubt there are courageous exceptions, but generally speaking software engineers follow, not lead where sustainability and climate are concerned. Generative AI has added a heavy hammer to the toolbox, but the leadership of sustainability teams remains unchanged. This discussion surveys several mostly disjunct initiatives to meet the challenge of a dangerously warming planet. The survey includes a brief overview of these initiatives and their potential promise. They include: (1) current and proposed efforts by professional associations to tackle the problem as a cross functional initiative leveraging competencies within a profession; (2) value stream analysis and supply chain management; (3) DevOps; (4) metadata and observability; (5) agile methodologies; (6) model based systems engineering and complexity; (7) human factors; (8) AI; and (9) the role of standardization. The survey concludes with a short inventory of missed opportunities, but identifies several inflection points on the horizon that could result in software engineers moving up the stack – perhaps gaining the privilege of bending the curve on the way to the control room. Co-sponsored by: IEEE-USA, IEEE SSIT, IEEE SA, IEEE IAS, IEEE OES, IEEE PES and IEEE TEMS Speaker(s): Mark Underwood, Agenda: 6:00 pm Welcome & Introduction of speaker 7:00pm Adjourn Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/470125

In the Stack, but no Admin Privs Value Streams, Metadata, Inflection Points and Missed Opportunities in AI, Software Engineering and Standardization in Support of Sustainability March 18, 2025, 6-7:00 pm PST Mark Underwood, Senior InfoSec & AI Consultant at Krypton Brothers Software’s near ubiquity in most systems would suggest that its practitioners are in the lead when it comes to sustainability initiatives. No doubt there are courageous exceptions, but generally speaking software engineers follow, not lead where sustainability and climate are concerned. Generative AI has added a heavy hammer to the toolbox, but the leadership of sustainability teams remains unchanged. This discussion surveys several mostly disjunct initiatives to meet the challenge of a dangerously warming planet. The survey includes a brief overview of these initiatives and their potential promise. They include: (1) current and proposed efforts by professional associations to tackle the problem as a cross functional initiative leveraging competencies within a profession; (2) value stream analysis and supply chain management; (3) DevOps; (4) metadata and observability; (5) agile methodologies; (6) model based systems engineering and complexity; (7) human factors; (8) AI; and (9) the role of standardization. The survey concludes with a short inventory of missed opportunities, but identifies several inflection points on the horizon that could result in software engineers moving up the stack – perhaps gaining the privilege of bending the curve on the way to the control room. Co-sponsored by: IEEE-USA, IEEE SSIT, IEEE SA, IEEE IAS, IEEE OES, IEEE PES and IEEE TEMS Speaker(s): Mark Underwood, Agenda: 6:00 pm Welcome & Introduction of speaker 7:00pm Adjourn Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/470125

In the Stack, but no Admin PrivsValue Streams, Metadata, Inflection Points and Missed Opportunities in AI, Software Engineering and Standardization in Support of SustainabilityMarch 18, 2025, 6-7:00 pm PSTMark Underwood, Senior InfoSec & AI Consultant at Krypton BrothersSoftware’s near ubiquity in most systems would suggest that its practitioners are in the lead when it comes to sustainability initiatives. No doubt there are courageous exceptions, but generally speaking software engineers follow, not lead where sustainability and climate are <a href="http://concerned.Generative" target="_blank" title="concerned.Generative">concerned.Generative AI has added a heavy hammer to the toolbox, but the leadership of sustainability teams remains unchanged. This discussion surveys several mostly disjunct initiatives to meet the challenge of a dangerously warming planet. The survey includes a brief overview of these initiatives and their potential promise. They include: (1) current and proposed efforts by professional associations to tackle the problem as a cross functional initiative leveraging competencies within a profession; (2) value stream analysis and supply chain management; (3) DevOps; (4) metadata and observability; (5) agile methodologies; (6) model based systems engineering and complexity; (7) human factors; (8) AI; and (9) the role of standardization. The survey concludes with a short inventory of missed opportunities, but identifies several inflection points on the horizon that could result in software engineers moving up the stack – perhaps gaining the privilege of bending the curve on the way to the control <a href="http://room.Co-sponsored" target="_blank" title="room.Co-sponsored">room.Co-sponsored by: IEEE-USA, IEEE SSIT, IEEE SA, IEEE IAS, IEEE OES, IEEE PES and IEEE TEMSSpeaker(s): Mark Underwood, Agenda: 6:00 pm Welcome & Introduction of speaker7:00pm AdjournVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/470125

Want to know more about MOVE disaster relief effort? The IEEE MOVE Townhall will provide a review of 2024 activities for all MOVE teams and then an overview of MOVE Plans for 2025 and beyond. Co-sponsored by: IEEE-USA MOVE Program Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462196

Want to know more about MOVE disaster relief effort? The IEEE MOVE Townhall will provide a review of 2024 activities for all MOVE teams and then an overview of MOVE Plans for 2025 and beyond. Co-sponsored by: IEEE-USA MOVE Program Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/462196

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