In May 2014, the International Computational Sustainability Unit (CSU) was established at the Department of Industrial and Information Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Pavia.
The CSU is a multidisciplinary research unit that brings together the contribution of teachers and staff of the University of Pavia, the business world and freelancers working on sustainability issues.
The CSU has been developing research and teaching activity since 2014 in applying computer science knowledge on environmental and social sustainability.
For details about research activity, see the page about research.
The unit is coordinated by Prof. Maria Grazia Albanesi. Here is the list of founding members :
From the academic world (University of Pavia)
- Maria Grazia Albanesi
- Silvia Paola Assini (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
- Giovanni Vecchio (Department of Economic and Business Sciences)
- Ivano Vitaloni (DCA Laboratory, Department of Industrial and Information Engineering)
From the enteriprise world:
- Roberto Albanesi (Electronic Engineer, Thea)
- Antonio di Gennaro (Environmental Engineer, SOGESID)