Workshop at ICAI Summer School 2026: Greener Code. A great experience!

Yesterday I had the pleasure of giving a hands-on workshop at the ICAI Summer School 2026 on measuring and reducing the energy footprint of AI systems.

The session combined a short lecture on energy profiling tools and methods with a hackathon-style exercise: participants measured real-time energy consumption on a live AI project, and explored the trade-offs between model accuracy, system performance, and resource usage — all in the name of writing greener code. The energy and curiosity in the room were remarkable.

Here is how ICAI described the afternoon:

“The afternoon featured a highly engaging, interactive workshop led by June Sallou from Wageningen University & Research. Attendees participated in a hackathon-style energy profiling session. Instead of just talking about sustainability, participants measured real-time consumption on an AI project playground, navigating the delicate trade-offs between system performance, model accuracy, and resource usage to write truly ‘greener code’.”

— ICAI Summer School 2026, official communications

Thank you to the organisers and to all participants for making it such a lively and thought-provoking session. The materials from the workshop will be shared here shortly.