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Greenhouse Gas Emission of a Conference
- Program: Applied Mathematics and Statistics
- Course: Other
- Year: 2025
Project Description:
As institutions of higher education become increasingly conscious of their carbon footprints, understanding the emissions generated by professional activities is essential. This project investigates the environmental impact of large academic events by analyzing attendance at conferences organized by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Using conference program data, we identified speakers and attendees, determined their home institutions and locations, and used this information to generate heat maps illustrating attendee counts and travel-related emissions. An interactive dashboard presents this data in an accessible format, allowing users to select from three analyzed conferences and view attendee numbers, emissions, and travel distances for participating institutions on a world map.
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A student engages with the SIAM CSE 2025 Emissions Dashboard, an interactive tool developed to visualize travel-related emissions and promote more sustainable academic conference planning.
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This project examines the carbon footprint of academic travel by analyzing attendee data from SIAM conferences. Using scraped program data, the team built an interactive dashboard that visualizes travel distances, emissions, and attendee distribution by institution. A user-friendly interface also allows custom emissions calculations between locations, promoting sustainable conference planning.