PhD offer at IETR in Rennes, France "Understanding and Minimizing Carbon Impacts of a Smart Vision System"

This thesis will explore the carbon impact of smart vision systems as representative examples of high performance embedded systems. The carbon impact of such systems is currently dominated by capex, i.e. the greenhouse gas emissions of system fabrication, but results from a complex and difficult to evaluate combination of fabrication, use and end-of-life impacts of its components and software layers. The thesis will aim at understanding how to model linear and non-linear factors influencing carbon emissions of such a system and proposing methods to minimize impact. Results will be studied for their potential application or adaptation to other types of systems.