Computer Technology and Sustainable Futures

Sustainability is the answer to a lot of problems. It offers solutions to businesses, industry, the environment, people, communities, economies, society, and governance (not limited to). The future seems blurred and unstable if sustainability isn't prioritized. The world's limited resources, their mass usage and depletion; do not promise a bright future for humankind. Corrective measures are to be taken, rethinking how we will do everything more optimally. We need optimization across the board, for everything, for everyone, and by everyone. Sustainability offers an out-of-box approach to problem-solving for the world's problems. It not only helps achieve efficiency and synergy but also supports our long-term existence. Somehow, directly or indirectly, all the answers to our significant problems lead and converge to achieving sustainability.

Computer science provides a range of solutions for all walks of life. Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT), as it applies to businesses and human life, significantly improve efficiency and productivity. The bigger question is, are we sure that the solutions and technology we are developing will help boost sustainability? This is an unexplored area of research. With little intervention, we can think of creating software solutions that eventually lead to enhanced productivity and efficiency and help technology consumers achieve sustainability. Not only this, we need sustainable IT and IS solutions development to support the sustainability needs of consumers and the world.

This Research Topic will concentrate on research concerning computing, software engineering, IT, and IS, focusing on sustainability and/or optimization. In this issue, the focus will be on papers discussing sustainability for IT/IS development and vice versa. We will examine how modern technology can be created to support future sustainable needs. Similarly, we will also look at how sustainability can help develop sustainable technology solutions. However, this issue would welcome inductive and deductive research but will focus more on inductive research. Case studies, experimental studies, exploratory and explanatory studies, industrial findings, studies concerning design, action and causal studies are welcomed (but not limited to). The article collection would support quantitative, qualitative and mixed-method research.

Keywords: Sustainability, Computer Technology, Information Technology, Information Systems, Optimization

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