Secretary of State John Kerry Visits CISE Director Ayse Coskun
On Thursday, February 6th, 2025, former Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Boston University Center for Information & Systems Engineering to meet with CISE Director and Professor Ayşe K. Coşkun (ECE, SE). Secretary Kerry was joined by Ambassador David H. Thorne, former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, and Varun Sivaram, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow for Climate and Energy. They visited with Professor Coşkun (ECE, SE) to discuss artificial intelligence’s impact on energy demand, data center growth, and the power grid.
AI uses a significant amount of energy to train, deploy, and operate systems; and, as the technology develops, its energy usage is expected to grow. This presents a challenge for the energy industry to adapt and innovate to meet increasing demands. Professor Coşkun’s research focuses on sustainable computing and power flexibility to alleviate the strain on the power grid.