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Brain modelling and brain-inspired computing
Professor Anders Lansner, Stockholm Brain Institute
There are many synergies between the fields of information science and technology and that of brain and neuroscience. Advanced software tools as well as equipment heavy in informatics are employed extensively in brain research. One set of tools allow us to model the brain and perform multi-scale simulations on high performance computers. Such simulations enable understanding of psychological phenomena in terms of mechanisms at the neuronal level which will be useful, for example, in the design of new drugs.
With massively parallel processing as the current route to higher
performance, our computer architectures are becoming more similar to
the brain. As we learn more about the mechanisms underlying its
parallel and distributed information processing we may find new ways to
design IT systems and tools with more intelligence built into them.
Such technology has many important applications with a potential to
increase quality of life in our society.
This presentation by Professor Anders Lansner of the Stockholm Brain
Institute will describe neuroinformatics tools for computer modelling
of the brain. This will be illustrated with examples from his modelling
work using supercomputers, allowing detailed simulations of networks
with millions of neurons and billions of synapses.
There are many synergies between the fields of information science and technology and that of brain and neuroscience. Advanced software tools as well as equipment heavy in informatics are employed extensively in brain research. One set of tools allow us to model the brain and perform multi-scale simulations on high performance computers. Such simulations enable understanding of psychological phenomena in terms of mechanisms at the neuronal level which will be useful, for example, in the design of new drugs.