BrainScaleS
Brain-inspired multiscale computation in neuromorphic hybrid systems
| Coordinatore | RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG
Organization address
address: Im Neuenheimer Feld 227 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Germany [DE] |
| Totale costo | 12˙096˙899 € |
| EC contributo | 9˙199˙970 € |
| Programma | FP7-ICT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies |
| Code Call | FP7-ICT-2009-6 |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-01-01 - 2015-03-31 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG
Organization address
address: Im Neuenheimer Feld 227 contact info |
DE (Heidelberg) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
DEBRECENI EGYETEM
Organization address
address: EGYETEM TER 1 contact info |
HU (DEBRECEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
Organization address
address: BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 contact info |
CH (LAUSANNE) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH
Organization address
address: WILHELM JOHNEN STRASSE contact info |
DE (JULICH) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE
Organization address
address: Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt contact info |
FR (LE CHESNAY Cedex) | participant | 0.00 |
| 7 |
KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW
Organization address
address: KLOVENIERSBURGWAL 29 HET TRIPPENHUIS contact info |
NL (AMSTERDAM) | participant | 0.00 |
| 8 |
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN
Organization address
address: BRINELLVAGEN 8 contact info |
SE (STOCKHOLM) | participant | 0.00 |
| 9 |
NORGES MILJO-OG BIOVITENSKAPLIGE UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: UNIVERSITETSTUNET 3 contact info |
NO (AS) | participant | 0.00 |
| 10 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN
Organization address
address: HELMHOLTZSTRASSE 10 contact info |
DE (DRESDEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 11 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ
Organization address
address: RECHBAUERSTRASSE 12 contact info |
AT (GRAZ) | participant | 0.00 |
| 12 |
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Organization address
address: The Old Schools, Trinity Lane contact info |
UK (CAMBRIDGE) | participant | 0.00 |
| 13 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Organization address
address: OXFORD ROAD contact info |
UK (MANCHESTER) | participant | 0.00 |
| 14 |
UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH
Organization address
address: Raemistrasse 71 contact info |
CH (ZURICH) | participant | 0.00 |
| 15 |
UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM AACHEN
Organization address
address: Pauwelsstrasse 30 contact info |
DE (AACHEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 16 |
UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA
Organization address
address: PLACA DE LA MERCE 10-12 contact info |
ES (BARCELONA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 17 |
UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE
Organization address
address: Boulevard Charles Livon 58 contact info |
FR (Marseille) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
The BrainScaleS project aims at understanding function and interaction of multiple spatial and temporal scales in brain information processing. The fundamentally new approach of BrainScaelS lies in the in-vivo biological experimentation and computational analysis. Spatial scales range from individual neurons over larger neuron populations to entire functional brain areas. Temporal scales range from milliseconds relevant for event based plasticity mechanisms to hours or days relevant for learning and development. In the project generic theoretical principles will be extracted to enable an artificial synthesis of cortical-like cognitive skills. Both, numerical simulations on petaflop supercomputers and a fundamentally different non-von Neumann hardware architecture will be employed for this purpose.Neurobiological data from the early perceptual visual and somatosensory systems will be combined with data from specifically targeted higher cortical areas. Functional databases as well as novel project-specific experimental tools and protocols will be developed and used.New theoretical concepts and methods will be developed for understanding the computational role of the complex multi-scale dynamics of neural systems in-vivo. Innovative in-vivo experiments will be carried out to guide this analytical understanding.Multiscale architectures will be synthesized into a non-von Neumann computing device realised in custom designed electronic hardware. The proposed Hybrid Multiscale Computing Facility (HMF) combines microscopic neuromorphic physical model circuits with numerically calculated mesoscopic and macroscopic functional units and a virtual environment providing sensory, decision-making and motor interfaces. The project also plans to employ petaflop supercomputing to obtain new insights into the specific properties of the different hardware architectures.A set of demonstration experiments will link multiscale analysis of biological systems with functionally and architecturally equivalent synthetic systems and offer the possibility for quantitative statements on the validity of theories bridging multiple scales. The demonstration experiments will also explore non-von Neumann computing outside the realm of brain-science.BrainScaelS will establish close links with the EU Brain-i-Nets and the Blue Brain project at the EPFL Lausanne. The consortium consists of a core group of 15 partners with 18 individual groups.Together with other projects and groups the BrainScaelS consortium plans to make important contributions to the preparation of a future FET flagship project. This project will address the understanding and exploitation of information processing in the human brain as one of the major intellectual challenges of humanity with vast potential applications.