The brain, with its billions of interconnected neurons, is without any doubt the most complex organ in the body and has long fascinated researchers attempting to understand all its mysteries. The Human Brain Project will attempt to simulate the complete human brain, offering the prospect of a new understanding of the human brain and its diseases and of completely new computing and robotic technologies.
Federating more than 80 European and international research institutions, the Human Brain Project is estimated to cost 1.19 billion euros. It will be co-ordinated at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, by neuroscientist Henry Markram with co-directors Karlheinz Meier of Heidelberg University, Germany, and Richard Frackowiak of Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and the University of Lausanne. The project will also associate some important North American and Japanese partners.
Featured speakers at the ISC'13 discussion of the Human Brain Project are:
The session will be chaired by Richard Walker, a senior science writer for the Blue Brain Project at EPFL.
Now in its 28th year, ISC'13 is expected to draw 2,500 attendees from academia, research institutions and industry around the world to the Congress Center Leipzig. More than 160 leading organisations in the field of high performance computing will showcase their products and research in the ISC exhibition. By registering before May 15, attendees can save over 25 percent off the onsite registration rates.
For more information about this session and the full ISC'13 programme, you can visit the ISC'13 website.
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