{"id":6271,"date":"2013-10-07T15:08:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T13:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.h-its.org\/?p=6271"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:14:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T11:14:52","slug":"the-human-brain-project-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h-its.org\/de\/2013\/10\/07\/the-human-brain-project-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"Das &#8222;Human Brain Project&#8220; beginnt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The world\u2019s most ambitious neuroscience project is underway. Scientists from the 135 partner institutions of the Human Brain Project, co-funded by the EU with an estimated budget of \u20ac1.2 billion, are meeting in Switzerland for the official launch. One of the principle investigators in this international project is HITS researcher Rebecca Wade.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With more than 130 research institutions from Europe and around the world on board and hundreds of scientists in a myriad of fields participating, the Human Brain Project is the most ambitious neuroscience project ever launched. Its goal is to develop methods that will enable a deep understanding of how the human brain operates. The knowledge gained will be a key element in developing new medical and information technologies. On Monday, October 7, 2013, the project partners met at EPFL (Ecole polytechnique f\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne), the coordinating institution. Over the course of a week, neuroscientists, doctors, computer scientists and roboticists will fine-tune the project\u2019s details. Six months after its selection by the EU as one of its FET Flagships, this project of unprecedented complexity, with an estimated budget of \u20ac1.2 billion, has now been set in motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Six platforms to move the project forward<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Human Brain Project\u2019s initial mission is to launch its six research platforms, each composed of technological tools and methods that ensure that the project\u2019s objectives will be met. These platforms are: neuroinformatics, brain simulation, high-performance computing, medical informatics, neuromorphic computing and neurorobotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next 30 months scientists will set up and test the platforms. Then, starting in 2016, the platforms will be ready to use by Human Brain Project scientists as well as researchers from around the world. These resources \u2013 simulations, high-performance computing, neuromorphic hardware, databases \u2013 will be available on a competitive basis, in a manner similar to that of other major research infrastructures, such as the large telescopes used in astronomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Neuroscience, medicine and technology: the Human Brain project\u2019s goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the field of neuroscience, the researchers will have to manage an enormous amount of data \u2013 in particular the data that are published in thousands of scientific articles every year. The mission of the neuroinformatics platform will be to extract the maximum amount of information possible from these sources and integrate it into a cartography that encompasses all the brain\u2019s organizational levels, from the individual cell all the way up to the entire brain. This information will be used to develop the brain simulation platform. The high-performance computing platform must ultimately be capable of deploying the necessary computational power to bring these ambitious developments about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medical doctors associated with the project are charged with developing the best possible methods for diagnosing neurological disease. Being able to detect and identify pathologies very rapidly will allow patients to benefit from personalized treatment before potentially irreversible neurological damage occurs. This is the mission of the medical informatics platform, which will initially concentrate on compiling and analyzing anonymized clinical data from hundreds of patients in collaboration with hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the Human Brain Project includes an important component whose objective is to create neuro-inspired technologies. Microchips are being developed that imitate how networks of neurons function \u2013 the idea being to take advantage of the extraordinary learning ability and resiliency of neuronal circuits in a variety of specific applications. This is the mission of the neuromorphic computing platform. The neurorobotics platform will focus on integrating neural network simulations into robots (initially virtual ones), who will benefit from new aptitudes such as learning ability or resiliency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next milestone: 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The platforms will be set up as part of a global, coherent project. For example, the scientists will depend on the brain simulation not only to better understand the mechanisms of neurological disease and identify new therapeutic targets, but also to update functional principles or even accelerate the development of neuro-inspired technologies. At the same time, these same technologies could contribute to meeting the simulation\u2019s computational requirements. The success of the Human Brain Project depends in large part on the dynamics of exchange that will occur between its six platforms.The scientists involved in the Human Brain Project now have two and a half years to finalize the research platforms. Once these are established, researchers will have at their disposal the infrastructures, tools and methods they need in order to meet their objectives. Now, nine months after its selection as a EU Flagship, the project is officially on its way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HITS researcher Rebecca Wade is a principal investigator in the Subproject 06 &#8222;The Brain Simulation Platform&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on the <a title=\"HBP\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanbrainproject.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Human Brain Project website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Press contact:<\/strong><br>Dr. Peter Saueressig<br>Head of Communications<br>Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)<br>Phone: +49-6221-533245<br>Peter.saueressig@h-its.org<br>www.h-its.org<br>Twitter: @HITStudies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s most ambitious neuroscience project is underway. 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