The Human Brain Project (HBP) is an EU-supported FET Flagship Project aiming at understanding "how the brain works" and "what and how it does not work in the diseased brain". For this purpose it is building an ICT research infrastructure that will allow researchers worldwide to work together and accelerate advancements in the fields of neuroscience, computing and brain-related medicine.
At the event "Shaping Europe’s Digital Future - HPC for Extreme Scale Scientific and Industrial Applications" on 19 April in Sofia (Bulgaria) the Human Brain Project hosts a session on the growing role of HPC in Neuroscience (more details on the event agenda). The HBP will also showcase some examples of its latest developments, including presentations and simulations on the research infrastructure in an exhibition. More precisely, the exhibition will cover the following areas that visitors will be able to discover and discuss with HBP researchers and managers:
- High-Performance Analytics and Computing Platform, introduced by Prof. Thomas Lippert, Anna Lührs ( Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany) and Susanne Kunkel (KTH Royal Technical Institute in Stockholm). Read more information.
- Human Brain Organisation, introduced by HBP Scientific Director Prof. Katrin Amunts and Yann Leprince (both affiliated to Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany). Read more information and watch this video on the multiscale nature of the brain.
- Theoretical Neuroscience, introduced by Viktor Jirsa (Aix-Marseille University, France). Read more information.
- Neuroinformatics Platform: the HBP Collaboratory, introduced by Allan Francani (EPFL, Switzerland). Read more information.
- Medical Informatics Platform, introduced by Bogdan Draganski (CHUV, Switzerland). Read more information.
- Neuromorphic Computing Platform, introduced by Adam Perret (University of Manchester, United Kingdom). Read more information and the news on the release of a second generation of the neuromorphic chips BrainScale and SpiNNaker.
- Ethics and Society, introduced by Tyr Fothergill (De Montfort University, United Kingdom). Read more information and watch this video on the societal implications of new brain understanding.
- Education Programme, introduced by Tina Kokan, Lisa-Marie Leichter, Theresa Rass and Elisabeth Wintersteller (Medical University Innsbruck, Austria). Read more information.
The Human Brain Project exhibition will be accessible to the "Shaping Europe’s Digital Future" event participants during the coffee-breaks and the lunchtime.