Notes:
It would take 5.83 IBM Watson's to match the MIPS (million instructions per second) of a human brain. The human brain uses 20 Watts of electric power; whereas, IBM Watson uses 30-40 Watts.
News:
Wikipedia:
Tools:
ACT-R, like other influential cognitive architectures (including Soar, CLARION, and EPIC), has a computational implementation as an interpreter of a special coding language, and in this case written in Lisp. {related:}
BrainMaps is an NIH-funded interactive zoomable high-resolution digital brain atlas and virtual microscope that is based on more than 20 million megapixels (60 terabytes) of scanned images. {related:}
BrainML is a system that provides a standard XML metaformat for exchanging neuroscience data. {related:}
BrainVoyager QX contains needed for the advanced analysis and visualization of structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. {related:}
COGENT is a graphical environment for cognitive modelling (see also: WebCOGENT). {related:}
CorticalDB is trying to build the new generation of applications based on the latest developments in neuroscience and artificial intelligence. {related:}
fMRI Data Center
(fMRIDC) is a free database of fMRI data used in peer reviewed studies. {related:}
FreeSurfer is a set of automated tools for reconstruction of the brain’s cortical surface from structural MRI data, and overlay of functional MRI data. {related:}
GENESIS (GEneral NEural SImulation System) is a simulation environment for constructing realistic models of neurobiological systems. {related:}
Ikaros is an open infrastructure for cognitive modelling, including system-level models of the brain. {related:}
NEST Simulator is neural simulation technology for simulating biologically realistic neuronal networks. {related:}
Neurobehavioral Systems
produces a stimulus delivery and experimental control program for neuroscience, called "Presentation". {related:}
neuroConstruct
is software for developing biologically realistic 3D neural networks. {related:}
Neurodatabase Data Server hosts a public neurophysiology database. {related:}
NeuroML is an XML model description language for defining and exchanging models based on the biophysical and anatomical properties of neurons. {related:}
NEURON
is a simulation environment for modeling individual neurons and networks of neurons. {related:}
PsychoPy is an open source software package, written in Python, for generating experiments for neuroscience and experimental psychology. {related:}
PyNN (pronounced 'pine' ) is a simulator-independent language for building neuronal network models. {related:}
SNNAP (Simulator for Neural Networks and Action Potentials) is a tool for rapid development and simulation of realistic models of single neurons and neural networks. {related:}
Topographica is a software package for computational modeling of neural maps, funded by the NIMH Human Brain Project. {related:}
Projects:
BrainScaleS .. project aims at understanding function and interaction of multiple spatial and temporal scales in brain information processing { related:}
NIMH Human Brain Project
Open Connectome Project {related:}
The China-Brain Project (see also: Xiamen University Artificial Brain) {related:}
THOR Human Brain Project {related:}
Videos:
Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome (September 2010)
Henry Markram: Simulating the Brain -- The Next Decisive Years [3/3]
(June 2011)
Allan Jones: A map of the brain (November 2011)
References:
The China-Brain Project: Building China's Artificial Brain Using an Evolved Neural Net Module Approach (2008) .. Hugo de Garis etc { attached below}
See also:
Artificial Brains | BICA (Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures) | Computational Dreaming
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Ċ ď Marcus Endicott, Feb 3, 2012 10:43 AM
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