The Human Brain Project and neuromorphic computing.

Introducing the Human Brain Project

The Human Brain Project (HBP) is a candidate project in the European Union’s FET Flagship Program, funded by the ICT Program in the Seventh Framework Program. The project will develop a new integrated strategy for understanding the human brain and a novel research platform that will integrate all the data and knowledge we can acquire about the structure and function of the brain and use it to b...

The Human Brain Project: Chances and Challenges for Computer Science

Recently, the European Commission selected the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of two Flagship projects, each receiving a prospected funding of 1 billion euro. The Human Brain Project builds on the foundations of the Blue Brain Project which was established in 2005 with the mission to integrate anatomical, electrophysiological and genetic data into a unified model of the neocortical column. Ov...

Porting HTM Models to the Heidelberg Neuromorphic Computing Platform

Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) is a computational theory of machine intelligence based on a detailed study of the neocortex. The Heidelberg Neuromorphic Computing Platform, developed as part of the Human Brain Project (HBP), is a mixed-signal (analog and digital) large-scale platform for modeling networks of spiking neurons. In this paper we present the Vrst eUort in porting HTM networks to...

Binary Associative Memories as a Benchmark for Spiking Neuromorphic Hardware

Large-scale neuromorphic hardware platforms, specialized computer systems for energy efficient simulation of spiking neural networks, are being developed around the world, for example as part of the European Human Brain Project (HBP). Due to conceptual differences, a universal performance analysis of these systems in terms of runtime, accuracy and energy efficiency is non-trivial, yet indispens...

Editorial : Sustainable Development of Cognitive Science and Technology Ecosystem an Overview to the “Human Brain Project” as a Functioning Sample