Descripción del proyecto Challenging current Thinking Mostrar el objetivo del proyecto Ocultar el objetivo del proyecto Brain Machine Interfaces (BMIs) are devices mediating communication between a brain and the external world, and hold the potential for a) restoring motor or sensory functions to people who lost them due to illness or injury, and b) understanding neural information processing through controlled interactions between neurons and external devices. However, the success of BMIs is hampered by the problem that neural responses to external correlates are highly variable because they depend on the internal state of the neural network. We propose to remove this obstacle by developing a radically new generation of "bidirectional BMIs" (which decode information from the recorded neural activity and provide information to the brain by stimulation) employing neural computational strategies and neuromorphic VLSI devices that i) understand how network states influence neural responses to stimuli; ii) use this know-how to discount variability induced by state changes in real time and thus operate with increased bandwidth and performance. We gather a highly interdisciplinary team composed of both mathematical and experimental neuroscientists and of VLSI engineers. We will study the interplay between ongoing network states and stimulus-evoked responses in various nervous systems of different complexity. We will develop advanced algorithms and models of network dynamics to determine the network state variables best predicting and discounting neural variability, and to construct optimal state-dependent rules to decode neural activity. We will implement these algorithms in a new "state-dependent bidirectional BMI" prototype using low-power neuromorphic VLSI circuits that extract in real time network state information and use it to produce outputs optimally suited for both decoding of recorded signals and delivering electrical stimulation to a neural tissue in a given state. This BMI will be tested in a benchmark experiment in rats to guide an external device with closed loop control. Ámbito científico natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata processingnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputational intelligence Programa(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Tema(s) ICT-2011.9.1 - Challenging current Thinking Convocatoria de propuestas FP7-ICT-2011-C Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinador FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA Aportación de la UE € 1 101 574,00 Dirección VIA MOREGO 30 16163 Genova Italia Ver en el mapa Región Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Tipo de actividad Research Organisations Contacto administrativo Sara Maistrelli (Ms.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Participantes (4) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo University of Zurich Suiza Aportación de la UE € 440 574,00 Dirección RAMISTRASSE 71 8006 ZURICH Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Giacomo Indiveri (Prof.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV Alemania Aportación de la UE € 505 042,00 Dirección HOFGARTENSTRASSE 8 80539 Munchen Ver en el mapa Región Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Tipo de actividad Research Organisations Contacto administrativo Patrice Wegener (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS La participación finalizó Francia Aportación de la UE € 0,00 Dirección RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris Ver en el mapa Región Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Tipo de actividad Research Organisations Contacto administrativo Franck CHARRON (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos SCUOLA INTERNAZIONALE SUPERIORE DI STUDI AVANZATI DI TRIESTE Italia Aportación de la UE € 424 040,00 Dirección VIA BONOMEA 265 34136 Trieste Ver en el mapa Región Nord-Est Friuli-Venezia Giulia Trieste Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Luca Bardi (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos
