Project description FET Open Show the project objective Hide the project objective Current designs of neurally inspired computing systems rely on learning rules that appear to be insufficient to port the superior adaptive and computational capabilities of biological neural systems into large-scale recurrent neural hardware system. This is not surprising, since most of these learning rules had to be extrapolated from results of neurobiological experiments in vitro. New experimental techniques in neurobiology - such as 2-photon laser-scanning microscopy, optogenetic cell activation, and dynamic clamp techniques - make it now possible to record the changes that really take place in the intact brain during learning. First results indicate that the rules for synaptic plasticity have in fact to be rewritten. In particular, it appears that local synaptic plasticity is gated in multiple ways by global factors such as neuromodulators and network states. One primary goal of this project is to apply and extend new cutting-edge experimental techniques to produce a set of rules for synaptic plasticity and network reorganisation that describe the actual adaptive processes that take place in the living brain during learning.These new rules will be analysed by computational neuroscience experts and their consequences for learning in simulated large-scale networks of neurons and neurally inspired computing systems will be ascertained. The goal of this project is to port essential aspects of learning in the intact brain into current and next-generation neuromorphic hardware. New interchangeable software tools, that have recently been developed in the FP6 project FACETS, will be employed to carry out these investigations. Open questions that arise in these modelling studies will be addressed by changes in experimental protocols of the neuroscientists, building on long standing interdisciplinary collaborations among the partners. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopynatural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologycomputational neuroscience Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2007.8.0 - FET Open Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-C See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ EU contribution € 370 453,00 Address RECHBAUERSTRASSE 12 8010 Graz Austria See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Daniela Potzinger (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING MCGILL UNIVERSITY Canada EU contribution € 173 296,00 Address 845 SHERBROOKE STREET WEST H3A0G4 Montreal See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Olga Naiberguer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Switzerland EU contribution € 260 736,00 Address BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 1015 Lausanne See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Chantal Mellier (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data University of Zurich Switzerland EU contribution € 428 956,00 Address RAMISTRASSE 71 8006 ZURICH See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Fritjof Helmchen (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG Germany EU contribution € 206 375,00 Address SEMINARSTRASSE 2 69117 Heidelberg See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Björn Kindler (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 432 100,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact YVES FREGNAC (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Participation ended EU contribution € 126 492,00 Address GOWER STREET WC1E 6BT LONDON See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Greta Borg-Carbott (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data