Project description FET Proactive: Neuro-Bio-Inspired Systems (NBIS) Show the project objective Hide the project objective Since the invention of the first computers, their speed and computing power have grown exponentially but their fundamental operating principles remain essentially unchanged. Computers are still operating on one or a few central processing units, each with limited interconnectivity. Such processors, coupled with fast access to memory, are good for performing precisely instructed operations on large quantities of data very rapidly, but less effective in enabling the near instantaneous processing of the rapidly changing and ambiguous information that living interactive organisms are apparently so good at dealing with. With this in mind, it has been argued that computer technology would benefit from looking at how parallel computation is handled by the brain, nature ́s most advanced computer. Our recent discovery of a key mechanism for the neural mapping of space, using the metric encoded by 'grid cells', provides us with unprecedented direct-access to some of the fundamental operating principles of cortical circuits ‒ principles to which engineers need access for developing brain-inspired computing technologies. We shall use grid cells as an access ramp to understanding massively parallel-distributed spatial computations in sufficient detail to implement these basic working principles in computational architecture. Building on our recent breakthrough discovery, and guided by new brain experiments, computationally tractable algorithms will be tested in artificial navigating agents (robots), with the overall aim of identifying cardinal elements of future emerging technologies in the domain of spatial navigation and, more generally, in the development of massively parallel multi-core interactive computers. Because the expected long-term impacts are substantial, the project group will interact regularly with advisory panels on both IPR and man-machine ethics. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcomputer hardwarecomputer processors Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.9.11 - FET Proactive: Neuro-Bio-Inspired Systems (NBIS) Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-9 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU EU contribution € 1 276 520,00 Address HOGSKOLERINGEN 1 7491 Trondheim Norway See on map Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Dina Hestnes (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN Germany EU contribution € 631 942,00 Address Arcisstrasse 21 80333 Muenchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Katrin Hörmann (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SCUOLA INTERNAZIONALE SUPERIORE DI STUDI AVANZATI DI TRIESTE Italy EU contribution € 412 140,00 Address VIA BONOMEA 265 34136 Trieste See on map Region Nord-Est Friuli-Venezia Giulia Trieste Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Luca Bardi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH United Kingdom EU contribution € 597 359,00 Address OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE EH8 9YL Edinburgh See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Angela Noble (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
