Professor Henrik Hautop Lund (Center for Playware - AUT) will, after the ramp-up phase (after approx. 2.5 years), enter the 'neurorobotics' part of the new EU funded “Human Brain Project”.
For further information:
http://www.nature.com/news/brain-simulation-and-graphene-projects-win-billion-euro-competition-1.12291
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The Human Brain Project
The Human Brain Project is a major European cooperation, which aims to map the human brain and make a computer that can simulate the brain. It should lead to much greater understanding of the brain and its diseases and aims to revolutionize computer technology inspired by the complexity of the human brain. More than 80 research institutions will be involved in the project.
From DTU Electrical Engineering is the Center for Playware, led by Professor Henrik Hautop Lund who will be involved in the project. The Human Brain Project is led by Professor Henry Markram of the Swiss university EPFL in Lausanne, which is DTU's partner university in alliance Eurotech.
Professor Henrik Hautop Lund says:
"It's a huge challenge to try to understand the human brain. Similar to the mapping of the human genome, the Human Brain Project will endeavor to map the human brain, and through simulation on huge supercomputers try to understand the connections between neurons, signals, etc. in the brain. DTU's role is to help to ensure that we understand the brain's interaction with the body and its surroundings, so that the brain is not only understood as a closed, abstract entity. At DTU's Center for Playware we will develop robotic modules that will ensure that brain researchers can conduct experiments in which the simulated brain gets a bodily expression and interaction with the physical environment. "