"A Joint US-European Workshop on Informatics for Bio-Inspired Design: Reverse Engineering of the Human Brain"

2010年5月将在克罗地亚举办一个题为“美欧生物启发设计信息学联合研讨会：人脑逆向工程”的研讨会，该研讨会将得到美国国家科学基金会（NSF）、欧洲科学基金会（ESF）和美国空军科学研究办公室（AFOSR）的联合支持。 本次研讨会的主要重点是人类大脑的逆向工程。 人们对了解人脑如何处理数据并开发解决方案非常感兴趣。在过去的十年中，科学家和工程师进行了广泛的研究，以更好地了解人类大脑的功能，例如：感知的物理世界如何转化为有助于识别和行动的表征;感觉，认知和运动数据如何存储和检索;以及这些信息如何用于做出决策和社交互动。该研讨会旨在为来自美国和欧洲的领先神经科学家，认知科学家，工程师和计算机科学家在人脑逆向工程领域的科学传播和思想交流创造一个平台。 与会者将发展和加强合作联系，并确定潜在的战略机会，使供资机构、工业、研究机构和学术界受益。研讨会将包括来自美国和欧洲的各20名研究人员。 由于该领域的跨学科性质，参与者将来自工程，神经生物学和计算机科学三个领域。 研讨会的更广泛的影响将包括：美国和欧洲的工程师和科学家之间的国际合作的形成;在一个新兴领域的研究的新焦点的发展;研讨会的成果传播到工程和科学界;和美国和欧洲政府机构之间的互动扩大。

A workshop, entitled "A Joint US-European Workshop on Informatics for Bio-Inspired Design: Reverse Engineering of the Human Brain" and to be held in May 2010 in Croatia, will be jointly supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the European Science Foundation (ESF), and the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). The main focus of this workshop is on the reverse engineering of human brain. There is a great interest in understanding how the human brain manipulates data and develops a solution. During the past decade, scientists and engineers have conducted extensive research in developing a better understanding of human brain functions such as: how the sensed physical world is transformed into representations useful to recognize and to act; how sensorial, cognitive and motor data is stored and retrieved; and how this information is used to make decisions and interact socially. The workshop aims to create a platform for scientific dissemination and the exchange of ideas among leading neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, engineers, and computer scientists from the US and Europe in the area of reverse engineering of the human brain. Participants will develop and enhance collaborative links, and identify potential strategic opportunities for the benefit of the funding agencies, industry, research establishments and academia. The workshop will include 20 researchers each from the United States and from Europe. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the field, participants will come from the three areas of engineering, neurobiology and computer science. The broader impacts of the workshop will include: formation of international collaborations between US and European engineers and scientists; development of new foci for research in an emerging field; dissemination of the workshop outcomes to the engineering and scientific communities; and the expansion of interactions between the US and European government agencies.