Workshop on Mapping and Engineering the Brain to be held on August 13-14, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

这个项目的目标是组织大脑测绘和工程研讨会，该研讨会将确定和讨论科学界在大脑的多尺度测绘和工程方面面临的“重大挑战”。将邀请30-40名主要专家参加为期两天的讲习班，由该领域的一些领导人作报告，并由所有与会者进行讨论。本次研讨会将重点讨论在未来10年及以后，通过先进的神经技术，确定在绘制、建模、接口和最终理解大脑方面的主要挑战和机遇。研讨会将讨论以下问题：1)如何在多尺度水平上对功能性大脑进行成像，以实现对大脑活动和功能的全面和综合的看法？2)开发能够以高空间和时间分辨率对大脑活动进行成像的无创脑成像技术的主要挑战是什么？3)建立无创脑制图能力，将动物模型的基础研究成果转化为人类脑制图，最紧迫的挑战是什么？4)对于理解由数百万个神经元组成的神经网络的网络行为，哪些计算和物理原理是重要的？5)开发非侵入性脑机接口技术的挑战是什么？这些技术既可以广泛应用，又可以更深入地了解基于大脑的通信？6)信息学、计算和机器人技术在实现大脑逆向工程方面的挑战是什么？研讨会的目标是为科学界、政府和工业界提供关于如何在绘制大脑活动和逆向工程的科学努力中取得进展的专家建议。智力价值：研讨会的智力价值将确定未来10年或更长时间内科学界在大脑图谱方面面临的重大挑战，就如何利用先进的神经技术绘制和逆向工程大脑，为科学界、政府和工业界提供指导。更广泛的影响：讲习班的更广泛的影响将包括确定更大社会面临的重要挑战，通过在一份流通良好的国际期刊上发表讲习班报告来广泛传播讲习班的成果，以及妇女和代表性不足的少数群体的参与。

PI: HeProposal ID: 1352703The objective of this project is to organize the Workshop on Mapping and Engineering the Brain which will identify and discuss "grand challenges" facing the scientific community in the multi-scale mapping and engineering of the brain. 30-40 leading experts will be invited for a two day workshop, with selected presentations by leaders in the field and discussions by all participants. The workshop will focus on identifying major challenges and opportunities in mapping, modeling, interfacing and ultimately understanding the brain over the next 10 years and beyond, through advanced neurotechnology. The Workshop will address questions including the following:1) How should the functional brain be imaged at multi-scale levels to enable a comprehesive and integarted view of brain activity and function? 2) What are the major challenges for developing noninvasive brain mapping technologies that can image brain activity at high spatial and temporal resolution? 3) What are the most pressing challenges to establish noninvasive brain mapping capabilities that can translate findings from basic research in animal models to human brain mapping? 4) What computational and physical principles are important for undertsanding network behavior of neuronal networks consisting of millions of neurons? 5) What are the challenges for developing noninvasive brain-computer interface technologies that enable broad application as well as a deeper understanding of brain-based communication? and 6) What are the challenges in informatics, computation, and robotics, to enable reverse engineering the brain? The goal of the Workshop is to provide expert advice to the scientific community, government and industry with regard to how to move forward in the scientific endeavor of mapping brain activity and reverse engineering the brain.Intellectual Merit: The Intellectual Merits of the Workshop will be to identify grand challenges facing the scientific community in brain mapping in the next 10 years or beyond, provide guidance to the scientific community, government and industry with regard to how should we map and reverse engineer the brain with advanced neurotechnology.Broader Impacts : The broader impacts of the Workshop will include identification of important challenges for the larger society, broad dissemination of the Workshop outcome by publishing the workshop report in a well circulated international journal, and participation by women and underrepresented minorities.