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

大脑绘图和工程研讨会将于 2013 年 8 月 13 日至 14 日在华盛顿特区举行

• 批准号: 1352703
• 负责人: Bin He
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-08-15 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1352703&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Mapping; Engineering; Brain; held

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.

主要研究者：HeProposal ID：1352703本项目的目标是组织脑的绘图和工程讲习班，确定和讨论科学界在脑的多尺度绘图和工程方面面临的“重大挑战”。将邀请30-40名主要专家参加为期两天的研讨会，由该领域的领导人进行精选演讲，并由所有与会者进行讨论。该研讨会将重点关注通过先进的神经技术，在未来10年及以后的映射，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成像大脑活动的非侵入性脑映射技术的主要挑战是什么？3)建立非侵入性脑映射能力，将动物模型的基础研究成果转化为人脑映射，最紧迫的挑战是什么？4)什么计算和物理原理对于理解由数百万个神经元组成的神经元网络的网络行为是重要的？5)开发非侵入性脑机接口技术，使其能够广泛应用以及更深入地了解基于大脑的通信，面临哪些挑战？6）在信息学、计算和机器人技术方面，要实现对大脑的逆向工程，有哪些挑战？研讨会的目标是就如何推进绘制大脑活动图和对大脑进行逆向工程的科学奋进，向科学界、政府和工业界提供专家建议。研讨会的学术价值将是确定科学界在未来10年或更长时间内在脑图谱方面面临的重大挑战，为科学界提供指导，更广泛的影响：讲习班的更广泛影响将包括确定更大社会的重要挑战，通过在发行量很大的国际期刊上发表讲习班报告广泛传播讲习班成果，以及妇女和代表性不足的少数群体的参与。