Meeting: Developing a Global Inventory of Brain Initiatives

大脑是如此复杂，它可能需要全球科学家的努力来协调，以确定其庞大功能背后的机制和操作特性。关于制定全球大脑倡议清单的研讨会旨在推动关于协调全球大脑倡议的讨论。它的重点是开发一份国际大脑倡议清单，该清单将以可获取的方式收集和报告关于每个区域倡议的关键信息。虽然有大量的独立努力将正在开发的神经技术和数据获取和管理方法编目，但这些努力没有协调一致，彼此之间也没有有效的沟通。因此，有必要实施一份关于多国行动的实时清单，促进需要多国参与的大型项目的协调，并减少重复，提高通过全球各种行动所开发的资源的效率。国际大脑库存将有助于扩大对大脑倡议工具、数据和其他资源的获取，并加强美国调查人员与其他国家调查人员的合作。该研讨会通过提供来自美国和国际神经科学家的不同群体的意见，并向更广泛的神经科学界传达库存目标，为库存开发提供关键信息。此外，研讨会还有助于在全球大脑计划之间建立联系。通过努力为国际脑库存提供信息，该项目的最终目标包括：(1)增加所有国家获得脑倡议工作和产品的机会，以及(2)促进跨国合作。此外，通过向公众传达这些努力，研讨会提高了对全球大脑研究努力以及美国和其他大脑倡议之间的互动的认识。研讨会有三个具体目标：1.考虑国际大脑倡议清单中包括哪些内容，并就内容和结构提出建议，重点是什么对科学界最有用；2.建议库存信息的传播方法和其他鼓励在国际大脑倡议中使用和交流的机制；以及3.建议从神经科学界接收反馈和评估清单有效性的方法。研讨会的主要成果是出版一份出版物，总结讨论并阐明S小组对上文概述的全球清单的关键方面的看法：清单内容、投入和结构、传播和评价。该出版物还将概述让科学界参与这项工作的步骤。讲习班的一个次要成果是提出向公众宣传清点工作的战略。研讨会及其参与者的协作工作的另一个目标是加强神经科学家与许多国家、政府机构和基金会的大脑计划领导人之间的对话和关系，以加速我们对大脑功能的理解。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The brain is so complex that it will likely require the coordination of the efforts of scientists around the globe to determine the mechanisms and operational properties underlying its vast array of functions. The workshop on Developing a Global Inventory of Brain Initiatives aims to advance discussions on coordinating Brain Initiatives around the globe. It focuses on the development of an International Brain Initiative Inventory that will collect and report key information about each regional initiative in an accessible fashion. Although there are significant independent efforts to catalog the developing neurotechnologies and approaches for acquisition and management of data, these efforts are not coordinated and do not communicate effectively with one another. As such, there is a need for the implementation of a live inventory of Brain Initiatives, to promote the coordination of large-scale projects that require multinational involvement and to reduce duplication and increase efficiency of resources developed through various brain initiatives globally. The International Brain Inventory will serve to broaden accessibility to Brain Initiative tools, data, and other resources, as well as increase collaboration by US investigators with investigators from other countries. This workshop critically informs inventory development by providing input from a diverse group of US and international neuroscientists and communicating inventory goals to the broader neuroscience community. In addition, the workshop serves to build relationships among global Brain Initiatives. By working to inform the International Brain Inventory, ultimate goals of this project include to: (1) increase accessibility of all countries to Brain Initiatives work and products, and (2) promote multinational collaborations. Further, by communicating these efforts to the public, the workshop enhances awareness of global brain research efforts and interactions between the US and other Brain Initiatives.There are three specific aims of the workshop: 1. To consider what content to include in an International Brain Initiative Inventory, and advise on content and structure, with a focus on what would be most useful to the scientific community; 2. To suggest approaches for dissemination of inventory information and other mechanisms that encourage use and communication across International Brain Initiatives; and 3. To recommend approaches for receiving feedback from the neuroscience community and evaluating the effectiveness of the inventory. The primary product of the workshop is a publication that will summarize the discussion and articulates the group?s perspective on key aspects of a global inventory as outlined above: inventory content, input and structure, dissemination, and evaluation. The publication will also outline steps for engaging the scientific community in this work. A secondary product of the workshop is to propose strategies for communicating inventory efforts to the public. An additional goal of the workshop and surrounding collaborative work of its participants is the strengthening of dialog and relationships between neuroscientists and Brain Initiative leaders across many countries, governmental agencies, and foundations to accelerate our understanding of brain functionThis award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.