FuSe-TG: OpenBrain: Open-Source Cross-Layer Design of RRAM-based Neuromorphic Systems

OpenBrain项目将创建一个可共享的框架，帮助研究人员创造能够以受人脑启发的方式“思考”的计算机芯片。这一合作资助特别将拥有从电子设备到深度学习应用程序等前景看好的专业的研究人员聚集在一起，以便他们可以跨越传统系统边界进行协同工作。该团队将通过开放源代码的可访问性吸引研究和教育界的参与，以便其他人可以利用OpenBrain，复制结果，并重复先前的结果。OpenBrain项目将通过创造可持续的智能设备来推动计算，这些设备使用大脑启发的技术进行学习，比传统的计算机处理器具有更高的能力和性能。这些新的计算机芯片将改善我们存储、管理和利用传感器系统中信息的方式，这些系统应用于医学、环境、交通和许多其他领域。该项目的开源性质还将通过使学生能够洞察尖端芯片技术并直接与其合作来促进教育和劳动力发展。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 OpenBrain project will create a shareable framework that assists researchers in creating computer chips that can “think” in ways inspired by the human brain. This teaming grant specifically brings together researchers with promising specialties ranging from electronic devices to deep-learning applications so that they may synergize across traditional system boundaries. The team will engage the research and education communities through the accessibility of open-source so that others may harness OpenBrain, reproduce results, and iterate upon prior results.The OpenBrain project will advance computing by creating sustainable smart devices that use brain-inspired techniques for learning with improved power and performance over traditional computer processors. These new computer chips will improve how we store, manage, and harness information in sensor systems for applications in medicine, the environment, transportation, and many other areas. The open-source nature of the project will also foster education and workforce development by enabling students to have insight into and work directly with leading-edge chip technologies.This 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.