International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility - Cyberinfrastructure for Global Neuroinformatics

国际神经信息学协调机制(INCF)是一个由16个国家组成的机构，旨在促进神经科学数据共享、大规模脑建模以及在神经信息学研究和教育方面的合作。神经信息学整合了神经科学的所有层次和尺度的信息，以帮助了解大脑和治疗疾病。INCF促进国际神经信息学基础设施，促进研究界内数据和计算资源的共享。INCF还促进了可供世界各地神经科学家使用的应用程序的开发。INCF的使命是促进世界各地神经科学家的工作，并催化和协调全球神经信息学的发展。INCF促进与国际研究界共享数据和计算资源。2011至2014年期间，INCF将支持的计划包括：数字脑图谱：促进和协调参考数据库的互操作性、可访问性和全球共享神经结构本体论：标准化知识表示，作为连接全世界神经科学研究的基本框架多尺度建模：促进神经信息学中可互操作的多尺度模型构建和模拟共享数据共享标准：促进元数据报告和归档方面的国际共识和合作，从而促进数据重复使用和进一步分析。培训：评估和开发针对不同背景和高素质神经信息学培训材料的研究人员/学生的最佳实践培训。INCF的成员国有比利时、捷克共和国、芬兰、法国、德国、印度、意大利、意大利和其他国家日本、荷兰、挪威、波兰、韩国、瑞典、瑞士、英国和美国。该奖项支持美国参与INCF。

The International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) is a 16-country effort to facilitate neuroscience data sharing, large-scale brain modeling, and cooperation in neuroinformatics research and education. Neuroinformatics integrates information across all levels and scales of neuroscience to help understand the brain and treat disease. The INCF fosters international neuroinformatics infrastructure, which promotes the sharing of data and computing resources within the research community. The INCF also facilitates development of applications that can be used by neuroscientists worldwide. The mission of INCF is to facilitate the work of neuroscientists around the world, and to catalyze and coordinate the global development of neuroinformatics. INCF promotes the sharing of data and computing resources to the international research community. Programs to be supported by INCF during the 2011 to 2014 period are:Digital Brain Atlasing: fostering and coordinating interoperability, accessibility and global sharing of reference databasesOntologies of Neural Structures: standardizing representation of knowledge as the fundamental framework connecting neuroscience research worldwideMulti-Scale Modeling: promoting interoperable multi-scale model construction and simulation sharing in neuroinformaticsStandards for Data sharing: facilitating international consensus and collaborations for metadata reporting and archiving, and consequently advance data reuse and further analysis.Training: evaluating and developing best practice training for researchers/students with different backgrounds and high caliber training materials in neuroinformatics.The members countries of INCF are Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. This award supports U.S. participation in INCF.