Neurobiological computation using self organization

尽管它们具有惊人的能力和速度，但仍有许多简单的事情是计算机做不到的，人类，甚至许多动物，都能够毫不费力地完成这些事情。这项提案中概述的研究旨在开发新的、受生物启发的计算方法，试图弥合这一差距。这项研究将帮助面积相对较小的澳大利亚在下一波计算设备的开发中成为领先的研究社区。新的和“更自然”的计算方法的发展将为一系列社会、经济和环境问题带来巨大的红利。

Despite their phenomenal power and speed there are many simple things that computers still cannot do, that humans, and indeed many animals, are able to perform effortlessly. The research outlined in this proposal aims to develop new, biologically inspired, computational approaches that attempt to bridge this gap. This research will help place Australia, despite its relatively small size, as a leading research community in the development of the next wave of computing devices. The development of new and "more natural" approaches to computing will deliver large dividends to a range of social, economic and environmental problems.