International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF)

INCF的更广泛影响是促进神经信息学在一系列神经科学和工程领域的应用。通信科学、机器人技术方面的重大技术进步 21世纪的人机界面越来越依赖于类似于大脑使用的信息处理策略。神经信息学方面的成功(数据库和 建模)是生物医学和信息技术领域的多学科交叉领域，它不仅将显著提高人们对大脑和脑启发技术的了解，还将减轻大脑疾病造成的巨大社会、经济和心理负担。它还应该大大增强一国工业和经济环境中的竞争力。这一承诺的实现构成了全球超科学的挑战。

The broader impact of the INCF is to facilitate the utilization of neuroinformatics in a spectrum of neuroscience and engineering areas. Major technological advances in communication science, robotics and machine-human interface of the 21st century are increasingly reliant on strategies of information processing that are analogous to those used by the brain. Success in neuroinformatics (data bases and modeling), the multidisciplinary field interfacing the domains of biomedicine and information technology, will not only markedly enhance the understanding of the brain and brain-inspired technology, but also reduce the enormous social, economic and psychological burdens caused by brain disorders. It should also lead to greatly enhanced competitiveness in the industrial and economic environment of a nation. Fulfillment of this promise constitutes a global megascience challenge.