[LIS-Forum] IBM Computers to Create Virtual Brain

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>Now we may have a chance to see real 5th generation computers or we may
>call
>it has 6th generation computers.  IBM, in partnership with scientists at
>Switzerland's Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne's (EPFL) Brain and
>Mind Institute will begin simulating the brain's biological systems and
>output the data as a working 3-dimensional model that will recreate the
>high-speed electro-chemical interactions that take place within the brain's
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>interior.
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>These include cognitive functions such as language, learning, perception
>and
>memory in addition to brain malfunction such as psychiatric disorders like
>depression and autism.
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>"Modeling the brain at the cellular level is a massive undertaking because
>of the hundreds of thousands of parameters that need to be taken into
>account," said Professor Henry Markram, the EPFL project leader.
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>"IBM has unparalleled experience in biological simulations and the most
>advanced supercomputing technology in the world. With our combined
>resources
>and expertise we are embarking on one of the most ambitious research
>initiatives ever undertaken in the field of neuroscience."
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>At EPFL, over a decade of knowledge accumulated from wet lab experiments
>has
>been consolidated into a set of empirical data on the
>Microsoft-architecture
>of brain's neocortex. The first phase of the project -- nicknamed "Blue
>Brain" -- will focus directly on the neocortex, which makes up
>approximately
>85 percent of the human brain.
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> >From there, the modeling will expand to other regions of the brain and, 
>if
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>successful, shed light on the relationships between genetic, molecular and
>cognitive functions of the brain.
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>IBM will equip Blue Brain with four Blue Gene super computer racks. The
>system will occupy the floor space of roughly four refrigerators with a
>peak
>performance of 22.8 teraflops.
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>IBM's Blue Gene systems are presently the world's fastest supercomputers,
>achieving a peak performance of 5.7 teraflops per single rack system. Each
>rack occupies one square meter and energy consumption is reduced from
>previous IBM systems, changing the economics of super computing and
>prompting IBM to start its Capacity on Demand service where computing power
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>is leased out to customers in a time share type model.
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>Under its agreement with IBM, EPFL has entered into a Capacity on Demand
>type sharing arrangement were IBM says computing power will be leased out
>to
>other research projects ranging from post-CMOS technology studies to build
>smaller transistors to examining folding proteins and their role in
>diseases
>like Creutzfeldt-Jakob.
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