NeuroTechX Webinar #5: Whole Brain Simulation
This Webinar will focus on Whole Brain Simulation(WBE):
Developing WBE technology would provide immense
benefits across neuroscience, biomedicine, artificial intelligence, and robotics. At this time, constructing a simulated human brain lacks feasibility due to limited experimental data and limited
computational resources. However, progress towards this goal might be acceleratedby working towards an intermediate objective, namely insect brain emulation (IBE). More specifically, this would entail creating biologically realistic simulations of entire insect nervous systems along with more approximate simulations of non-neuronal insect physiology to make “virtual insects.” This is realistically achievable within the next 25-50 years. By demonstrating that WBE is possible via IBE, simulating the human brain will no longer be viewed as too radically ambitious to deserve substantial funding and resources. This shift may
facilitate a large-scale organized push towards human WBE, making the goal potentially reachable during the 21st century. By implementing IBE, large-scale scientific infrastructure may shift
towards developing more WBEs and move in the direction of comprehensively understanding neural computation.
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Speaker Bio:
Logan Thrasher Collins is a futurist, neuroengineer, synthetic biologist, and sci-fi poet. When he was 16 he invented a de novo antimicrobial peptide called OpaL and has continued doing scientific research ever since. His antibacterial research has been published in the journal ACS Biochemistry. Logan is currently developing a method for rapid, high-resolution mapping of brain tissue that involves nanotechnology-based contrast agents and X-ray microscopy. His accomplishments have earned him recognition at venues like TEDxMileHigh, the DaVinci Institute, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the Beckman Symposium, the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar, and the Envision Conference. Logan is an active futurist writer and speaker. He has championed the concept of “rational romanticism,” which promotes merging scientifically literate and emotionally intelligent thinking towards building a brighter future. He has also published sci-fi poetry that explores ideas about the future. Logan applies his scientific and his artistic skills towards making the future the best that it can be.
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