The Human Brain Project: Creating a European Research Infrastructure to Decode the Human Brain.
Decoding the human brain is perhaps the most fascinating scientific challenge in the 21st century. The Human Brain Project (HBP), a 10-year European Flagship, targets the reconstruction of the brain's multi-scale organization. It uses productive loops of experiments, medical, data, data analytics, and simulation on all levels that will eventually bridge the scales. The HBP IT architecture is unique, utilizing cloud-based collaboration and development platforms with databases, workflow systems, petabyte storage, and supercomputers. The HBP is developing toward a European research infrastructure advancing brain research, medicine, and brain-inspired information technology.
Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine, 52425 Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany; C. and O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. Electronic address: k.amunts@fz-juelich.de.
Katrin
K
Amunts
Human Brain Project École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Campus Biotech, Batiment B1, Chemin des Mines 9, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
Christoph
C
Ebell
Human Brain Project École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Campus Biotech, Batiment B1, Chemin des Mines 9, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
Jeff
J
Muller
Human Brain Project École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Campus Biotech, Batiment B1, Chemin des Mines 9, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland.
Martin
M
Telefont
Institut für Informatik VI, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstraße 3, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany.
Alois
A
Knoll
Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Institute for Advanced Simulation, 52425 Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany.
Thomas
T
Lippert
D000818:Animals; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D048088:Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration; D007391:International Cooperation; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*