Seminar 18th November 2011 4 p.m. University of Southampton, Building 85 (Life Sciences) Room 2209
Simulating the Human Brain - Interactive Supercomputing
Professor Dr Geerd-Rüdiger Hoffmann
Forschungszentrum Jülich
- Web page
- http://www.fz-juelich.de/SharedDocs/Kontaktdaten/Mitarbeiter/H/Hoffmann_ge_hoffmann_fz_juelich_de.html
- Categories
- Computer Science, Design, HPC
- Submitter
- Petrina Butler
Professor Dr Geerd-Rüdiger Hoffmann
Complex Systems Simulation Seminar Series (CS^4)
from the Institute for Complex Systems Simulation, the Complexity in Real-World Contexts USRG, and the Computational Modelling Group.
Speaker
Professor Geerd-R. Hoffmann
Scientific HPC Consultant for the Forschungszentrum Jülich
formerly Director-General, Business Area Technical Infrastructure and Operations, Deutscher Wetterdienst
Abstract
The Human Brain Project (HBP) is one of the six Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship Initiatives Pilots funded by the EU for a 12-month period starting in May 2011. FET Flagships are large-scale, science-driven and mission oriented initiatives that aim to achieve a visionary technological goal. The scale of ambition is over 10 years of coordinated effort, and a budget of up to one billion Euro for each Flagship. The initiatives are coordinated between national and EU programmes and present global dimensions to foster European leadership and excellence in frontier research. In the second half of 2012 two of the Pilots will be selected and launched as full FET Flagship Initiatives in 2013.
The aim of the HBP is to create the informatics, modeling and supercomputing technologies required to build biologically detailed models of the complete human brain. Such models could serve as the basis for new diagnostic tools and treatments for brain disease, new interfaces to the brain, a new class of low energy technologies with brain-like intelligence, and a new generation of brain-enabled robots. To turn these goals into reality, the HBP plans amongst many other activities to implement a customizable exascale supercomputing infrastructure, with capabilities for real-time interactive model-building, simulation, analytics, visualization, data access and online scientific collaboration.
After briefly looking at the six flagship pilots, the specific requirements of HBP with regards to interactive supercomputing will be described. The technical challenges posed by the immense data and computing needs of HBP will be highlighted and some research topics proposed. The future steps needed for a final, hopefully successful application in the beginning of 2012 will be outlined.
Refreshments
Available from 3:30pm, lecture starts at 4pm.
Complex Systems Simulation Seminar Series
For the complete CS^4 schedule please click here: http://www.multidisciplinary.soton.ac.uk/cs4.html
Contact
Petrina Butler
Multidisciplinary Research Co-ordinator
University Strategic Research Groups
Research and Innovation Services
p.butler@soton.ac.uk
02380 593244