{"id":77086,"date":"2018-03-22T11:03:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T18:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/new-algorithm-will-allow-for-simulating-neural-connections-of-entire-brain-on-future-exascale-supercomputers"},"modified":"2018-03-22T11:03:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T18:03:20","slug":"new-algorithm-will-allow-for-simulating-neural-connections-of-entire-brain-on-future-exascale-supercomputers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/new-algorithm-will-allow-for-simulating-neural-connections-of-entire-brain-on-future-exascale-supercomputers","title":{"rendered":"New algorithm will allow for simulating neural connections of entire brain on future exascale supercomputers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K7KXmIv6ROY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Amazing.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" class=\"\" title=\"brain network\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-algorithm-will-allow-for-simulating-neural-connections-of-entire-brain-on-future-exascale-supercomputers2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"453\" \/><b><center>(credit: iStock)<\/center><\/b><\/p>\n<p>An international team of scientists has developed an algorithm that represents a major step toward simulating neural connections in the entire human brain.<\/p>\n<p>The new algorithm, described in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fninf.2018.00002\/full\" target=\"_blank\">open-access paper<\/a> published in<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fninf.2018.00002\/full?utm_source=G-BLO&utm_medium=WEXT&utm_campaign=ECO_FNINF_20180302_exascale-brain\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frontiers in Neuroinformatics<\/a><\/em>, is intended to allow simulation of the human brain\u2019s 100 billion interconnected neurons on supercomputers. The work involves researchers at the J\u00fclich Research Centre, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aachen University, RIKEN, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An open-source neural simulation tool.<\/strong> The algorithm was developed using <a href=\"http:\/\/nest-simulator.org\" target=\"_blank\">NEST<\/a> (\u201cneural simulation tool\u201d) \u2014 open-source simulation software in widespread use by the neuroscientific community and a core simulator of the European Human Brain Project. With NEST, the behavior of each neuron in the network is represented by a small number of mathematical equations, the researchers explain in an <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.frontiersin.org\/2018\/03\/02\/neuroscience-brain-simulation-algorithm-exascale\/\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/new-algorithm-will-allow-for-simulating-neural-connections-of-entire-brain-on-future-exascale-supercomputers\">Continue reading \u201cNew algorithm will allow for simulating neural connections of entire brain on future exascale supercomputers\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazing. (credit: iStock) An international team of scientists has developed an algorithm that represents a major step toward simulating neural connections in the entire human brain. The new algorithm, described in an open-access paper published in Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, is intended to allow simulation of the human brain\u2019s 100 billion interconnected neurons on supercomputers. 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