What does Brain-Inspired Computing Have to do with Brain? Computing Inside the Brain versus Computing Inspired by the Brain

Computer of image of man and brain
Date
October 12-13, 2017

Brain-inspired computing has become extremely important over the past few years. The idea is to create powerful computing machines that can learn from available data to provide satisfactory answers to problems such as visual image processing, pattern / voice recognition, or language processing. These problems arise in a wide variety of application domains such as autonomous driving, social networks, or personalized medicine. There are multiple approaches to brain-inspired computing, and significant debate exists about their pros and cons. Artificial neural networks perhaps represent the most popular approach. The objectives of this workshop are: (1) re-connect scientists from biology and neuroscience with those creating brain-inspired computing architectures; (2) understand how recent brain-related discoveries can influence brain-inspired computing; and, (3) brainstorm potentially new opportunities for braininspired computing, beyond today’s target applications.

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