Campus Moncloa
Campus of International Excellence
The Moncloa Campus is at the forefront of human brain research
The Laboratory of Cognitive and Computational Neurosciences, a joint centre of the Universidad Complutense and Politécnica de Madrid within the framework of Moncloa Campus, was elected to study in depth the Human brain Project (HBP) by the European Commission as an emblematic project of the FET flagship programme.
08/04/2013
The Laboratory of Cognitive and Computational Neurosciences, a joint centre of the Universidad Complutense and Politécnica de Madrid within the framework of Moncloa Campus, was elected to study in depth the Human brain Project (HBP) by the European Commission as an emblematic project of the FET flagship programme. The project is expected to run for at least ten years, receiving funding of up to € 1,100 million. The laboratory is integrated at the i-health cluster and is headed by the Professor Fernando Maestú of the UCM.
Proyecto de Cerebro Humano
The laboratory of Cognitive and Computational Neurosciences is located at the Center for Biomedical Technology at the Montegancedo Campus of the UPM. This centre has the magnetoencephalography machine in a room completely isolated from magnetic particles.
The laboratory is example of the synergy between the two institutions that form Campus Moncloa: Campus of International Excellence. Consequently, the UPM provides with telecommunication and industrial engineers and the UCM with researchers on medicine and psychology.
HUMAN BRAIN PROJECT
The ambitious goal of Human Brain Project (HBP) is to understand of our brain as a whole. The research will study what makes us humans as well as to develop new treatment for brain diseases and to build new and revolutionary computing technologies. The HBP includes research groups from almost all European countries but it is also opened to other countries such as Argentina, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the United States.
laboratory of Cognitive and Computational Neurosciences
HIGHLY EFFICIENT COMPUTERS
The main activity of the laboratory of Cognitive and Computational Neurosciences at the HBP will be “giving oscillatory brain signals that indicate how the brain works”. They aim to show the functional connectivity, how brain areas are connected and how they exchange information with each other. An idea of the HBP is to create a model to develop a computer based on how brain works.
Within the Human Brain Project there are six main researches which are focused on the development of new technologies that allow them to unify the discoveries of brain at all levels, from genetic to morphologic level.
Tag: i-Health Source: Tribuna Complutense
Event date:
08/04/2013
