what is it about neuroscience that it throws up some of the most brilliant, lucid thinkers. here are some videos that talk about 3 most advanced initiatives built around applying brain science to human activity. watch for some of these key people: dharmendra modha, henry markram and jeff hawkins - each one coming to the issue of reverse engineering the human brain from a different direction...
cognitive computing is led by ibm (everyone has heard about ibm's watson and the jeopardy challenge). this is the most applied project informed by neuroscience. their endeavor is to build computer systems that are derived from the design and functioning of the human brain - hence "cognitive". the project is led by dharmendra modha.
the hbp or "human brain project" is based in lausanne, switzerland and just got $ 1.6 billion for the next 10 years to build an accurate computer simulation of the human brain. dubbed a "cern for neuroscience," it is the most comprehensive brain project in the world. a particular focus of this project is to fast track an understanding of the diseases of the brain by experimenting via accurate simulation. they are also interested in a whole range of applications of neuroscience like computing and robotics. henry markram leads this project - he is israeli and trained at the weizman institute for science and technology.
the above is an introduction to the state of the art in theoretical neuroscience - the primary concern of jeff hawkins. he started with the conundrum that there seemed to be a lot of experimental and descriptive data about the human brain but no real theory about how it works. this led him to found the redwood neuroscience institute and numenta, inc. where he leads efforts to build a theoretical understanding of the human brain and to bring this to application. note numenta's work to bring us "grok" a predictive analytics platform that sounds quite amazing.
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