The "Human Brain Project" was also an NIH funding initiative in the 1990s, which was hugely influential in kickstarting the field of neuroinformatics (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroinformatics)
I know several people who have done PhDs in neural simulation and then gone on to work in industry (e.g. banking, IT consultancy). I've also come across a couple of startups building on brain-inspired computing. The…
I would suggest checking back after the summer, which is when the project should actually start. Also note, "The HBP has allocated a large proportion of its funding to what we call Competitive Calls. The HBP Competitive…
Henry Markram, the coordinator of the Human Brain Project, is also one of the founders of Frontiers (http://frontiersin.org), a scientist-led, open-access publisher, so I think it's fair to say there is already a strong…
The "Human Brain Project" was also an NIH funding initiative in the 1990s, which was hugely influential in kickstarting the field of neuroinformatics (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroinformatics)
I know several people who have done PhDs in neural simulation and then gone on to work in industry (e.g. banking, IT consultancy). I've also come across a couple of startups building on brain-inspired computing. The…
I would suggest checking back after the summer, which is when the project should actually start. Also note, "The HBP has allocated a large proportion of its funding to what we call Competitive Calls. The HBP Competitive…
Henry Markram, the coordinator of the Human Brain Project, is also one of the founders of Frontiers (http://frontiersin.org), a scientist-led, open-access publisher, so I think it's fair to say there is already a strong…