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Although the brain of animals is merely an assembly of unstable chemical machines, or neurons, it is responsible for the adaptive and energy-efficient coordination of complex information processing. Such property is not observed in individual neurons, nor can they be described as their linear summation. Brain functions emerge when the neurons are organized and form multicellular networks. In this program, we aim to establish a new Transformative Research Area that integrates in vivo-in vitro-in silico approaches to understand and build biologically plausible models of how information is processed within multicellular networks. The success will both deepen our understanding of the neural basis of brain functions and lead to an energy-efficient and robust computing paradigm that supports our future IoT society.
Hideaki Yamamoto
Tohoku University, Japan, Head Investigator
