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Obama’s Brain Initiative and Multidisciplinary Education

Obama’s Brain Initiative and Multidisciplinary Education. Juyang (John) Weng Computer Sci., Neurosci., Cognitive Sci. Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 49924 USA weng@msu.edu. Brain Initiatives. 4/2/2013 Obama announced his brain initiative To get a dynamic picture of the brain

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Obama’s Brain Initiative and Multidisciplinary Education

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  1. Obama’s Brain Initiative andMultidisciplinary Education Juyang (John) Weng Computer Sci., Neurosci., Cognitive Sci.Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 49924 USA weng@msu.edu

  2. Brain Initiatives • 4/2/2013 Obama announced his brain initiative • To get a dynamic picture of the brain • To better understand how we think, learn and remember • $100M/year plus $94M/year from private partners • EU has announced the Human Brain Project • China is preparing its own brain project

  3. The US President and BRAIN • Obama : • “This is a Nation of dreamers and risk-takers.” • “We do not just track the best scientists and entrepreneurs” • “We have not unlocked the mystery of 3 pounds of matter that sits between our ears” • “Better understand how we think, how we learn, and how we remember.” • “Presumably we life would be simpler here. It would, could explain everything going on in Washington. (laughs)”

  4. What is Required for the BRAIN Project? • Foremost: address the group intelligence problem • It is not that humans do not have sufficient information about how the brain works • Enough information is out there in the vast literature • Individual humans are “blinded” by the lack of group intelligence in the human race

  5. Brain-Mind Institute

  6. Brain-Mind Institute BMI 831 Cognitive Sciencefor Brain-Mind Research Instructor 2013:Juyang Weng

  7. BMI 871 Introduction to ComputationalBrain-Mind Instructor 2013:Juyang Weng

  8. Resistance to Understanding the Brain • From government branches • From neuroscience • From cognitive science or psychology • From computer science • From electrical engineering • From mathematics

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