The Revolutionary Blue Brain Project to Partner with India's PIT Solutions
The Blue Brain Project is the first comprehensive attempt to reverse-engineer human brain in order to understand brain function and dysfunction through detailed simulations
Dr. Henry Markram, Project Director of the Blue Brain Project will deliver a talk on the project on January 27th 2010. The Blue Brain Project is the first comprehensive attempt to reverse-engineer human brain in order to understand brain function and dysfunction through detailed simulations. Dr. Markram is being hosted by PIT Solutions which is based in one of the leading IT hotspots in India - Technopark Trivandrum. PIT Solutions, a leading IT services provider with offices in India and Switzerland, has business relationship with Dr. Markram on multiple IT projects over last couple of years.
The Blue Brain Project is basically an attempt to build a computerized copy of a brain - starting with a rat's brain, and then progressing to a human brain - inside one of the world's most powerful computers. It aims to bring scientists closer to a better understanding of the brain's architectural and functional principles, which would eventually lead to cures for many brain-related diseases. In due course of time, the 'Blue Brain' project is considered to rank as one of the most extraordinary endeavors in scientific history.
In a joint statement by Mr. Rafeek K Mohammed, CEO & Partner, PIT Solutions and Mr. Thomaskutty Sebastian, Head of Business Development & partner, PIT Solutions, they said "The partnership with Dr. Markram and his research team would enable PIT Solutions to enter an exciting and niche area in software development business thereby giving excellent opportunities for highly talented software professionals of the state to be involved in ground breaking software engineering projects. The team size at PIT Solutions is expected to grown in significant numbers in the next years."
Dr. Henry Markram, the Director of the Swiss Federal Institute's (EPFL) Brain Mind Institute heads the Blue Brain project. He says the mysteries of the mind can be solved - soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses. Situated in the heart of Europe, the Swiss Federal Institute (EPFL) is, with its sister school in Zurich, one of Europe's leading institutions of science and technology. It has long lasting relation with world's leading institutes including India's IIT's. EPFL's annual core funding of almost half a billion Swiss Francs is provided by the Swiss Federal Government, which has given EPFL a threefold mission to fulfill, with worldwide visibility and recognition:
- To educate engineers and scientists;
- To be a national center of excellence in science and technology; and
- To provide a hub for interaction between the scientific community and industry.
