SEMINAR

On
BLUE BRAIN
Submitted By
Name : B A SIDDARTHA
USN : 3VY22MC026
BRANCH : MCA
SEM : SECOND SEM
SECTION : A
Under the Guidance of
Mr. Ambresh Bhadrashetty
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science And Engineering Visvesvaraya
Technological University Centre For PG Studies Kalaburagi – 585105
 INTRODUCTION

Human brain, the most valuable creation of God.The man is called

intelligent because of the brain.But we loss the knowledge of a brain when
the body is destroyed after the death .“BLUE BRAIN”- The name of the
world’s first virtual brain. That means a machine that can function as
human brain.
 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Blue Brain, an Artificial Brain which is an initiative taken by Swiss brain research that
aims to recreate an artificial brain by performing reverse engineering on brain circuitry.
The Blue brain project was initially founded on May 2005 at Brain and mind institute
named EPFL(EcolePolytechnique Federale de Lausanne) in Switzerland that specializes
in natural sciences and engineering.
Project blue brain is headed by Henry Markram, professor at EPFL. The blue brain is
using a supercomputer which was created by IBM called as “Blue Gene” which runs
software developed by Michael Hines’s and John Moore named “NEURON”, a
simulation environment which models network of neurons in human brain.It’s been said
that by 2023 project will be launched officially.
 ARCHITECTURE
IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE TO CREATE A HUMAN BRAIN?
Main aim is to upload human brain into machine.

After the death of the body, the virtual brain willact as the man.

IBM is now in research to create a Virtual Brain.

The first phase of Blue Brain project started after15 years of systematically dissecting a single
neocortical
column.

The project has focused not only onbuilding a model of NCC, but ondeveloping a generic facility.

The model of NCC consists of 10,000 3Ddigitalization of real neurons.

FUNCTIONING OF BRAIN

Sensory Input:
Receiving input such as sound ,image, etc through sensory cell.

Interpretation:
Interpretation of the received input by the brain by defining states of
neurons in the
brain.

Motor Output:
Receiving of electric responses from the brain top erform any action.
Modeling The Blue Brain
1)Modeling the neurons:-
Shape & Structure influences it’s electrical properties .
Neuron morphology & Electrical behavior of the Juvenile Rat is used as the
basis for
the model.
2) Modeling connections:-
Precise density & Volume of the Cell provides essential information for
constructing
cortical circuits.
Blue Gene is used in intensive calculation to fix the synapse locations.
3) Modeling the column:-
The result of all these calculations is a recreation at the cellular level of
the NCC.
A model of NCC was completed at the endof 2006.
Model of NCC
 BRAIN SIMULATION
NATURAL BRAIN SIMULATED BRAIN
INPUT INPUT
Through the natural neurons. Through the silicon chip or artificial neurons.

INTERPRETATION INTERPRETATION
By different states of the neurons in the brain. By a set of bits in the set ofregister

OUTPUT OUTPUT
Through the natural neurons. Through the silicon chip.
PROCESSING PROCESSING
Through arithmetic and logical calculations. Through arithmetic and logical calculation and
artificial intelligence.
MEMORY MEMORY
Through permanent states of neurons. Through Secondary memory.
 UPLOADING HUMAN BRAIN

The uploading is possible by the use of small robots known as the

nanobots.
These robots are small enough to travel through out our circulatory
system.
Traveling into the spine and brain, they will be able to monitor the
activity and
structure of our central nervous system.
They will be able to provide an interface with computer that is as
close as our
mind can be while we still reside in our biological form.
Nanobots could also carefully scan the structure of our brain, providing
a complete readout of the connection.
This information, when entered into a computer, could then continue to
function as us.
Thus the data stored in the entire brain will be uploaded into the
 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIRMENTS

A Super computer.
Memory with a very large storing capacity.
 Processor with a very high processing power.
A very wide network.
A program to convert the electric impulses from the brain to input signal,
which
is to be received by the computer and vice versa.
very powerful Nanobots to act as the interface between the natural brain
and the
computer.
 APPLICATIONS OF BLUE BRAIN

• Gathering and Testing 100 Years of Data.

• Cracking the Neural Code.
• Understanding Neocortical Information Processing.
• A Novel Tool for Drug Discovery for Brain Disorders.
• A Global Facility.
• A Foundation for Whole Brain Simulations.
• A Foundation for Molecular Modeling of Brain Function.
1)Gathering and testing 100 years of data:
To provide a working model into which the past 100 years knowledge about
the
microstructure and workings of the neocortical column can be gathered
and tested.

2)Cracking the neural code:

The Neural Code refers to how the brain builds objects using electrical
patterns. Creating an accurate replica of the NCC which faithfully
reproduces the emergent
electrical dynamics of the real microcircuit, is an absolute requirement to
revealing
how the neocortex processes, stores and retrieves information.
3)Understanding neocortical information processing:
The power of an accurate simulation lies in the predictions that can be
generated
about the neocortex. Indeed, iterations between simulations and
experiments are
essential to build an accurate copy of the NCC.

4)A novel tool for drug discovery for brain disorders:

Understanding the functions of different elements and pathways of the NCC

will provide a concrete foundation to explore the cellular and synaptic bases
of a wide spectrum of neurological and psychiatric diseases.

5)A global facility:

A software replica of a NCC will allow researchers to explore hypotheses of

6) A foundation for whole brain stimulations:
Generate reduced models that retain critical functions and computational
capabilities, which can be duplicated and interconnected to form
neocortical brain
regions. Knowledge of the NCC architecture can be transferred to
facilitate
reconstruction of subcortical brain regions.

7) A foundation for molecular modeling of brain function:

It will provide the first and essential step to a gradual increase in model
complexity
moving towards a molecular level description of the neocortex with
biochemical
pathways being simulated.
 ADVANTAGES OF BLUE BRAIN

Remembering things without any effort.

Making decision without the presence of a person.

Using intelligence of a person after the death .

Understanding the activities of animals .

Allowing the deaf to hear via direct nerve stimulation.

 DISADVANTAGES OF BLUE BRAIN
We become dependent upon the computer .

Others may use technical knowledge against us.

Another fear is found today with respect to human cloning.

 CONCLUSION
We will be able to transfer ourselves into computers at some point.

It will bring both benefits and harm to human society .

Eventually aim of applying terrific computer power to the simulation of

an
entire brain.

Very soon this technology will be highly accepted whole over the world.
 REFERENCES

Slide share.net

Seminarsonly.com

Wikipedia

Youtube.com

Google

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