Blue Brain Technology

1. PRESENTED BY:
DEEPU
BLUE BRAIN TECHNOLOGY

2. Introduction
What is Blue Brain?
What is virtual brain?
Functioning of natural brain
Brain simulation
Blue Brain project
PREVIEW

3. Uploading of human brain
Applications
Advantages & disadvantages
Future perspective
Conclusion
PREVIEW

4. INTRODUCTION
Human brain
Blue Brain
Machine brain (virtual brain)

5. 1st virtual brain
Combination of hardware & software
Operates like natural brain
Concept conceived by (EPFL, Switzerland)
Development carried out by IBM
WHAT IS BLUE BRAIN?

6. A machine that can function as brain
It can
• take decisions
• think
• respond
• keep things in memory
WHAT IS VIRTUAL BRAIN?

7. Sensory Input
Interpretation
Motor Output
FUNCTIONING OF NATURAL BRAIN

8. BRAIN SIMULATION
Reverse engineering
Combining biological studies with digital
technology
Use concept of Artificial Neural Network
(ANN)

9. Natural Brain
• Input
• By neurons
• Interpretation
• By different states
of neurons
BRAIN SIMULATION
Virtual Brain
• Input
• Through ANN with
silicon chips
• Interpretation
• By a set of bits in the
set of registers

10. Natural Brain
• Output
• Through neurons
• Processing
• Through
arithmetic & logic
calculations
• Memory
• Through
permanent state
of neurons
BRAIN SIMULATION
Virtual Brain
• Output
• Through silicon chips
• Processing
• Through arithmetic &
logic calculations as
well as AI
• Memory
• Through secondary
memory

11. BLUE BRAIN PROJECT
Objectives
• Lay a foundation for info based customised
medical treatment
• Accelerate the global research
• Reverse engineer structure & functions of
brain
• Build a complete theoretical framework

12. BLUE BRAIN PROJECT
Objectives
• Reconstruct brain of mammals and men
• From genetic to whole brain levels
• Develop computer models for
• Simulation
• Visualisation &
• Automatic knowledge archiving

13. BLUE BRAIN PROJECT
Architecture
• Super computer– Blue Gene/L (IBM)
• Peak performance of 22.4 TFLOPS
• 8192 processors used
• Modelling of microcircuits
• To represent Neurons

14. BLUE BRAIN PROJECT
Architecture
• Simulation of microcircuits
• Massive parallel computation by 8192
processors
• Streamlining of computations
• 1 second of activity of brain to be
modelled in 1 second by virtual brain
also

15. BLUE BRAIN PROJECT
Architecture
• Interpreting the results
• Thousands of gigabytes of data
• Analysed by computers working in
parallel
• connected by a very high speed
network
• separate super computers for
computationally intensive tasks

16. BLUE BRAIN PROJECT
Architecture
• Data manipulation cascade
• Neuron GUI software (simulation
environment for modelling networks of
neurons)

17. UPLOADING OF HUMAN BRAIN
• By using NANOBOTS
• Small enough to travel throughout
our circulatory system
• Can monitor activity of brain
• Travels into the spine and brain
• Acts as interface with computer

18. UPLOADING OF HUMAN BRAIN
Nanobot models for use in Blue Brain Technology

19. APPLICATIONS
• Cracking the neural code
• Can lay a foundation for molecular
modeling of brain
• A new tool for drug discovery for
brain disorders
• Can lay foundation for whole brain
simulations

20. ADVANTAGES
Decisions can be made without the presence of a
person.
Even after the death of a man his intelligence can be
used
Improvements in processing speed and memory could
make entire human brain simulated
Activity of different animals can be understood
Can provide assistance to people with speaking and
brain disorders

21. Can be used by adversaries as a
weapon
Cyber security threats
Human cloning
A world controlled by machines may
happen
DISADVANTAGES

22. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
Prosthetic
devices to
restore
vision,
hearing etc
might be
developed
Creation of
Surrogates
This is just a
‘blink of an
eye’….
There is lot
more to
come…

23. CONCLUSION
Wisdom lies in right use
Human beings can be transferred into
computers at some point of time
This is just a beginning…