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Brain-Inspired Computing

International Workshop, BrainComp 2013, Cetraro, Italy, July 8-11, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 8603)

Part of the book sub series: Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues (LNTCS)

Conference series link(s): BrainComp: International Workshop on Brain-Inspired Computing

Conference proceedings info: BrainComp 2013.

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
  2. Brain Structure and Function - A Neuroscience Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Towards a Multiscale, High-Resolution Model of the Human Brain

      • Katrin Amunts, Oliver Bücker, Markus Axer
      Pages 3-14
    3. Integrating Brain Structure and Dynamics on Supercomputers

      • S. J. van Albada, S. Kunkel, A. Morrison, M. Diesmann
      Pages 22-32
  3. Computational Models and Brain-Inspired Computing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
    2. Models of the Visual Cortex for Object Representation: Learning and Wired Approaches

      • Antonio J. Rodríguez-Sánchez, Justus Piater
      Pages 51-62
    3. A Generic Model of Visual Selective Attention

      • Kleanthis C. Neokleous, Marios N. Avraamides, Christos N. Schizas
      Pages 63-75
    4. COSFIRE: A Brain-Inspired Approach to Visual Pattern Recognition

      • George Azzopardi, Nicolai Petkov
      Pages 76-87
    5. Toward the Development of Cognitive Robots

      • Antonio Bandera, Pablo Bustos
      Pages 88-99
    6. Distance Measures for Prototype Based Classification

      • Michael Biehl, Barbara Hammer, Thomas Villmann
      Pages 100-116
    7. Merging Attention and Segmentation: Active Foveal Image Representation

      • Rebeca Marfil, Esther Antúnez, Fabián Arrebola, Antonio Bandera
      Pages 130-142
    8. Performance Analysis and Parallelization Strategies in Neuron Simulation Codes

      • Victor Lopez, Marçal Sola, Jesus Labarta
      Pages 143-156
  4. HPC and Visualization for Human Brain Simulations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
    2. Towards Brain-Inspired System Architectures

      • Thomas Sterling, Maciej Brodowicz, Timur Gilmanov
      Pages 159-170
    3. Towards an Explorative Visual Analysis of Cortical Neuronal Network Simulations

      • Torsten Wolfgang Kuhlen, Bernd Hentschel
      Pages 171-183
    4. Visualization of Large-Scale Neural Simulations

      • Juan B. Hernando, Carlos Duelo, Vicente Martin
      Pages 184-197
    5. Supercomputing Infrastructure for Simulations of the Human Brain

      • Thomas Lippert, Boris Orth
      Pages 198-212

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About this book

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed conference proceedings of the International Workshop on Brain-inspired Computing, BrainComp 2013, held in Cetraro, Italy, in July 2013. The 16 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions and cover topics such as brain structure and function as a neuroscience perspective, computational models and brain-inspired computing, HPC and visualization for human brain simulations.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Engineering, University of Calabria, Arcavacada di Rende, Italy

    Lucio Grandinetti

  • Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Jülich, Germany

    Thomas Lippert

  • Computing Science, University of Groningen Institute for Mathematics &, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Nicolai Petkov

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