
Understanding how the human brain works will take more than brains. Along with the planet’s smartest scientific minds, it will take never-before-achieved computing capabilities. The science and technology required to decode the human brain is a scientific final frontier … and Professor Dr. Dirk Pleiter is on the front lines. The theoretical physics professor and research group leader at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) in Jülich, Germany, is part of the Human Brain Project (HBP), a 10-year-long European research initiative tasked with creating a working simulation of the brain. “Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest challenges facing 21st century science,” states the HBP’s report to the European Commission. “If ... [ Read More ]