2. The Goodman Brain Computation Lab A Collaboration between The School of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and The Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of Nevada, Reno

3. The People - Faculty Phil Goodman – Internal Medicine, BME Brain Modeling, Lab Oversight Fred Harris, Jr - Comp. Sci. & Engr. Parallel Computation, Visualization Monica Nicolescu - Comp. Sci. & Engr. Robotics Rene Doursat - Visiting Assistant Prof. Brain Modeling

4. The People – Students Current Rich Drewes (PhD BME) Brain Modeling James Frye (PhD CSE) Parallel Computation Alina Solovyova-Vincent (PhD CSE) Robotics Miland Zirpe (MSCS) John Kenyon (MSCS) Qunming Peng (MSCS) Lance Hutchinson (BS CIE) Graduated Jim King (MSCS ‘05) Rich Drewes (MSCS ‘05) James Maciokas (PhD Psychology ’04) James Frye (MSCS ‘03) Juan Carlos Macera (MSCS ‘03) Kishor Waikul (MSCS ‘02) Courtenay Wilson (MS CpE ‘01)

5. What we do Study how the brain works and build very large scale computer models to simulate it Build large computer systems to run these models Visualize this computation in 3D space to learn more about it Use Robotics to test the models that we build

6. Study How the Brain Works and model it Neurons Excitatory Interneurons (inhibitory) Channels Potassium Family Suppressing behavior on parent cell

7. Build large Computer Systems to run those models Currently: 212 CPU’s 424 GB of Ram More than 1 TB of Disk

8. Visualize this in 3D space to learn more about it

9. Use Robotics to test the models Engaging & Rewarding: Evocative:

10. Who Supports this Office of Naval Research (People Grants) 3 year grant – (2000-2003) $600,000 3 year grant – (2003-2006) $660,000 3 year grant – (2006-2009) ???? Department of Defense (Hardware Grants) DURIP 2001 - $250,000 DURIP 2002 - $250,000 DURIP 2004 - $250,000 DURIP 2005 - $250,000 DURIP 2006 - ???

11. Our Sister Lab The Brain Mind Institute, EPFL – Lusanne, Switzerland – headed by Henry Markrham Neuro Testing – Real Brain experiments to compute the correct brain parameters Hardware – 8,000 cpu IBM Blue Gene super computer Currently #12 in the world

12. What Next Industry collaborations Full Hardware implementation Silicon based neuron simulations (instead of software) DARPA

13. Thank you We would like to acknowledge the Office of Naval Research and the Department of Defense for their funding as well as thank the UNR VP for Research office for their support of this project