Description: The coming decade of digital brain research - A vision for neuroscience at the intersection of technology and computing

This title appears in the Scientific Report : 2022

The coming decade of digital brain research - A vision for neuroscience at the intersection of technology and computing

Brain research has in recent years indisputably entered a new epoch, driven by substantial methodological advances and digitally enabled data integration and modeling at multiple scales – from molecules to the whole system. Major advances are emerging at the intersection of neuroscience with technol...

Personal Name(s):	Amunts, Katrin (Corresponding author)
	Axer, Markus / Bitsch, Lise / Bjaalie, Jan / Brovelli, Andrea / Caspers, Svenja / Costantini, Irene / D'Angelo, Egidio / De Bonis, Giulia / DeFelipe, Javier / Destexhe, Alain / Dickscheid, Timo / Diesmann, Markus / Eickhoff, Simon B. / Engel, Andreas / Fousek, Jan / Furber, Stephen / Goebel, Rainer / Günterkün, Onur / Hellgren Kotaleski, Jeanette / Hilgetag, Claus C. / Hölter, Sabine M. / Ioannidis, Yannis / Jirsa, Viktor / Klijn, Wouter / Kämpfer, Julia / Lippert, Thomas / Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas / Migliore, Michele / Morel, Yannick / Morin, Fabrice / Oden, Lena / Panagiotaropoulos, Fanis / Paolucci, Pier Stanislao / Pennartz, Cyriel / Petkoski, Spase / Petrovici, Mihai A. / Ritter, Petra / Rotter, Stefan / Rowald, Andreas / Ruland, Sabine / Ryvlin, Philippe / Salles, Arleen / Sanchez-Vives, Maria V. / Schemmel, Johannes / Thirion, Betrand / Vanduffel, Wim
Contributing Institute:	Strukturelle und funktionelle Organisation des Gehirns; INM-1 Jülich Supercomputing Center; JSC Gehirn & Verhalten; INM-7 Computational and Systems Neuroscience; INM-6
Imprint:	Zenodo 2022
DOI:	10.5281/ZENODO.6345821
Document Type:	Preprint
Research Program:	Human Brain Project Specific Grant Agreement 3 Multilevel Brain Organization and Variability
Subject (ZB):	Brain research Neuroscience Digital brain research Brain-inspired technologies
Link:	OpenAccess
	Publikationsportal JuSER

Please use the identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.6345821 in citations.
Please use the identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/30880 in citations.

Brain research has in recent years indisputably entered a new epoch, driven by substantial methodological advances and digitally enabled data integration and modeling at multiple scales – from molecules to the whole system. Major advances are emerging at the intersection of neuroscience with technology and computing. This new science of the brain integrates high-quality basic research, systematic data integration across multiple scales, a new culture of large-scale collaboration and translation into applications. A systematic approach, as pioneered in Europe’s Human Brain Project (HBP), will be essential in meeting the pressing medical and technological challenges of the coming decade. The aims of this paper are To develop a concept for the coming decade of digital brain research To discuss it with the research community at large, with the aim of identifying points of convergence and common goals To provide a scientific framework for current and future development of EBRAINS To inform and engage stakeholders, funding organizations and research institutions regarding future digital brain research To identify and address key ethical and societal issues While we do not claim that there is a ‘one size fits all’ approach to addressing these aspects, we are convinced that discussions around the theme of digital brain research will help drive progress in the broader field of neuroscience.