Karlheinz Meier - From Ions to Electrons: Physical Models of Brain Circuits

Karlheinz Meier, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany and the Human Brain Project INCF Seminar Series, February 2014 Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Talk abstract: The human brain is a universe of 100 billion cells interacting through a constantly changing network of 1000 trillion synaptic connections. It runs on a power budget of 20 Watts and stores a rather complete model of our physical world. Understanding fundamental principles of the brain is among the key challenges for science.