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Human Brain Project
Scientific research project / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Human Brain Project (HBP) was a €1-billion EU scientific research project that ran for ten years from 2013 to 2023.[2][3][4] Using high-performance exascale supercomputers it built infrastructure that allowed researchers to advance knowledge in the fields of neuroscience, computing and brain-related medicine.[5] Its successor was the EBRAINS project.[6]
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Type of project | Scientific research |
Location | Geneva, Switzerland |
Owner | European Union |
Key people | Paweł Świeboda, Director General[1] Katrin Amunts, Scientific Research Director[1] |
Established | 1 October 2013; 10 years ago (2013-10-01) |
Status | Ended 30 September 2023; 9 months ago (2023-09-30) |
Website | humanbrainproject |
The Project, which started on 1 October 2013, was a European Commission Future and Emerging Technologies Flagship. The HBP was coordinated by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and was largely funded by the European Union.[7] The project coordination office was in Geneva, Switzerland.[8]
Peer-reviewed research finds that the public discussion forum (the Human Brain Project forum) was actively utilized and showed resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] The HBP forum has been most actively utilized and useful for solving questions related to programming issues and questions close to HBP core areas.