The Most powerful creation of god is Human Brain. Attempt of reverse engineer the Human Brain. Project founded by Henry Markram at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), in Lausanne, Switzerland. Simulations are carried out on Blue Gene Supercomputer built by IBM and hence the name “BLUE BRAIN”. Simulation is based on Michael Hine’s NEURON, together with other custom built components. Complete Simulation of HUMAN BRAIN will be possible by 2023 if proper funding is received.

1. BLUE
BRAIN
AKANSH SINGHAL

2. • Introduction
• What is Blue Brain?
• Need of Virtual Brain
• Function of Natural Brain
• Brain Simulation
• Softwares Requirements
• Hardware Requirements
• Uploading Human Brain
• Advantages and Disadvantages
• Conclusion
CONTENTS

3. • The Most powerful creation of god is Human Brain.
• Attempt of reverse engineer the Human Brain.
• Project founded by Henry Markram at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), in Lausanne,
Switzerland.
• Simulations are carried out on Blue Gene Supercomputer built by IBM and hence the name “BLUE
BRAIN”.
• Simulation is based on Michael Hine’s NEURON, together with other custom built components.
• Complete Simulation of HUMAN BRAIN will be possible by 2023 if proper funding is received.
INTRODUCTION

5. • Virtual Brain (which is not actually a brain but acts as
one)
• “BLUE BRAIN” is the name of the first artificial brain in
the world which is being developed by IBM.
• Possible by using a super computer, with huge storage
capacity, processing power and an interface between
human brain and the artificial one.
WHAT IS VIRTUAL BRAIN?

6. • Different quotients like Intelligence Quotient, Emotional
Quotient etc. will be different in different individuals.
• Society needs Intelligence for development.
• U.K had asked Sir M.V’s Brain.
• Virtual Brain will be useful to keep the intelligence even
after the death of the person.
NEED OF VIRTUAL BRAIN

7. BRAIN SIMULATION

8. • We mainly require 3 Software for the purpose of
simulation and visualization of results.
• They are
 NEURON
 BBP-SDK
 RTNeuron
Software Requirement

9. It is a primary software package used by BBP for
neural simulations.
Written in C,C++ and Fortran.
Open source software
Michael Hines and BBP Team collaborated in 2005 to
port the package into Blue Gene Supercomputer.
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10. BBP-SDK is a Blue Brain Project
Software Development Kit.
It is a set of APIs that allows
researchers to utilize and inspect
models and simulations.
Is a C++ library wrapped in Java and
Python.
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11. RT-NEURON
• RTNeuron is the primary application used by the BBP
team for visualization of neural simulations.
• It is a software written specifically for neural
simulations. i.e., it is not generalizable to other types
of simulation.
• Silicon Graphics: A 32-processor Silicon Graphics Inc.
(SGI) system with 300 Gb of shared memory is used
for visualization of results.

12. HARDWARE
REQUIREMENTS
• Blue Gene/P
• JuQUEEN

13. Blue Gene/P
• It is the primary machine used by the BBP
• Built by IBM
• Technical Specs
 4,096 quad-core nodes
 Operating system: Linux SuSE SLES 10
• This machine peaked at 99th place in fastest
supercomputers in the world in 2009.

14. J
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It is a Blue Gene/Q Supercomputer by IBM
Installed at the Julich Research Center, in Germany in
2012.
This is being used by the BBP from 2013
Main aim of JuQUEEN is to provide three
dimensional, realistic model of the human brain

15. • By use of small robots called ‘Nanobots’.
• Small enough to travel through our circulatory system.
• Monitors the activity and structure of our central nervous system by
travelling into spine and brain.
• Nanobots could also carefully scan the structure of our brain, providing
a complete readout of the connections.
• This information, when entered into a computer, could then continue to
function as us.
• Thus the data stored in the entire brain will be uploaded into the
computer.
Uploading Human Brain

16. Things can be
remembered
without any
effort.
Decisions can
be made
without the
presence of
the person.
Intelligence
will be used
even after
the death of
the person.
Helps in
curing many
psychological
diseases
The activity
of different
animals can
be
understood.
Advantages
DISADVANTAGES
Knowledge
can be
misused by
hackers
We become
dependent
upon the
computer
systems.
Computer
Viruses will
cause
increasingly
critical threat
Knowledge
can be
misused by
hackers

17. At the end, we will be able to transfer
ourselves to computer. This may give
answers to lot of unanswered
questions in Neurology or even help
in curing number of neurological
diseases. If the proper fundings are
received, we will have a BLUE BRAIN
in 2023.
CONCLUSION

18. Thank you
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