Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140103001]Researchers: André van Schaik (Chief Investigator)
Brief description Hardware Acceleration for Neural Systems. To really understand how brains work, we need to simulate neural networks of a size similar to that of the human brain (100 billion neurons, 100 trillion connections). Simulating such a network on standard computers in not possible because of its sheer size. Several groups are currently building very expensive and proprietary hardware to solve this, but the output from these projects will not be accessible to other researchers. In order to make real progress in neuroscience, many more researchers need to be enabled to participate. To do this, the project will build a system from commercial hardware (FPGAs) that will cost only a few ten thousand dollars and it will make this design and software available for free.
Funding Amount $430,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP140103001
- ARC : DP140103001