Brain cells as Biocomputers: Public lecture by Australian exceptional scientist on 25 April at TUD

Last year, neuroscientist Dr. Brett Kagan and his team at Cortical Labs in Melbourne, Australia, published a scientific sensation: lab-grown brain cells in a dish learned to play an abridged version of the classic computer game Pong. The innovative startup Cortical Labs specializes in biological computing, putting live neurons into chips to revolutionize computing and help usher in the post-silicon age.

Potential applications for the unique organic-digital convergence tools that Cortical Labs is working on are quite broad,  including novel ex-vivo models for drug screening in CNS conditions such as epilepsy and dementia; a deeper understanding about how our brains organize activity and learn; inspiration for new machine learning methods; and ultimately tapping the inherent intelligence of living neurons, for their superior computing power and low energy consumption, for the creation of true neuromorphic computing. In his public lecture at TU Dresden, Brett Kagan, Chief Scientific Officer at Cortical Labs, will talk about the development and application of this technology.

Registration is required at
https://tu-dresden.de/mn/der-bereich/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/anmeldung