Presentation 2020-10-29
Constructing structured data on functional hypotheses of the brain
Mei Sasaki, Naoya Arakawa, Hiroshi Yamakawa,
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Abstract(in English) In the recent years, it has become popular in the field of neuroscience to publish experimental data and models as open data in a structured format in order to increase reusability and interoperability of such data. However, there is no established structured data that focuses on computational aspects of information processing in the brain. Therefore, we constructed structured open data on hypotheses about computational functions of the brain together with mesoscopic level anatomical structures of the brain; Brain Reference Architecture(BRA). BRA can be referenced in designing brain-inspired software and could be used for assessing biological plausibility. Such software could contribute to increasing human-friendliness of man-machine interface and development of computational psychiatry. In this paper, we define Brain Information Flow(BIF) format that is dedicated to describe information processing in the brain. We describe methods to construct BRA, report on current status of BRA, and also on challenges that we face.
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Keyword(in English) Neuroinformatics / functional hypotheses / structured data / open data / mesoscopic level
Paper # NC2020-11
Date of Issue 2020-10-22 (NC)

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Committee MBE / NC / NLP / CAS
Conference Date 2020/10/29(2days)
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Place (in English) Online
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Topics (in English) ME,NC,CAS,NLP
Chair Takashi Watanabe(Tohoku Univ.) / Kazuyuki Samejima(Tamagawa Univ) / Kiyohisa Natsume(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.) / Yasuhiro Takashima(Univ. of Kitakyushu)
Vice Chair Ryuhei Okuno(Setsunan Univ.) / Rieko Osu(Waseda Univ.) / Takuji Kosaka(Chukyo Univ.) / Hiroki Sato(Sony LSI Design)
Secretary Ryuhei Okuno(Akita-noken) / Rieko Osu(NTT) / Takuji Kosaka(ATR) / Hiroki Sato(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)
Assistant Akihiro Karashima(Tohoku Inst. of Tech.) / Jun Akazawa(Meiji Univ. of Integrative Medicine) / Ken Takiyama(TUAT) / Nobuhiko Wagatsuma(Toho Univ.) / Toshikaza Samura(Yamaguchi Univ.) / Hideyuki Kato(Oita Univ.) / Motoi Yamaguchi(TECHNOPRO) / Yohei Nakamura(Hitachi)

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Registration To Technical Committee on ME and Bio Cybernetics / Technical Committee on Neurocomputing / Technical Committee on Nonlinear Problems / Technical Committee on Circuits and Systems
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Constructing structured data on functional hypotheses of the brain
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Keyword(1) Neuroinformatics
Keyword(2) functional hypotheses
Keyword(3) structured data
Keyword(4) open data
Keyword(5) mesoscopic level
1st Author's Name Mei Sasaki
1st Author's Affiliation Whole Brain Architecture Initiative(WBAI)
2nd Author's Name Naoya Arakawa
2nd Author's Affiliation Whole Brain Architecture Initiative(WBAI)
3rd Author's Name Hiroshi Yamakawa
3rd Author's Affiliation Whole Brain Architecture Initiative(WBAI)
Date 2020-10-29
Paper # NC2020-11
Volume (vol) vol.120
Number (no) NC-216
Page pp.pp.14-20(NC),
#Pages 7
Date of Issue 2020-10-22 (NC)