Modern computing is based on the fundamental works of Boole, Shannon, Turing and von Neumann. They provided the mathematical, theoretical, conceptual and architectural foundation for the information age.

 

Already Turing pointed out that the brain is an information processing system and conjectured that it might be possible to synthesize its functions.

 

With the advancements in neuroscience and information technology several research projects worldwide try to use this knowledge to build brain inspired computing devices that have the potential to address the 3 critical areas of modern computing : The energy problem, the reliability problem and the software problem.

 

The lecture will introduce the research field of Brain inspired Computing, present recent results and try to provide an outlook to the future.