New funding opportunity: Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks (MICrONS) Program I am pleased to announce the release of the Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks (MICrONS) program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). MICrONS seeks to revolutionize machine learning by reverse-engineering the algorithms of the brain. The program is expressly designed as a dialogue between data science and neuroscience, in which participants will have the unique opportunity to pose biological questions with the greatest potential to advance theories of neural computation and obtain answers through carefully planned experimentation and data analysis. Over the course of the program, participants will use their improving understanding of the representations, transformations, and learning rules employed by the brain to create ever more capable neurally-derived machine learning algorithms. Ultimate computational goals for MICrONS include the ability to perform complex information processing tasks such as one-shot learning, unsupervised clustering, and scene parsing, aiming towards human-like proficiency. The program overview is copied below; the full text of the announcement (and any future versions) is available from the BAA link at iarpa.gov/index.php/research-programs/microns/microns-baa. All questions about the program and/or BAA must be submitted to [email protected] by February 9, 2015. Full proposals must be submitted through the IARPA IDEAS system by March 13, 2015. Do not send any questions or proposal submissions to me directly. Please disseminate this information widely. Offerors need not be U.S. citizens or residents to apply or receive funding. Thank you, Jacob R. Jacob Vogelstein, Ph.D. Program Manager ODNI/IARPA go.usa.gov/FPPJ
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 08:11:35 +0000
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