| The FACETS project aims to address the unsolved question
      of how the brain computes with a concerted action of neuroscientists,
      computer scientists, engineers and physicists. It combines a
      substantial fraction of the European groups working in the field
      into a consortium of 15 groups  from Austria, France, Germany,
      Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Since September 2005
      more than 80 scientists join their efforts over a period of 5
      years. A project of this dimension has rarely been carried out
      in the context of brain-science related work in Europe, in particular
      with such a strong interdisciplinary component. |