The FACETS Project

 
Computer Simulation of Neural Microcircuits
(Brain Mind Institute, EPFL Lausanne) 
 
FACETS is a European project to research the properties of the human brain. 
 

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.