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EBP: The Ersatz Brain Project
- Small Business Information
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Woman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
- Phase 2
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Fiscal Year: 2006Title: EBP: The Ersatz Brain ProjectAgency / Branch: DOD / USAFContract: FA8750-06-C-0045Award Amount: $736,956.00
Abstract:
This project is an attempt to design a computer suitable for the efficient execution of software that displays human-like cognitive abilities. Examples of such software applications include natural language understanding, text processing, conceptually based internet search, natural human-computer interfaces, cognitively based data mining, sensor fusion, and image understanding. The architecture is based on mammalian neocortex. Although we do not think that it is possible to instantiate a true cortical model, we feel that a model that borrows key elements from cortical design is a critical starting point computing systems with the power, flexibility, and subtlety of the actual brain. In Phase 1 of the Ersatz Brain Project (EBP ) we expanded our original conception to include a computationally richer representational architecture than the originally proposed two-dimensional locally connected lattice. Additionally, through simulations, we have discovered how powerful learning rules can be easily incorporated into the EBP.Small Business Information at Submission:APTIMA, INC.
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Award Information
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Agency: Department of Defense |
Branch: Air Force |
Award ID: 72945 |
Program Year/Program: 2006 / SBIR |
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Agency Tracking Number: F051-109-1952 |
Solicitation Year: N/A |
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A |
Solicitation Number: N/A |