Center for Computational Brain Research

The Center for Computational Brain Research (CCBR) is an interdisciplinary research centre located at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.[1] CCBR was set up in 2015 with funding from Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan. The stated objective of the center is "to explore the interface between Neuroscience and Engineering disciplines".[2][3]

Center for Computational Brain Research, IIT Madras
AbbreviationCCBR
Formation2015
TypePublic
HeadquartersChennai, India
Location
  • IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036
Founder
Kris Gopalakrishnan
Parent organization
IIT Madras, India
WebsiteOfficial Webpage

Research activities

The two broad areas of research at the centre are (1) to exploit engineering tools for analysing the structure and activity of neural circuits and (2) advancing machine intelligence with brain-inspired hardware and software architecture. The center has 3 chairs with an endowment of 100 million (₹10 crore) each. These chairs are currently held by distinguished Indian American professors, viz., Partha Mitra (CSHL),[4] Mriganka Sur (MIT)[5] and Anand Raghunathan (Purdue University).[6][7]

Academic activities

Some of the teaching modules at CCBR are Neuroscience, Machine learning, Vision, Audition, Natural Language Processing and Reinforcement learning.[8][9] The center has also been organizing an annual winter course/workshop on "Machine Intelligence and Brain Research" during the first week of January.[10][11][12]

References
  1. "Decoding the human brain". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. Yash Murty. "CCBR | Home". ccbr.iitmadras.in. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "Workshop on neuroscience for engineers to be held at IIT-Madras". Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. "Partha Mitra - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory". cshl.edu. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. "Sur Lab – Laboratory of Mriganka Sur". surlab.mit.edu. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  6. "Purdue professor in India is part of team unraveling how the brain works, with applications to computing - Purdue University". purdue.edu. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  7. "Anand Raghunathan's Webpage". engineering.purdue.edu. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  8. Yash Murty. "CCBR | Home". ccbr.iitmadras.in. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  9. "Neuroscience curriculum soon in IIT Madras". The Hindu BusinessLine. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  10. "IIT-Madras winter course on machine intelligence and brain research begins | Education News, The Indian Express". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  11. "Registrations double for IIT-M brain research course". Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  12. "IIT Madras Winter Course On Machine Intelligence And Brain Research Begins". ndtv.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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