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Bioinformatics
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Parallel Simulations of the BrainSometimes it is very interesting to simulate, using a computer, the neuronal activity of the brain. In order to simulate the brain you need to have some sort of mathematical model and often the model is described using ordinary differential equations.Modern medical tools for observing activity in the brain, such as Positive Emission Tomography (PET), make it interesting for neuroscientists to compare the actual observations with models. However, the amount of computing power to actually solve the models is daunting, and as a result it is necessary to make use of parallel machines (many processors working on a task together). To do this, Computer Scientists can use techniques for parallel discrete event simulation . Computer Science Professors Xioa-Wen Chang, Hans Vangheluwe and Carl Tropper are experts in the areas of numerical methods, models and parallel discrete event simulation. Some courses that are relevant for this area are:
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