Computational neuroscience is an important topic in the fields of artificial intelligence, big data, smart data and digital transformation. This term describes the application of modern computer technologies to better understand the human brain.
Large amounts of brain data, for example from imaging procedures such as MRI, are analysed and simulated using special software. This allows processes in the brain to be visualised and better understood. In everyday life, the aim is often to recognise diseases such as Alzheimer's or epilepsy at an earlier stage or to treat them in a targeted manner.
An illustrative example: researchers use super-powerful computers to create virtual models of the brain. They use these models to test how certain drugs could affect the brain - thereby saving time and animal testing.
Computer-aided neuroscience thus helps to create the basis for new therapies or innovative applications in the field of artificial intelligence. Their aim is to make the functioning of the brain digitally tangible and thereby further develop health and technology.















