Collaborator Prof. Michael Stiber from UWB’s Biocomputing Laboratory and graduate student Jewel Lee attended the IJCNN conference.
Here is Jewel Lee’s first-hand experience:
I am Jewel Lee, a graduate student in the MCSSE program at UWB. I have been participating in the BrainGrid project and worked on validating the BrainGrid neural simulator. This year, I have the privilege to attend the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) in Anchorage Alaska, where Dr. Michael Stiber presented the paper: “BrainGrid+Workbench: High- Performance/High-Quality Neural Simulation”.
I am proud that many people expressed their interests in our work, the Q&A portion followed by our presentation was very stimulating. Our work not only exhibits a high-performance, large scale neural simulator that utilize GPU hardware but also a novel technique to systematically capture both software and data provenance. Most importantly, it demonstrates that UWB supports cutting-edge and reliable simulations on parallel platforms which can be used in a variety of research areas.
Attending an international conference like IJCNN is a rewarding and exciting experience. There were researchers coming from different countries and with different backgrounds presenting their works and leading insightful conversations. Attending sessions and being part of the discussions have gained me a great exposure to all different applications in the field of neural networks, such as Robotics, Machine learning, Computational Neuroscience, and Cyber Security. This experience also encouraged me to develop my own research and potentially present my work at future conferences.
Note: This work is based in part upon work supported by the US National Science Foundation under Grant No. CCF 1218266 and ACI 1350724, and the UWB CSS Research Assistantship Grant.