IIT-M’s centre for brain research inaugurated

The new premises of Centre for Computational Brain Research (CCBR), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, was inaugurated on Monday here. This dedicated work space will house researchers and staff of the CCBR.

Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder of Infosys and a distinguished Alumnus of IIT Madras, inaugurated it in the presence of Prof K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor, Union Government, IIT-Madras Dean Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi.

The CCBR at IIT Madras is a high-level research center dedicated to the goal of understanding the inner workings of the brain and using these basic principles to further enhance computer science. Also IIT states that the goal of the Centre for Computational Brain Research is to explore the interface between Neuroscience and Engineering disciplines.

To achieve this goal, the centre’s faculty work under the guidance of three chair professors--Prof Partha Mitra (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA), Prof Mriganka Sur (MIT, USA) and Prof Anand Raghunathan (PurdueUniversity, USA). The center is funded by the generous contributions from Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan.