Human Brain Project and ICEI Celebrate Successful Completion

In 2013, the Human Brain Project (HBP) was selected by the European Commission as one of two Future and Emerging Technologies Flagship initiatives to receive funding over a period of 10 years in order to build a novel digital research infrastructure for neuroscience and brain-related research. Since then, HBP members have presented their scientific results in over 3000 publications, advanced medical and engineering applications, and developed over 160 freely available digital tools for neuroscience research. With 155 participating institutions from 19 countries and a total budget of € 607 million, the HBP was one of the largest research and infrastructure projects in Europe.

The interdisciplinary team of HBP technology experts worked with HBP researchers to build EBRAINS: the digital research infrastructure offering brain atlases, services for finding and sharing brain data, modelling and simulation services, and health research platforms. EBRAINS builds on the computing, cloud, and data services of the Fenix e-infrastructure, which was developed in the Interactive Computing e-Infrastructure (ICEI) project, a sister project of the HBP. The JSC contributed to the development, hosting, and operation of a multitude of the EBRAINS services, and also managed the computing-related part of the HBP. JSC also coordinated the ICEI project and managed in particular the development contracts resulting in the Fenix User and Resource Management Service (FURMS) and the Data Mover Service. The JSC looks forward to continuing the journey of EBRAINS and Fenix after the end of the HBP and ICEI, which were both successfully completed in September 2023.

Contact: Anna Lührs, sdln-coord@fz-juelich.de

from JSC News No. 300, 12 December 2023