Helsinki University of Technology HUT Centrum for Neurosystems Neurosysteemien instituutti "NeuroHUT"

HUT Centrum for Neurosystems, founded in December 1999, is an umbrella organization aimed to enhance interaction between researchers and laboratories interested in systems-level neuroscience and related technological research and engineering. NeuroHUT members include at present 8 research laboratories (3 of these Centers of Excellence of the Academy of Finland), in total about 30 senior scientists and 50 PhD students. The member laboratories belong to several graduate schools, such as

• Finnish Graduate School of Neuroscience
• Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering
• Funktionaaliset tutkimukset lääketieteessä Graduate School

The system-level neuroresearch at NeuroHUT includes

• Neuroimaging
  - 306-channel MEG
  - 64-channel EEG (x 2)
  - 3-T fMRI magnet (installation 2001)
  - optical imaging (under testing)
• Sensory systems and motor functions
• Neural basis of cognition
• Neural network computing
• Biophysics and the physics of living matter
• Technical applications
  - human-computer interface
  - robotics
  - virtual reality
• Acoustics, psychoacoustics, psychophysics
• Image processing and signal analysis
• Development of clinical applications

Member Laboratories

• Applied Electronics Laboratory
  (Professor Raimo Sepponen)
• Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory
  (Academy Professor Riitta Hari)
• Automation Technology & Intelligent Machines and Special Robotics Institute (IMSRI)
  (Professor Aarne Halme)
• Laboratory of Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing
  (Professor Matti Karjalainen and Professor Paavo Alku)
• Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering & Institute of Biomedical Engineering
  (Professor Toivo Katila)
• Laboratory of Computational Engineering
  (Professor Mikko Sams and Academy Professor Kimmo Kaski)
• Neural Networks Research Centre
  (Academy Professor Erkki Oja)
• Telecommunications Software and Multimedia Laboratory
  (Professor Tapio Takala)

 

Welcome to join interesting discussions on brains and minds. NeuroCafe entrance fee of 1 euro includes coffee and pulla.

Please mark these dates to your calendar today!!

	Program
January 23, 2004	Kiti Müller (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health): When human and artificial intelligences meet: Crash or communication? Moderator Aarne Halme (HUT)
February 20, 2004	Aapo Hyvarinen (University of Helsinki): The world in our brains: How do statistical properties of our environment shape us? Moderator: Jouko Lampinen (HUT)
March 19, 2004	Kai Kaila (University of Helsinki): Am I responsible for acts that "my genes make me do"? Moderator: Matti Sintonen (University of Helsinki)
April 23, 2004	Kristian Donner (University of Helsinki): Thermal noise and limits of perception Moderator: Ari Koskelainen (HUT)