Silicon Brain: The Future of Artificial Intelligence
Kwabena Boahen - Professor of Bioengineering and of Electrical Engineering
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
The Boahen lab is bridging the experiment–computation gap by building a computer that works like the brain, feeding back and contributing to a fundamental, biological understanding of how the brain works.
Stanford Bio-X Seed Grants
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Seed Grant: Decoding dendritic computation for natural and artificial intelligence
Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program Round 12 - 2024
Other Stanford Bio-X Supported Research
Research News
As Moore’s law nears its physical limits, a new generation of brain-like computers comes of age
March 13, 2017 - Stanford News
Normal computer chips aren’t up to the challenges of next-generation devices. Bio-X affiliate Kwabena Boahen has...
Portions of the brain fall asleep and wake back up all the time
December 1, 2016 - Stanford News
Bio-X affiliates Tirin Moore and Kwabena Boahen, initially supported by the Bio-X NeuroVentures program, find that...
Stanford neuroscientists find that noisy neurons are critical for learning
March 18, 2015 - Stanford Report
A computer model of brain function, developed under Bio-X affiliates Bill Newsome, Kwabena Boahen, and Tirin Moore...