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To the Cloud! A Grassroots Proposal to Accelerate Brain Science Discovery

Neuro Cloud Consortium. Electronic address: jovo@jhu.edu et al. Neuron. .

Abstract

The revolution in neuroscientific data acquisition is creating an analysis challenge. We propose leveraging cloud-computing technologies to enable large-scale neurodata storing, exploring, analyzing, and modeling. This utility will empower scientists globally to generate and test theories of brain function and dysfunction.

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The upward spiral of science.
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Schematic of the five proposed components. An individual can adopt any or all of the five roles (color coded dashed rectangles). For each component, the cloud content is generated by individuals in one of the five roles.
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