Welcome to the COLAMN Web Site

COLAMN is a large research project funded for 5 years by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under its Novel Computing Initiative (EPSRC Grant Reference: EP/C010841/1).

COLAMN is an acronym for "A Novel Computing Architecture for Cognitive Systems based on the Laminar Microcircuitry of the Neocortex". The project aims at developing computer models to understand better the laminar structure of the mammalian neocortex in order to design VLSI-integrated circuits that work in a brain-like way and can be used to build future computers.

For that purpose the COLAMN Consortium comprises 11 scientific investigators in the UK, 7 visiting researchers in Europe, and 10 postdocs and students. Work covers the full spectrum of disciplines necessary including experimental neurophysiology, computational and theoretical neuroscience, and hardware design.