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From data to knowledge

From data to knowledge 01/Ascoli145-148F 5/1/03 12:10 PM Page 145 Neuroinformatics Copyright © Humana Press Inc. All rights of any nature whatsoever are reserved. ISSN 1539-2791/03/01:145–148/$20.00 Editorial Giorgio A. Ascoli The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study and Psychology Department, George Mason University, Fairfax,VA; E-mail: ascoli@gmu.edu Submerged in the habitual feast of posters, putative cellular mechanism underlying cor- lectures, and social events of the Society for tical enlargement. The prizewinner ’s talk fol- Neuroscience Meeting, the award ceremony lowed a guest speech by Cold Spring Harbor ’s of the first Eppendorf & Science Prize for Anthony Zador. In a loose comparison with Neurobiology took place last Fall in Orlando, digital computers, Zador enunciated two prin- Florida. That a leading biomedical corpora- ciples of brain design and function, namely tion and research journal would select neuro- connectivity sparseness and activity sparseness. biology as the proper field to recognize out- Only a minuscule fraction of all (combinatori- standing contributions of young scientists is ally immense) possible neuron-to-neuron con- hardly newsworthy. Brain function is more nections are present in the nervous system. In and more often claimed as the greatest chal- addition, neurons are mostly silent. lenge to human understanding. Yet, even the Ultimately, due to the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Neuroinformatics Springer Journals

From data to knowledge

Neuroinformatics , Volume 1 (2) – Jun 6, 2003

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by Humana Press Inc
Subject
Chemistry; Biotechnology; Engineering, general; Neurology
ISSN
1539-2791
eISSN
1559-0089
DOI
10.1007/s12021-003-0001-2
pmid
15046237
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01/Ascoli145-148F 5/1/03 12:10 PM Page 145 Neuroinformatics Copyright © Humana Press Inc. All rights of any nature whatsoever are reserved. ISSN 1539-2791/03/01:145–148/$20.00 Editorial Giorgio A. Ascoli The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study and Psychology Department, George Mason University, Fairfax,VA; E-mail: ascoli@gmu.edu Submerged in the habitual feast of posters, putative cellular mechanism underlying cor- lectures, and social events of the Society for tical enlargement. The prizewinner ’s talk fol- Neuroscience Meeting, the award ceremony lowed a guest speech by Cold Spring Harbor ’s of the first Eppendorf & Science Prize for Anthony Zador. In a loose comparison with Neurobiology took place last Fall in Orlando, digital computers, Zador enunciated two prin- Florida. That a leading biomedical corpora- ciples of brain design and function, namely tion and research journal would select neuro- connectivity sparseness and activity sparseness. biology as the proper field to recognize out- Only a minuscule fraction of all (combinatori- standing contributions of young scientists is ally immense) possible neuron-to-neuron con- hardly newsworthy. Brain function is more nections are present in the nervous system. In and more often claimed as the greatest chal- addition, neurons are mostly silent. lenge to human understanding. Yet, even the Ultimately, due to the

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Published: Jun 6, 2003

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