Projects

Modelling of Neurodegenerative Diseases

AETIONOMY - Understanding the molecular causes of Alzheimer's disease
The project AETIONOMY is one of the «flagship-projects» of the Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI), a public private partnership of the European Union and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). Project duration: 01/2014 - 12/2018

EPAD
The European research initiative EPAD targets to improve the understanding of the early phases of Alzheimer's disease and to develop provisions which contribute to the prevention of Alzheimer. Project duration: 01/2015 - 12/2019

Neuroallianz
In the Neuroallianz Consortium various academic institutions and companies collaborate in strategic research partnerships that develop new therapeutic and diagnostic approaches of neurodegenerative diseases. SCAI contributes a collaborative information technology platform to support data exchange, intelligent data analysis, and disease-centric knowledge discovery for the partners. Project duration: 06/2013 - 05/2018

HBP - The Human Brain Project
In the "Human Brain Project" (HBP), which is funded by the European Commission, leading research institutions work together to better understand the human brain. For that purpose the project partners will develop new simulation methods, for example on high performance computers. The project aims to develop new therapeutic approaches for the treatment of brain diseases and new methods of High Performance Computing. Project duration: 10/2013 - 06/2016

IDSN
In the project IDSN (Integrative data semantics for neurodegenerative research) Fraunhofer SCAI, the Deutsche Zentrum für neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) and the Universitätsklinikum Bonn (UKB) cooperate to improve the early recognition of dementia diseases. For that purpose they analyze clinical data and research data in an overall view. Project duration: 03/2016 - 02/2019

Fortissimo and Fortissimo 2
Fortissimo and Fortissimo 2 are collaborative projects that enable European SMEs to be more competitive globally through the use of simulation services running on a High Performance Computing cloud infrastructure. SCAI contributes to Fortissimo 2 with its expertise in two technology domains:

- advanced data analytics for big amounts of numerical simulation data and
- flexible licensing mechanisms for pay-per-use models in clouds.
Project duration: 11/2015 - 10/2018