An excit­ing program highlights the inter­sec­tion of brain research, super­com­put­ing, and artifi­cial intelligence

How similar are the human brain and artifi­cial intel­li­gence, and what can each learn from the other? What role do super­com­put­ers play in devel­op­ing modern AI? How close are we to fully under­stand­ing the brain's structure?

At the 2025 Science Evening of the Hector Fellow Academy, titled " Brain, Computer, and AI — Soon Hard to Distin­guish?", leading researchers will offer a fasci­nat­ing look into the future of the mind, comput­ing, and their conver­gence. Organized in cooper­a­tion with Heinrich Heine Univer­sity Düssel­dorf and the Forschungszen­trum Jülich, the event will take place on July 10, 2025, in Düssel­dorf and via livestream.

As scien­tific host of the evening, Hector Fellow Katrin Amunts has assem­bled a compelling program featur­ing renowned experts and offer­ing deep insights into the worlds of brain research and modern AI. The inter­na­tion­ally recog­nized neuro­sci­en­tist is known for her work on mapping the human brain and served for many years as the scien­tific direc­tor of the European flagship initia­tive, the Human Brain Project. Together with Rainer Goebel (Maastricht Univer­sity) and Thomas Lippert (Forschungszen­trum Jülich), she will present current research on brain archi­tec­ture, the role of super­com­put­ers in AI devel­op­ment, and the inter­play between biolog­i­cal and artifi­cial intelligence.

With this event, the Hector Fellow Academy contin­ues its success­ful series of public science evenings. The goal is to explore impor­tant scien­tific questions within a wider social context and encour­age discus­sion between researchers and the general public.

Partic­i­pa­tion is free, but regis­tra­tion is required via the Hector Fellow Academy website. The event will be held in German, and simul­ta­ne­ous English trans­la­tion will be available.