Integration of multidisciplinary sensory data: A pilot model of the Human Brain Project approach

The paper provides an overview of neuroinformatics research at Yale Univers ity being performed as part of the national Human Brain Project. This resea rch is exploring the integration of multidisciplinary sensory data, using t he olfactory system as a model domain. The neuroinformatics activities fall into three main areas: 1) building databases and related tools that suppor t experimental olfactory research at Yale and can also serve as resources f or the field as a whole, 2) using computer models (molecular models and neu ronal models) to help understand data being collected experimentally and to help guide further laboratory experiments, 3) performing basic neuroinform atics research to develop new informatics technologies, including a flexibl e data model (EAV/CR, entity-attribute-value with classes and relationships ) designed to facilitate the integration of diverse heterogeneous data with in a single unifying framework.