New volunterr
Abdul Kader Kheirallah
Hello Team OpenWorm,
My name is Abdul and I’m about to finish a PhD in Functional Genomics and start a post-doc at University of Cambridge.
Recently I got excited about connectocomics and in particular the idea of whole brain activity emulation and the possibility of self-awareness/consciousness in the computer. I now we are still long way to get there but as a proof of concept, I thought, would be simulating the activity of connectome of C elegans (which is what you largely do) and treating it in silico in order to see if the response obtained is same/similar to what would happen in a wet biological experiment. If that’s the case it suggests that whole human brain emulation may yield a self-conscious entity.
Therefore I would love to be involved in your project to answer this question (I mean in silico vs in vitro worm response). I have middle-level experience in Python and R coding but I’m willing other language if necessary for your project. I also have some scientific background. Please let me know how I could contribute. If you don’t have people at University of Cambridge (England) I can try to reach out and organize a local community.
Best regards
Abdul
Abdul Kader Kheirallah BSc (Hons)
PhD Student
School of Medicine
Division of Respiratory Medicine
University of Nottingham
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