Neuro researchers behind project grant from KAW
KI researchers Joana Pereira and Professor Eva Kosek at the division of Neuro are each co-applicants on two different projects that have received funding from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW).
By using light to train and deploy AI systems, energy consumption could be dramatically reduced. The project AI Goes Efficient, with principal investigator professor Giovanni Volpe, University of Gothenburg, and co-applicant Joana Pereira, at the Department of clinical neuroscience, the division of neuro, receives SEK 25 million to turn this idea into reality.
“With this project, we will develop a new generation of more efficient AI systems inspired by how the brain learns and adapts using very little energy and optical nanotechnology,” says Joana Pereira.
Mechanisms of fibromyalgia
The second project to have received funding, is seeking to identify the biological mechanisms that cause the disease fibromyalgia.
The project Decoding peripheral immune-muscle-metabolic pathways in fibromyalgia, with principal investigator Professor Johanna Lanner, Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, receives SEK 27 million over five years.
In the long term, this knowledge is intended to contribute to the development of new treatments and medications.
Co-applicant Professor Eva Kosek states:
“The pain associated with fibromyalgia is primarily located in the muscles and increases with physical exertion. Despite this, physical exercise can provide pain relief, but we lack knowledge about why this is the case and, consequently, about how it should best be carried out. This grant gives us the opportunity to study in detail the significance of changes in muscle metabolism, nerve function, and immune regulation during muscle activity. We hope that this increased knowledge will lead to more effective treatment for this difficult-to-treat pain condition.”