Brain Computation
The brain carries out tasks that are very demanding from 13 a computational perspective, apparently powered by a mere 20 Watts. 14 This fact has intrigued computer scientists for many decades, and is cur15 rently drawing many of them to the quest of acquiring a computational 16 understanding of the brain. Yet, at present there is no productive inter17 action of computer scientists with neuroscientists in this quest. Research 18 in computational neuroscience is advancing at a rapid pace, and the 19 resulting abundance of facts and models makes it increasingly difficult 20 for scientists from other fields to engage in brain research. The goal of 21 this article is to provide along with a few words of caution back22 ground, up to date references on data and models in neuroscience, and 23 open problems that appear to provide good opportunities for theoretical 24 computer scientists to enter the fascinating field of brain computation. 25