InthefuturewhenyouaregoingtotheTraditionalChineseMedicinehospitalsinShanghai,youaretreatedprobablynotbyadoctor,butanarti⁃ficialintelligentrobot.Thisisnotsomethinglikefantasy,butanideathatisexpectedtoturnintorealityinMarchorAprilnextyear.ProfessorFengJianfengfromtheSchoolofMathematical Sciences ofFudanUniversity,thechiefexpertofShang⁃haiCenterforMathematicalSciencessaidrecentlythatateamofFudanUniversityisworkingwithShanghaiUniversityofTraditional ChineseMedicineinthedevelopmentofanintelligentTCMrobot.Therobotissaidtobeabletogivemoreprecisediagnoses by avoiding subjectiveopinionsandmakinguseoftheexpe⁃rienceofmanyTCMphysicians.TherobotTCM-1isplannedtobereleasedinMarchorAprilnextyear.

　　AttheEasternForumofScienceandTechnologyheldbyFudanUni⁃versity,Mr.YangXiongli,afellowof

　　ChineseAcademyofSciencesaidthatthebrain-likecomputingandartificialintelligenceresearcharetheimportantpartoftheChinaBrainProjectthatisabouttolaunch.

　　It’sreportedthatbrainscienceaimingtoexplorehowbrainworksisoneoftheworld’sleadingsciencesofthiscentury.Between2013and2014,theUnitedStates,EuropeUnionandJapansuccessivelylaunchedmajorbrainresearchplans,whichChinahaslistedasoneofits“MajorScienceandTechnology Programs ConcerningChina’sFutureDevelopment”.Be⁃sides,“ChinaBrainPlan”isunderdiscussionandwillbelaunchedsoon.Mr.YangXionglistressedit’stheul⁃timatechallengeforhumanbeingstoexplorethebrainandthatthedevel⁃opmentofbrainsciencewillgreatlypromotethepreventionandcureofbraindiseasesaswellasthegrowthofinformationandsmartindustry.It’ssaidthat“ChinaBrainPlan”willcon⁃ductresearchesofbrainstudy,pro⁃tectionandimitation,graduallyform⁃ingaresearchpatternof“onebody”

　　(basicresearchofbraincognitiveprinciples) and“twowings”(re⁃searchesofseriousbraindiseasesandbrain-likeartificialintelligence).

　　ProfessorMaLan,deanoftheBrainScienceResearchInstituteofFudanUniversity,saidover1/4oftheglobaldeathtollarecausedbybraindiseases.Sofar,1/4oftheNobelPrize-winningprogramsareaboutbrainscience.Despitesciencede⁃velopment,humansstillpossesslim⁃itedknowledgeofthebrain.

　　ShanghaiMunicipalGovernmenthasdesignatedbrainscienceandar⁃tificialintelligenceasamajorscienceandtechnologyprogram,asignificantmeasureofdevelopingShanghaiintoascienceandtechnologyinnovationcenterwithglobalinfluence.Leadingandworkingwithadozenofuniver⁃sitiessuchasZhejiangUniversity,HuazhongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,  Tongji University,ShanghaiJiaotongUniversityandin⁃stituteofChineseAcademyofSci⁃ence,FudanUniversityhasestab⁃lisheda“BrainScienceCollaborative

　　InnovationCenter”topromotebrainscienceresearchesandtheapplica⁃tionoftheresearchresults,thusparticipatinginandboostingtheim⁃plementationof“ChinaBrainPlan”.

　　Accordingtosources,thankstotheintegratedadvantagesofmedicalscience,mathematics,neurology,aswellasotherdisciplines,BrainSci⁃enceResearchInstituteandBrainScience Collaborative InnovationCenterofFudanUniversityhavemadealotofprogressinbrainre⁃search.Forinstance,accordingtooneresearchwhichshowedtheori⁃ginoftheinterneuronsinthecerebralcortexofprimates,scientistswereabletoanalyzetheoriginandtrans⁃ferringdirectionoftheinterneuronsinhumancerebralcortex.Anotherresearchexplainedhowneuronnet⁃workisformedandfoundanewfor⁃mationmechanismoftheneuronnetworkinhumanbrain.

　　AsakeymemberoftheCollab⁃orativeInnovationCenter,Prof.Fenghasfoundinhumanbrainahormonewhichhasaspecialfunctionof

　　strengtheningtheemotionalcommu⁃nicationbetweenpeople.Itwascon⁃cludedthatbreast-feedingnotonlyisgoodforthebaby’shealth,butalsocanfostertheemotionalconnectionbetweenthemotherandthebaby.Inaddition,inastudyondepressedpa⁃tients,hefoundalackof“hatecircuit”intheirbrain,andconcludedthatoneofthemaincausesofdepressionisthat:“withouthatred,theycanfindnootherwaytooutlettheirgrievancethantohurtthemselves.”

　　Ithasbeentoldthatamajorprojectnamed“BrainScienceandBrain-like Artificial Intelligence”,which was jointly launched byShanghai Municipal Government,ChineseAcademyofSciences,andChineseAcademyofEngineering,withafocusontheR&Dandindus⁃trializationofbrain-likeartificialin⁃telligence,hasaccomplishedmanytasks,suchastheestablishingofaplatformforbigscientificdataandbrainsimulation,andtheR&Dofsoftwaresystemsofbrain-likearti⁃ficialintelligence.