Project Description Region: Other Country: Australia Location: Sydney Total Budget: $176,184 Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment Nowadays neurodegenerative diseases ( dementia, Alzeheimer for ex) affect a large part of of our aging population and this trend is set to increase. Research proposal On the development of nanowire atomic switch networks for neuromorphic AI: key computarional model system parametrrs and memory control. The projet is a collaboration between the University of Sydney (Australia), UCLA ( USA) andthe National Institue for Matrials Science , Tsukuba (Japan). Project goal Because of the inherent complexity of these systems it is difficult to do experimental research and there is a need for computational research which will allow for a better understanding of how silver nanowire networks function an to analyse and test capabilities for memory and learning. The Scholarship demands 3 years. Total cost : US $ 176 183.16 Contributors RC of Sintra , D. 1960 Portugal RC Cascais Estoril D 1960 D 1960 Portugal RC Sydney. Australia Primary Host Partner District: 1960 Rotary Club of: Cascais-Estoril Primary Contact: Henrique Almeida Email: hogalmeida@gmail.com Primary International Partner District: 3012 Rotary Club of: Primary Contact: Deepak Gupta Email: deepak_gupta41@hotmail.com Project Status Dropped This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped. Project listed for the 2018-19 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total District 3012 DDF 2-Sep-18 - $5,000 $5,000 District 4420 DDF 26-Sep-18 - $5,000 $5,000 Maringá-Colombo (4630) 26-Sep-18 $1 $0 $1 Fall River (7950) 15-Oct-18 $104,122 $0 $104,122 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $52,061 $10,000 $62,061 Total $176,184 Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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History Log Entries 29-Aug-18 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 2-Sep-18 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Deepak of the Rotary Club of Rotary club of ghaziabad, District 3012. 26-Sep-18 by Mauro Carvalho Duarte Junior System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 DDF by Marcos Franco of District 4420. 26-Sep-18 by Mauro Carvalho Duarte Junior System Entry: Pledge of $1 by Mauro Duarte of the Rotary Club of Maringá-Colombo, District 4630. 26-Sep-18 by Mauro Carvalho Duarte Junior System Entry: Pledge of $1 by Mauro Duarte of the Rotary Club of Maringá-Colombo, District 4630. 15-Oct-18 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $104,122 by Paula Raposo of the Rotary Club of Fall River, District 7950. 15-Oct-18 System Entry System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 2-Sep-19 System Entry System Entry: Fully Pledged project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.