Anton Arkhipov
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Integrated information Consciousness is intrinsic causal power, measured as integrated information
Anton Arkhipov is a research scientist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, where he leads the AIBRAIN program on large-scale biophysically detailed modeling of brain circuits. He works on building and validating detailed models of the rodent visual cortex, combining the Allen Brain Observatory’s dense neural recordings with biophysically realistic neuron models to reproduce cortical dynamics.
Arkhipov co-authored the State of Brain Emulation Report 2025 (arXiv:2510.15745), contributing the computational neuroscience perspective on what whole brain emulation requires, including the biophysical parameters, simulation scale, and validation that a wiring diagram alone cannot supply. His work defines the difference between a connectome and an emulation, and that distinction is central to the brain emulation section on this site.
Known for. Large-scale neural simulation, biophysically detailed cortical models, AIBRAIN program, State of Brain Emulation Report 2025
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Anton Arkhipov is listed with the other integrated information theorists, who hold that consciousness is intrinsic causal power, measured as integrated information. The theory family behind that position is set out in the index of consciousness theories. Every researcher covered on this site is indexed in the directory of consciousness researchers.