1st INCF Workshop on Large-scale Modeling of the Nervous System

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What	workshop
When	Dec 12, 2006 to Dec 13, 2006
Where	Stockholm
Contact Name	Sonia Olsson
Contact Email	sonia.olsson@incf.se
Contact Phone	+46 8 524 87093
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Stockholm, December 12-13, 2006

Goal

This workshop surveyed the current demands and ongoing activities and plans relating to development of tools for scalable neural network simulations. Areas covered included software components for reprocessing/model setup, as well as for storage, analysis, and visualization of results. The workshop 1) discussed the need for and kind of possible coordinated tool centred actions in this field, 2) outlined requirements and recommendations for actions, and 3) produced a report summarizing the findings.

Invited participants

David Beeman, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Andrew Davison, UNIC, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Markus Diesmann, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Japan
Mikael Djurfeldt, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Rodney Douglas, UNI – ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Jens Eberhard, Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Frederick Harris, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
Michael Hines, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Anders Lansner, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Thomas Natschläger, Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Hagenberg, Austria
Charles Peck, IBM Research Division, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Shiro Usui, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Japan
Gabriel Wittum, Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Reporter: Mikael Djurfeldt, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Program

December 12:

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 19.00 Scientific presentations and discussions

Jan Bjaalie | About INCF
Anders Lansner | Topics and objective of the workshop
Rodney Douglas | Vision and demands for large-scale network simulations
Shiro Usui | Japan Node: supporting mathematical modeling for understanding brain function
Andrew Davison | Overview of simulators
David Beeman | Parallel simulation with GENESIS-PGENESIS
Michael Hines | Parallel simulation with Neuron
Markus Diesmann | Continuous spike times and efficiency in parallel simulations with NEST
Fred Harris | Parallel simulation with NCS
Mikael Djurfeldt | Parallel simulation with SPLIT

Each presentation scheduled for 20 minutes, including questions. At least 2 h during this session was devoted to general discussions focusing on the workshop goals.

20.00 – Dinner

December 13:

08.30 – 13.00 Scientific presentations and discussions, draft report

Charles Peck | Parallel simulation with LENS
Thomas Natschläger | Parallel simulation with CSIM
Jens Eberhard | Specifying networks, growing neurons
Gabriel Wittum | Numerics of parallel neural simulations

Each presentation scheduled for 20 minutes, including questions. At least 3 h during this session was devoted to general discussions and preparation of a draft report from the workshop.

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

Support

Supported by the INCF Central Fund and the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research.

Meeting location

INCF Secretariat
Karolinska Institutet
Nobels väg 15 A
SE-171 77 Stockholm
Sweden