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Google Gemini NESTML code
by Alvin Spivey 26 Jan '24

26 Jan '24

I'm using Google Bard's Gemini to learn NESTML. It's giving me some unexpected results: import nestml from nestml.network import Network from nestml.models import ConeNakaRushton # Define network with Naka-Rushton cone model for primate 'cone_type' cones network = Network() cone_population = network.add_population("cones", ConeNakaRushton(species= "human", cone_type=cone_type)) The NESTML network and models packages don't seem to exist. Also, how do I find more information about the network and models packages (or packages in general) for NESTML? -- Alvin J. Spivey, Ph.D. (c) 843.267.8055

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Open NEST Developer Video Conference Monday January 15, at 11:30 CET (UTC+0100)
by Dennis Terhorst 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

Dear NEST Users & Developers! 🎈🎉🎈 Happy New Year! 🎈🎊🎈 I would like to invite you to our first fortnightly Open NEST Developer Video Conference in 2024, today *Monday January 15, at 11:30 CET (UTC+0100).* As usual, in the Project team round, a contact person of each team will give a short statement summarizing ongoing and planned work in the team and highlight cross-cutting points that need discussion among the teams. The remainder of the meeting we would go into a more in-depth discussion of topics that came up on the mailing list or that are suggested by the teams. Feel free to join the meeting also if it’s just to bring your own quick questions for direct discussion in the in-depth section. Agenda * Welcome * Review of NEST User Mailing List * Project team round * In-depth discussion The agenda for this meeting is also available online, see https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator/wiki/2024-01-15-Open-NEST-Developer-… <https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator/wiki/2024-01-15-Open-NEST-Developer-…> Looking forward to seeing you soon! Cheers, Dennis Terhorst Log-in information We use a virtual conference room provided by DFN <https://www.dfn.de/en/> (Deutsches Forschungsnetz). You can use the web client to connect. We however encourage everyone to use a headset for better audio quality or even a proper video conferencing system (see below) or software when available. Web client * Visit https://conf.dfn.de/webapp/conference/97938800 <https://conf.dfn.de/webapp/conference/97938800> * Enter your name and allow your browser to use camera and microphone * The conference does not need a PIN to join, just click join and you’re in. In case you see a dfnconf logo and the phrase “Auf den Meetingveranstalter warten”, just be patient, the meeting host needs to join first (a voice will tell you). VC system/software How to log in with a video conferencing system, depends on you VC system or software. * Using the H.323 protocol (eg Polycom): |vc.dfn.net##97938800| or |194.95.240.2##97938800| * Using the SIP protocol:97938800@vc.dfn.de <mailto:97938800@vc.dfn.de> * By telephone: |+49-30-200-97938800| For those who do not have a video conference system or suitable software, Polycom provides a pretty good free app for iOS and Android, so you can join from your tablet (Polycom RealPresence Mobile, available from AppStore/PlayStore). Note that firewalls may interfere with videoconferencing in various and sometimes confusing ways. For more technical information on logging in from various VC systems, please see http://vcc.zih.tu-dresden.de/index.php?linkid=1.1.3.4 <http://vcc.zih.tu-dresden.de/index.php?linkid=1.1.3.4> -- Dipl.-Phys. Dennis Terhorst Coordinator Software Development Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine Computational and Systems Neuroscience (INM-6) & Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6) Theoretical Neuroscience & JARA (INM-10) Jülich Research Center, Member of the Helmholz Association 52425 Jülich, Germany http://www.csn.fz-juelich.de/ Phone +49 2461 61-85062 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Stefan Müller Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht (Vorsitzende), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Dr. Ir. Pieter Jansens ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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NEST Conference 2024 — Save the date 17/18 June 2024
by Hans Ekkehard Plesser 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

Dear Colleagues, The NEST Initiative is excited to invite everyone interested in Neural Simulation Technology and the NEST Simulator to the NEST Conference 2024. Save the date for the virtual conference taking place on June 17–18, 2024! The annual NEST Conference provides an opportunity for the NEST Community to meet, exchange success stories, swap advice, learn about current developments in and around NEST spiking network simulation and its application. We particularly encourage young scientists to participate in the conference! Registration and abstract submission will open early next year. For more information on the event please visit the conference website https://nest-simulator.org/conference. We are looking forward to seeing you in June and wish you happy holidays and a good start into the new year! Hans Ekkehard Plesser and colleagues [Image] -- Prof. Dr. Hans Ekkehard Plesser Department of Data Science Faculty of Science and Technology Norwegian University of Life Sciences PO Box 5003, 1432 Aas, Norway Phone +47 6723 1560 Email hans.ekkehard.plesser(a)nmbu.no<mailto:hans.ekkehard.plesser@nmbu.no> Home http://arken.nmbu.no/~plesser

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Adding weight to synaptic currents
by atiye nejadebrahim 04 Dec '23

04 Dec '23

Dear All, I am going to add weights for excitatory and inhibitory synaptic currents according to this equation: can you help me how I can add S(Wji) to a simple neuron model like one I attached to this email?Thanks and BR, Atiyeh

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No NEST Open Developer VC today
by Hans Ekkehard Plesser 04 Dec '23

04 Dec '23

Dear all! Due to an on-site Hackathon today, we will not have a NEST Open Developer VC. See you on 18 December for the final VC of the year! Hans Ekkehard -- Prof. Dr. Hans Ekkehard Plesser Department of Data Science Faculty of Science and Technology Norwegian University of Life Sciences PO Box 5003, 1432 Aas, Norway Phone +47 6723 1560 Email hans.ekkehard.plesser(a)nmbu.no<mailto:hans.ekkehard.plesser@nmbu.no> Home http://arken.nmbu.no/~plesser

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conda env deactivate PYTHONPATH
by anduls＠web.de 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

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Hardware computing bottlenecks for NEST simulations
by cagnol＠ksvi.mff.cuni.cz 23 Nov '23

23 Nov '23

Dear colleagues, We are procuring a new small computing cluster on which we want to primarily run NEST simulations. Our models are medium in size (100s of thousands of neurons) but we run them for relatively long biological times (100s of seconds), so the network setup duration is mostly irrelevant for us. What we would like to ask is if there is any insight into the current NEST simulator in terms of what are the hardware bottlenecks of these types of simulations. Are we going to do better with investing into more cores or higher clock speeds or more cache, or faster RAM? I understand that this is a complex multi-factor optimization question, but any insights or links to existing material that would allow us to form an informed decision would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Remy Cagnol.

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NEST & Python 3.12
by Hans Ekkehard Plesser 23 Nov '23

23 Nov '23

Dear NEST Users! I am happy to report that I have successfully built NEST with Python 3.12. Right now, there are just one little problem: Unittest.assertDictContainsSubset() has been removed in Python 3.12, so five tests fail currently. This is fixed by https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator/pull/2997. Best regards, Hans Ekkehard -- Prof. Dr. Hans Ekkehard Plesser Department of Data Science Faculty of Science and Technology Norwegian University of Life Sciences PO Box 5003, 1432 Aas, Norway Phone +47 6723 1560 Email hans.ekkehard.plesser(a)nmbu.no<mailto:hans.ekkehard.plesser@nmbu.no> Home http://arken.nmbu.no/~plesser

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Nest install
by 1538356357＠qq.com 23 Nov '23

23 Nov '23

When installing Nest, I encountered the following error " Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/home/yao/Documents/nest-simulator-2.16.0-build/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nest/__init__.py", line 70, in <module> from . import pynestkernel as _kernel # noqa ImportError: dynamic module does not define module export function (PyInit_pynestkernel) " I tried nest 2.16.0, nest 2.20.0, and nest 2.18.0, but all encountered this error. I haven't encountered it before, so I would like to ask for advice on how to do it

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The buffering mechanism of neurons and synapses in nest
by 1538356357＠qq.com 23 Nov '23

23 Nov '23

When I check the nest source code, the updates for each neuron are based on the ringbuffer. Its size is max_ Delay.The code defines moduli, whose size should be max as analyzed earlier_ Delay+min_ Delay, But I don't quite understand the mechanism of moduli because it involves the minimum delay of many neuron update steps, the size of ringbuffer, and the size of moduli. Can I see the relevant detailed information there, or can you guide me

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