NEST Hackathon 2024/12

Europe/Berlin
Lenthe (TZA, Aachen, Germany)

Lenthe

TZA, Aachen, Germany

Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
Dennis Terhorst (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH), Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Susanne Kunkel
Description

This application-oriented hackathon is an in-person event allowing NEST users to bring their ideas for new NEST features and get started implementing them with the help of experienced NEST developers.

Please note that while participation is free of charge, costs for traveling, accommodation, food/drinks, etc. are at your own expense.

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Participants
  • Agnes Korcsak-Gorzo
  • Alp inangu
  • Anno Kurth
  • Catherine Schofmann
  • Charl Linssen
  • David Dahmen
  • Dennis Terhorst
  • Hans Ekkehard Plesser
  • Jan Vogelsang
  • Jessica Mitchell
  • Jesus Andres Espinoza Valverde
  • Jose Villamar
  • Julia Pronoza
  • Junxian Chew
  • LUCA SERGI
  • Markus Diesmann
  • Melissa Lober
  • Pooja Babu
  • Renan Oliveira Shimoura
  • Sebastian Spreizer
  • Steffen Graber
  • Susanne Kunkel
  • Tom Tetzlaff
  • +4
    • 09:00 11:00
      Welcome & planning 2h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
    • 10:00 11:00
      JEDI 1h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speakers: Anno Kurth (Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6) and Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6) and JARA-Institute Brain Structure-Function Relationships (INM-10), Jülich Research Centre, Jülich, Germany), Jose Villamar (INM-6, Forschungszentrum Jülich), Markus Diesmann, Susanne Kunkel
    • 12:00 13:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 13:00 14:00
      Presentation from Bochum 1h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speakers: Behnam Ghazinouri (SFB1280), Hans Ekkehard Plesser
    • 15:00 17:00
      BeNNch 2h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speakers: Anno Kurth (Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6) and Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6) and JARA-Institute Brain Structure-Function Relationships (INM-10), Jülich Research Centre, Jülich, Germany), Jan Vogelsang (Forschungszentrum Jülich - PGI-15)
    • 09:00 10:00
      Status update 1h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
    • 10:30 11:30
      STDP exp tables #3247 1h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speakers: Catherine Schofmann, Charl Linssen (Simulation Lab Neuroscience, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)
    • 10:30 11:30
      cMAM build times 1h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speakers: Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Markus Diesmann, Renan Shimoura (Forschungszentrum Jülich, INM-6)
    • 11:30 12:00
      Refractoriness in iaf models 30m Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speaker: Charl Linssen (Simulation Lab Neuroscience, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)
    • 12:00 13:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 13:00 17:00
      Parallel file I/O 4h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speakers: Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Jan Vogelsang (Forschungszentrum Jülich - PGI-15), Junxian Chew (Juelich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Juelich), Markus Diesmann, Susanne Kunkel, Wolfgang Frings
    • 13:30 15:00
      Neuron Documentation Updates 1h 30m Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speakers: David Dahmen (INM-6, Juelich Research Centre), Jessica Mitchell, Markus Diesmann, Tom Tetzlaff
    • 15:00 15:45
      PD14 Review Paper Planning 45m Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speakers: Dr Anne Elfgen (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Markus Diesmann
    • 09:00 10:00
      Status update 1h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
    • 12:00 13:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 17:00 20:00
      Social dinner 3h La Fabrik

      La Fabrik

      Bachstraße 20 52066 Aachen
    • 09:00 12:00
      Insite 3h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
    • 09:00 10:00
      Status update 1h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
    • 12:00 13:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 13:30 14:30
      e-prop project in AM group 1h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speakers: Abigail Morrison (INM-6 Forschungszentrum Jülich), Agnes Korcsak-Gorzo, Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Jesus Andres Espinoza Valverde (School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany)
    • 14:30 15:30
      e-prop PR review 1h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speakers: Agnes Korcsak-Gorzo, Hans Ekkehard Plesser, Jesus Andres Espinoza Valverde (School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany)
    • 09:00 10:00
      Status update 1h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
    • 12:00 13:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 15:00 16:00
      Wrap-up 1h Lenthe

      Lenthe

      TZA, Aachen, Germany

      Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz Dennewartstraße 25-27 52068 Aachen Germany
      Speakers: Dennis Terhorst (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH), Susanne Kunkel
      • Ported CoBeL-Spike model from NEST 2.20.0 to NEST 3.4
        • translated syntax
        • installed with MUSIC backend and connected to AIgym   
        • tests pass, results written
      • started optimizing the STDP learning (Dopamine Synapse weight update)
      • started planning a NEST Event in Bochum next year
      • deeper networking in NEST developer family
      • JEDI benchmark discussions
      • performed NEST Desktop stress test
      • SIONlib overview and developer discussions
        • discussed use-cases and minimum examples
        • decided on next steps for integrations
      • discussions on the BeNNch framework structure and onboarding processes
      • IAF refractoriness in NESTML
        • discrepancy between NEST code ad documentation detetcted
      • build times of large network models (cMAM)
        • profiling of the building time, found slow call for a pandas data lookup.
        • worked towards solution without pandas or different access methods to the complex data structure
      • pull-request to STDP synapses: precomputed exponential functions (exp_tables)
      • Refinement of model performance prediction and refactoring of benchmark instrumentation (morph)
      • Documentation updates for new developments
      • discussion on Insite postponed