Auryn simulator

Simulator for spiking neural networks with synaptic plasticity

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-====== Welcome to the Auryn website ======+====== Welcome to Auryn ======
  
-Auryn is a simulator for spiking neural networks with plastic synapses. It is free and open source software optimized to simulate spiking neural networks with plasticitySome examples are Vogels et al., Science, 2011; Zenke et al., Nature Communications, 2015; [[examples:start#from_published_work|and more]]. +Auryn is a simulator for spiking neural networks with plastic synapses. It is free open source software optimized for fast simulationsHere are   [[examples:start#from_published_work|some examples]] from published work
  
  
 ===== When to use Auryn ===== ===== When to use Auryn =====
  
-As a spiking neural network simulator Auryn is complementary to other simulators such as [[http://www.nest-initiative.org|NEST]] and [[http://briansimulator.org/|Brian]]. Instead of focusing on large-scale simulations or ease of model development, Auryn's main focus lies on simulation speed to efficiently simulate small or medium sized network models with plasticity over extended periods of simulated time (hours to days). To that end, Auryn is optimized to run efficiently on shared memory machines and small clusters. Auryn is written in C++ and uses MPI for parallel execution. Moreover, it supports Intel's [[manual:xeonphi|Xeon Phi]] architecture.+As a spiking neural network simulator Auryn is complementary to other simulators such as [[http://www.nest-initiative.org|NEST]] and [[http://briansimulator.org/|Brian]]. Instead of focusing on large-scale simulations or ease of model development, Auryn's main focus lies on simulation speed to efficiently simulate small or medium sized network models with plasticity over extended periods of simulated time (hours to days). To that end, Auryn is optimized to run efficiently on shared memory machines and small clusters. Auryn is written in C++ and uses MPI for parallel execution.
  
 ===== Guiding principles ===== ===== Guiding principles =====
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 ===== Navigating this wiki ===== ===== Navigating this wiki =====
  
-This wiki aims at providing examples and documentation for Auryn users and developers. To get started take a look at [[quick start]] and check out the [[Examples:start]] pages. Here you will also find most of the simulation code of [[examples:start&#from_published_work|published work]]. The best place for questions is the [[https://fzenke.net/auryn/forum/|support forum]].  +This wiki aims at providing examples and documentation for Auryn users and developers. To get started take a look at [[quick start]] and check out the [[Examples:start]] pages. Here you will also find most of the simulation code of [[examples:start&#from_published_work|published work]]. 
  
 ===== Additional information and copyright ===== ===== Additional information and copyright =====
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 **Copyright and License**  **Copyright and License** 
-Auryn is written and maintained by [[http://fzenke.net|Friedemann Zenke]] (2014-2016).+Auryn is written and maintained by [[http://fzenke.net|Friedemann Zenke]] (2014-2023).
 Auryn is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify Auryn is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 If you want to have write access to this Wiki, let me know. To learn how to write and modify entries please check out the [[wiki:syntax]] section. If you are looking for a good place to start, you find a list with [[start:wanted]] articles. If you want to have write access to this Wiki, let me know. To learn how to write and modify entries please check out the [[wiki:syntax]] section. If you are looking for a good place to start, you find a list with [[start:wanted]] articles.
  
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 **Funding** During Auryn's development Friedemann received support of the European Community's Seventh Framework Program under grant agreement no. 237955 (FACETS-ITN), 269921 (BrainScales) and the European Research Council under grant agreement no. 268689 (MultiRules). Moreover, Friedemann was supported by the SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation). **Funding** During Auryn's development Friedemann received support of the European Community's Seventh Framework Program under grant agreement no. 237955 (FACETS-ITN), 269921 (BrainScales) and the European Research Council under grant agreement no. 268689 (MultiRules). Moreover, Friedemann was supported by the SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation).
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