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GeNN by genn-team

GeNN by genn-team

GeNN is a GPU enhanced Neuronal Network simulation environment based on NVIDIA CUDA technology.

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Welcome to GeNN.

GeNN 5.1.0

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GeNN 4.9.0

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Meet the Team

GeNN is maintained by genn-team.

Dr James Knight is an EPSRC research software engineering fellow, working on developing the potential of SNNs for machine learning at the School of Engineering and Informatics at the University of Sussex
Prof Thomas Nowotny is a Professor of Informatics at the University of Sussex

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Watch GeNN on GitHub.

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Follow the Twitter account of the Brains on Board Project, which is partially supporting the development of GeNN (financed by the EPSRC)

Publications

Knight, J. C., Komissarov, A., & Nowotny, T. (2021). PyGeNN: A Python Library for GPU-Enhanced Neural Networks. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 15(April), 1–12. Access online

Knight, J. C., & Nowotny, T. (2021). Larger GPU-accelerated brain simulations with procedural connectivity. Nature Computational Science, 1, 136-142. Access online

Knight, J. C., & Nowotny, T. (2018). GPUs Outperform Current HPC and Neuromorphic Solutions in Terms of Speed and Energy When Simulating a Highly-Connected Cortical Model. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12(December), 1–19. Access online

Yavuz, E., Turner, J. and Nowotny, T. (2016) GeNN: a code generation framework for accelerated brain simulations. Scientific Reports 6, 18854. Access online

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