documentation/splash/home.html

<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="description" content="">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
    <title>Neuromorphic Computing platform</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/vendor.4f071187.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/main.093d5d20.css">
</head>
<body>
<div style="">
    <div class="container-with-navbar-margin container-fluid">
        <div id="intro-header" class="intro-header">
            <div class="container">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-lg-12">
                        <div class="intro-message"><h1>Neuromorphic Computing platform</h1>

                            <h3>A sub-project of the Human Brain Project</h3>
                            <hr class="intro-divider">
                            <ul class="list-inline intro-social-buttons">
                                <li><a class="btn btn-default btn-lg"
                                       href="https://collab.humanbrainproject.eu/#/collab/51/nav/5461"
                                       target="_parent">
                                       <i class="fa fa-cog fa-fw"></i> <span
                                        class="network-name">Get started!</span></a></li>
                                <li><a href="https://twitter.com/HBPNeuromorphic"
                                       target="_parent"
                                       class="btn btn-default btn-lg"><i
                                        class="fa fa-twitter fa-fw"></i> <span
                                        class="network-name">Twitter</span></a></li>
                                <li>
                                    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4JumNhi9aMa5h_elCSX2cw"
                                       target="_parent"
                                       class="btn btn-default btn-lg"><i
                                            class="fa fa-youtube fa-fw"></i> <span
                                            class="network-name">Youtube</span></a></li>
                                <li><a href="mailto:neuromorphic@humanbrainproject.eu"
                                       class="btn btn-default btn-lg"><i
                                        class="fa fa-envelope-o fa-fw"></i> <span
                                        class="network-name">Contact-us</span></a></li>
                            </ul>
                            <a scroll-on-click="" href="#nrp-section" class="btn btn-circle"> <i
                                    class="fa fa-angle-double-down animated"></i> </a></div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div id="nrp-section" class="content-section-b">
            <div class="container">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-lg-6 col-sm-6">
                        <div class="clearfix"></div>
                        <h2 class="section-heading">The Neuromorphic Computing platform</h2>

                        <p class="lead">The Neuromorphic Computing Platform developed in <a
                                href="https://humanbrainproject.eu" target="_parent">the Human Brain Project
                            (HBP)</a> provides remote access to two complementary, large-scale
                            neuromorphic computing systems (NCS) built in custom hardware at locations in
                            Heidelberg (the BrainScaleS system) and Manchester (the SpiNNaker system).</p>
                        <p class="lead">
                            The NCS are programmable, brain-inspired computing devices which enable
                            high-speed, low-energy simulations of spiking neural networks with
                            synaptic plasticity.</p>
                        </div>
                    <div class="col-lg-6 col-sm-6"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                        src="img/postprocessed_wafer.jpg"
                                                        alt="A post-processed BrainScaleS wafer">
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-lg-12 col-sm-12">
                        <p class="lead">
                            <b>The BrainScaleS system</b> is based on physical (analogue or mixed-signal)
                            emulations of neuron, synapse and plasticity models with digital
                            connectivity, running up to ten thousand times faster than real time.</p>
                        <p class="lead">
                            <b>The SpiNNaker system</b> is based on numerical models running in real time
                            on custom digital multicore chips using the ARM architecture.</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div id="targeted-audience" class="content-section-a">
            <div class="container">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-lg-6 col-sm-6"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                        src="img/P1000727lowres.jpg"
                                                        alt="Part of the Manchester team">
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-lg-6 col-sm-6">
                        <div class="clearfix"></div>
                        <h2 class="section-heading">Target Audience</h2>

                        <p class="lead">The Neuromorphic Computing platform targets researchers in
                            multiple fields, including computational neuroscience and machine
                            learning. Platform users will be able to study network implementations
                            of their choice including simplified versions of brain models developed
                            on the HBP Brain Simulation Platform or generic circuit models based on
                            theoretical work.</p>
                        <p class="lead">
                            The platform also offers industry researchers and technology developers
                            the possibility to experiment with and test applications based on
                            state-of-the-art neuromorphic devices and systems.</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-lg-12 col-sm-12">
                        <p class="lead">
                            Compared to traditional HPC resources, the Neuromorphic systems
                            potentially offer higher speed (real-time or accelerated) and lower
                            energy consumption. The accelerated systems are particularly suited
                            for investigations of plasticity and learning, enabling simulation of
                            hours or days of biological time in only a few seconds.</p>
                        <p>
                            Users do not need to be members of the Human Brain Project.
                        </p></div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div id="what-to-expect" class="content-section-b">
            <div class="container">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-lg-6 col-sm-6">
                        <div class="clearfix"></div>
                        <h2 class="section-heading">What to expect?</h2>

                        <p class="lead">This is the <i>first public release</i> of the Neuromorphic
                            Computing platform. We expect there will still be a few rough edges,
                            but the platform offers user support and training, and the software
                            supporting the platform will be continuously improved.
                            </p>

                        <p class="lead">The BrainScaleS system (NM-PM-1) contains 20 8-inch silicon
                            wafers in 180&nbsp;nm process technology. Each wafer incorporates
                            50 x 10<sup>6</sup> plastic synapses and 200,000 biologically realistic
                            neurons.
                            The system does not execute pre-programmed code but evolves according
                            to the physical properties of the electronic devices, running at up to
                            10 thousand times faster than real time.</p>

                        <p class="lead">The SpiNNaker system (NM-MC-1) provides almost 30,000
                            custom digital chips, each with eighteen cores and a shared local 128
                            Mbyte RAM, giving a total of over 500,000 cores. A single chip can
                            simulate 16,000 neurons with eight million plastic synapses running in
                            real time with an energy budget of 1W.</p></div>

                    <div class="col-lg-6 col-sm-6"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                        src="img/P1000939lowres.jpg"
                                                        alt="Three of the SpiNNaker racks in Manchester">
                    </div>


                    <div class="col-lg-12 col-sm-12">

                        <p class="lead">Both systems have an
                    interface designed for neuroscience researchers, based on Python scripts
                    using the <a href="https://neuralensemble.org/PyNN/" target="_parent">PyNN</a> API for
                    simulator-independent specification of neuronal network models. PyNN scripts
                    also run on the popular software simulators
                    <a href="http://www.nest-simulator.org" target="_parent">NEST</a>,
                    <a href="http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/" target="_parent">NEURON</a> and
                    <a href="http://briansimulator.org" target="_parent">Brian</a>.
                    </p>

                    <p>Access to the system will be based on peer-reviewed proposals, as is
                    commonly done for traditional HPC resources. Development accounts
                    will also be available.</p>

                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div id="from-your-browser" class="content-section-a">
            <div class="container">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-lg-6 col-sm-6"><img class="img-responsive class="img-rounded""
                                                        src="img/from_your_laptop.jpeg"
                                                        alt="Access the platform through a web browser">
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-lg-6 col-sm-6">
                        <div class="clearfix"></div>
                        <h2 class="section-heading">From your browser or through a web API</h2>

                        <p class="lead"> Models and simulation experiments are described in a
                            Python script using the <a href="https://neuralensemble.org/PyNN/">PyNN</a>
                            API. Experiments can be submitted in your browser through the
                            <a href="https://collab.humanbrainproject.eu/" target="_parent">HBP Collaboratory</a>
                            or via our web API
                            (<a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/hbp_neuromorphic_platform/" target="_parent">Python client available</a>).

                            Similarly, once the simulation is complete you can view the
                            results in your browser, download data files via the web API,
                            or transfer the data to the HBP
                            <a href="https://collab.humanbrainproject.eu/#/collab/264/nav/1973" target="_parent">High Performance Computing platform</a>
                            for further analysis.
                        </p></div>

                </div>
            </div>
        </div>

        <div id="banner" class="banner">
            <div class="container">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-lg-12">
                        <ul class="list-inline intro-social-buttons">
                            <li><a class="btn btn-default btn-lg"
                                   href="https://collab.humanbrainproject.eu/#/collab/51/nav/5461"
                                       target="_parent"><i class="fa fa-cog fa-fw"></i> <span
                                    class="network-name">Get started !</span></a></li>
                            <li>
                                <a href="https://collab.humanbrainproject.eu/#/collab/51/nav/1069"
                                   target="_parent"
                                   class="btn btn-default btn-lg"><i
                                        class="fa fa-info-circle fa-fw"></i> <span
                                        class="network-name">Documentation</span></a></li>
                            <li>
                                <a href="https://forum.humanbrainproject.eu/"
                                   target="_parent"
                                   class="btn btn-default btn-lg"><i
                                        class="fa fa-pencil fa-fw"></i> <span class="network-name">Give us some feedback</span></a>
                            </li>
                            <li>
                                <a href="https://forum.humanbrainproject.eu/"
                                   target="_parent"
                                   class="btn btn-default btn-lg"><i class="fa fa-bug fa-fw"></i>
                                    <span class="network-name">Found a bug?</span></a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <!--
        <div id="road-map" class="content-section-a">
            <div class="container">
                <div class="row vertical-align-row">
                    <div class="col-lg-6 col-sm-6 vertical-align-cell">
                        <p>space for a figure</p>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-lg-6 col-sm-6 vertical-align-cell">
                        <div class="clearfix"></div>
                        <h2 class="section-heading">Roadmap</h2>

                        <p class="lead">to write...</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        -->
        <!--
        <div id="powered-by" class="content-section-b">
            <div class="container">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-lg-12"><h2 class="section-heading">The Neuromorphic Computing platform
                        is powered by:</h2></div>
                </div>
                <div class="row vertical-align-row">
                    <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-4 col-xs-4 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="https://angularjs.org/"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                               src="img/common/angular.2459069a.png"></a>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-4 col-xs-4 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://getbootstrap.com/"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                                 src="img/common/bootstrap-logo.72ae47b8.png"></a>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-8 col-xs-8 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="https://www.djangoproject.com/"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                                src="img/common/django-logo-positive.png"></a>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-4 col-xs-4 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="https://www.docker.com/"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                            src="img/common/docker_small_v-trans.png"></a>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-8 col-xs-8 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://arm.com/"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                              src="img/common/arm-logo-limited-use.gif"></a>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-4 col-xs-4 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://neuralensemble.org/PyNN/"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                                   src="img/common/pyNN_logo.png"></a>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-8 col-xs-8 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://www.nest-initiative.org/"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                                        src="img/common/nest-initiative_logo.8c560b5b.png"></a>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        -->
        <div id="brought-to-you-by" class="content-section-b">
            <div class="container">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-lg-12">
                        <div class="clearfix"></div>
                        <h2 class="section-heading">The Neuromorphic Computing platform is brought to you
                            by:</h2>
                        <ul class="lead">
                            <li>The Human Brain Project (<a
                                    href="https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/" target="_parent"><b>HBP</b></a>)
                            </li>
                            <li>Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
                                (<a href="http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/" target="_parent"><b>UHEI</b></a> - <a href="http://www.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/cms/groups/vision/home/" target="_parent">Electronic Vision(s) Group</a>)
                            </li>
                            <li>University of Manchester (<a
                                    href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/" target="_parent"><b>UNIMAN</b></a> - <a href="http://apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk" target="_parent">Advanced Processor Technologies Research Group</a>)
                            </li>
                            <li>Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (<a href="https://cnrs.fr/" target="_parent"><b>CNRS</b></a>
                                - <a href="http://www.unic.cnrs-gif.fr/" target="_parent">UNIC</a>)
                            </li>
                            <li>Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne (<a href="http://epfl.ch/" target="_parent"><b>EPFL</b></a>)
                            </li>
                            <li>Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (<a href="http://www.fraunhofer.de/en.html" target="_parent"><b>Fraunhofer</b></a>)</li>
                            <li>Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (<a href="http://www.kth.se/en" target="_parent"><b>KTH</b></a>)</li>
                            <li>Politecnico di Torino (<a href="http://www.polito.it/" target="_parent"><b>POLITO</b></a>)</li>
                            <li>Sabancı University (<a href="http://www.sabanciuniv.edu/en" target="_parent"><b>SU</b></a>)</li>
                            <li>Technische Universität Dresden (<a href="http://tu-dresden.de/en" target="_parent"><b>TUD</b></a>)</li>
                            <li>Forschungszentrum Jülich (<a href="http://www.fz-juelich.de/" target="_parent"><b>JUELICH</b></a>)</li>
                            <li>Universität Bielefeld (<a href="http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/" target="_parent"><b>UNIBI</b></a>)</li>
                            <li>University of Sussex (<a href="http://www.sussex.ac.uk" target="_parent"><b>UoS</b></a>)</li>
                            <li>Middlesex University (<a href="http://www.mdx.ac.uk" target="_parent"><b>MU</b></a>)</li>
                            <li>Technische Universität Graz (<a href="http://portal.tugraz.at" target="_parent"><b>TUGRAZ</b></a>)</li>
                        </ul>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="row vertical-align-row">
                    <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-4 col-xs-4 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/" target="_parent"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                                          src="img/common/hbp-logo.e99c1e9f.png"></a>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-4 col-xs-4 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://epfl.ch/" target="_parent"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                        src="img/common/Logo_EPFL.bd241da6.png"></a>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-4 col-xs-4 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/" target="_parent"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                            src="img/common/uhei.jpg"></a>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-2 col-xs-2 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="https://cnrs.fr/" target="_parent"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                                     src="img/common/cnrs_logo_140.png"></a>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-2 col-sm-4 col-xs-4 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/" target="_parent"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                                       src="img/common/logo-university-of-manchester.png"></a>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-2 col-xs-2 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://www.fraunhofer.de/en.html" target="_parent"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                             src="img/common/18_FRAUNDHOFER.jpg"></a></div>
                    <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-2 col-xs-2 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://www.kth.se/en" target="_parent"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                             src="img/common/33_KTH.jpg"></a></div>
                    <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-2 col-xs-2 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://www.polito.it/" target="_parent"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                             src="img/common/39_POLITO.jpg"></a></div>
                    <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-2 col-xs-2 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://www.sabanciuniv.edu/en" target="_parent"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                             src="img/common/46_SU.jpg"></a></div>
                    <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-2 col-xs-2 vertical-align-cell"><a
                            href="http://tu-dresden.de/en" target="_parent"><img class="img-responsive"
                                                             src="img/common/52_TUD.jpg"></a></div>

                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
</body>
</html>