Manchester, UK, 5th-9th September, 2016

The workshop is aimed at two groups of researchers: developers of spiking neural networks for computational neuroscience and robotics applications; and developers of new applications. To enable this we have consciously divided the workshop into two (non-overlapping) tracks. The five day workshop contained a mix of lectures and hands-on labs using the SpiNNaker hardware. Teaching was supported by printed overheads and lab manuals. These are available below.

Slides

You can get all of the slides as a single PDF here. Alternatively, the individual presentations can be downloaded below.

• Workshop Welcome
• SpiNNaker Hardware and Software Overview
• SpiNNaker Chip Resources
• Running PyNN Simulations on SpiNNaker
• SpiNNaker System Software
• SpiNNaker API
• Writing an Application for SpiNNaker
• Introduction to the Graph Front End
• Simple Data I/O and Visualisation on SpiNNaker
• Fixed-Point Maths and Libraries
• Adding New Neuron Models
• Connecting External Devices to SpiNNaker
• Adding New Synaptic Plasticity Rules
• Graph Front End - Further Details

Lab Manuals

You can get all of the lab manuals as a single PDF here. Alternatively, individual manuals can be downloaded below.

• Introductory Lab
• Running PyNN Simulations on SpiNNaker
• The SpiNNaker Graph Front End
• Simple Data I/O and Visualisation on SpiNNaker
• Adding New Neuron Models
• Adding New Synaptic Plasticity Rules

Proceedings

You can get the combined slides and lab manuals from here.

Social Event

• Photos from the workshop social event

If you have any questions, or for information on future workshops, please contact: simon.davidson@manchester.ac.uk