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OSB Kick off meeting, Sardinia, 13-15 May 2013
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Dates: **9am Monday 13th - 5pm Wednesday 15th May, 2013**
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Location: [Hotel Calabona](http://www.hotelcalabona.com/), [Alghero](http://www.alghero-turismo.it/en/), Sardinia
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Local organisers: [Sergio Solinas](/users/23), Irene Solinas
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Organising committee: [Matteo Cantarelli](/users/43), [Sharon Crook](/users/8), [Padraig Gleeson](/users/4), [Eugenio Piasini](/users/3), [Angus Silver](/users/6)
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### Focus of meeting
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The focus of this meeting was on **cerebellar cell & network models**.
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Some notes taken during the discussion sessions are currently being converted into **minutes** of the meeting, but in the mean time, see the slides below from a number of the presenters, or see a [blog post from the OpenWorm project](http://blog.openworm.org/post/50745024122/tales-from-the-open-source-brain-kick-off) on the meeting.
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One specific outcome of the meeting was the setting up of a project to try to create a community developed model (or models) of the [cerebellar granule cell](http://www.opensourcebrain.org/projects/cerebellar-granule-cell-modelling/wiki/Wiki).
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### Agenda
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#### Monday 13th May, 9am - 6pm
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{background:\#ddd}. | |**Morning Session** | |
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|9:00        | **[Angus Silver](http://www.opensourcebrain.org/users/6*) |Introduction to the aims of the initiative|
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|9:15 |**[Matteo Cantarelli](/users/43*)        | Overview of current OSB features & models, current website ([Slides](/attachments/download/66/OSBIntroduction_Cantarelli.pdf)) |
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|10:00 | *Latest on NeuroML & LEMS developments* | |
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| | **[Padraig Gleeson](/users/4*) | NeuroML 2 developments |
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| |**[Robert Cannon](/users/21*) | LEMS background & latest developments |
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| | **[Sharon Crook](/users/8*) | Archival and Search of NeuroML Models and Model Components|
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|11:00 |Coffee break | |
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|11:15 | *Tools and resources for large scale modelling* | |
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| |**[Mike Vella](/users/50*) | libNeuroML: A Python API for NeuroML ([Slides](http://www.opensourcebrain.org/attachments/download/75/libNeuroML_OSB_Presentation.pdf)) |
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| | **[Richard Gerkin](/users/65*) | NeuroUnit: Unit tests for neuroscience models |
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| |**[Hugo Cornelis](/users/33*) | Interoperability in the GENESIS 3.0 Software Federation: the NEURON Simulator as an Example |
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|12:30 | *Lunch* | |
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{background:\#ddd}. | |**Afternoon Session** | |
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|13:30| *Tools and resources for large scale modelling \_ | |
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| |**Thomas Close**| Challenges of simulator-independent network modeling |
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| | **[Steve Marsh](/users/94*) | HiveMind: Generating efficient simulators from NeuroML |
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| |**[Paul Fox](/users/131*|) From tens to millions of neurons: how computer architecture can help |
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|14:30|*NeuroML: what’s missing/required?\_ | |
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| | Open session. Chair: **[Sharon Crook](/users/8*) | |
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| 15:00 | *Poster session & coffee* | |
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|16:00 | *Open discussion on collaborative modelling* | |
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| | Chair:**[Robert Cannon](/users/21*) | |
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#### Tuesday 14th May, 9am - 6pm
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{background:\#ddd}. | |**Morning Session** | |
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|   | *Cerebellar modelling presentations* | |
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| 9:00 | **Egidio D’Angelo** | Cerebellar models: from cellular to network properties |
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| 9:45 | **[Stéphane Dieudonné](/users/130*) | Understanding cerebellar granular layer transcoding |
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| 10:30 |**[Tadashi Yamazaki](/users/88*) | Realtime simulation of a cerebellar spiking network model using a GPU ([Slides](http://www.opensourcebrain.org/attachments/download/69/yamazaki-osb.pdf)) |
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| 10:45 | *Coffee break & poster session* | |
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| 11:30 | *Cerebellar modelling presentations \_ | |
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| | **Paul Dean** | Adaptive Filter Models |
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| | **Christian Roessert** | Compatibility of a detailed model of cerebellar granular layer processing with adaptive filter computations |
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| | **[Jesus Garrido](/users/128*) | Distributed synaptic plasticity controls spike-timing at the cerebellar granular layer: predictions from a computational model |
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|12:30 | *Lunch* | |
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. | |**Afternoon Session\* | |
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|13:30 | **[Angus Silver](/users/6*) | Information flow through the cerebellar granule cell layer |
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| 14:15 |**[Eugenio Piasini](/users/3*) | Tutorials on [Git & GitHub](http://www.opensourcebrain.org/projects/gitintro/wiki/Wiki) |
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| 14:30 |*Hands on collaborative modelling session\_ | |
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|15:00 | *Coffee break* | |
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| 15:30 | *Hands on collaborative modelling session \_ | |
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. | |**Evening** | |
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|19:30 |*Conference Dinner*: [Movida Restaurant](http://www.movidaristorante.com/) | |
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h4. Wednesday 15th May, 9am - 5pm
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. | |**Morning Session** | |
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|   |*Cerebellar modelling presentations\_ | |
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| 9:00 | **Chris De Zeeuw** | Creating Cerebellar Coordination by Distributed Synergistic Plasticity |
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| 9:45 | **[Volker Steuber](http://www.opensourcebrain.org/users/10*) | Multi-scale models of synaptic plasticity in the cerebellum |
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| 10:30 |**[Sergio Solinas](/users/23*) | Realistic modeling of the cerebellar cortex ([Slides](/attachments/download/79/Solinas_OSB2013Alghero.pptx)) |
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| 10:45 | *Coffee break* | |
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|11:00 | **[Arnd Roth](http://www.opensourcebrain.org/users/108*) | Untangling cerebellar circuits with scanning electron microscopy and focused ion beam milling|
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| 11:45 | *Continued hands on collaboration session* | |
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|12:30 | *Lunch* | |
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. | |**Afternoon Session\* | |
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| 13:30 | *Continued hands on collaboration session* | |
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| 13:30 | *Parallel Session: Private CEREBNET planning meeting* | |
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|15:00 | *Coffee break* | |
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| 15:30 | *Presentations of results & feedback* | |
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| 16:30 | *Future plans for OSB* | |
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### Posters presented
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***Maximum poster size: 1.5m x 1.5m***
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| **[Sathyaa Subramaniyam    ](/users/133*) | The mechanisms of late-onset synaptic responses in a realistic model of Unipolar Brush Cells     |
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|**[Giovanni Idili](/users/99*) | OpenWorm - progress report |
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| **[Stefano Masoli](/users/127*) | A realistic Purkinje cell model |
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|**[Jesus Garrido](/users/128*) | Event-and-time driven simulator accelerated with CPU-GPU co-processing ([PDF](http://www.opensourcebrain.org/attachments/download/67/post_OSB_Garrido_et_al.pdf)) |
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|\*[Helena Głąbska](/users/69*) | Meaningful decompositions of multielectrode LFP recordings ([PDF](http://www.opensourcebrain.org/attachments/download/78/Glabska_icakcsd.pdf)) |
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### Enquiries
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If you have any enquiries about this meeting, please don’t hesitate to contact: [p.gleeson@ucl.ac.uk](mailto:p.gleeson@ucl.ac.uk).