Release of the Neural Simulation Tool NEST 1.0

Fri Oct 22 07:56:22 EDT 2004

October 22 2004

The NEST Initiative is pleased to announce the release of the neural
simulation tool NEST.

* NEST is designed specifically for the simulation of large networks of
biologically realistic point-neurons (10^4-10^5 neurons), and provides 
extensive support for hierarchically structured networks.

* NEST is both flexible and efficient, and supports parallel simulation on
multi-processor computers.

* NEST has been tested on a range of Unix varieties, including
Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Tru64 Unix.
Windows is supported via the Cygwin environment.

* NEST can be downloaded under an open source license from the NEST Initiative
website

        http://www.nest-initiative.org

On that website, you will find more information about NEST,
the NEST Initiative, and mailing lists around NEST.

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Dr. Marc-Oliver Gewaltig
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Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
Carl-Legien-Str. 30
D-63073 Offenbach/Main, Germany
http://www.honda-ri.de