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<p><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google Summer of Code</a> is an initiative to encourage students to contribute to open source software projects. Generous stipends are provided for successful applicants to work on these
projects for a number of months over the summer. The <a href="http://incf.org/">
INCF</a> has been a GSoC mentoring organisation for the past number of years, and has helped link up students with mentors to advance various projects in the wider neuroinformatics and computational neuroscience areas.<br>
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The <a href="http://www.opensourcebrain.org">Open Source Brain initiative</a> is encouraging students to apply to be part of this. The successful candidate for our
<a href="https://neurostars.org/t/gsoc-2020-project-idea-10-open-source-cross-simulator-large-scale-cortical-models/5747/9">
our proposal</a> will take published models of cells and networks from the cortex and convert them into open, standardised formats (e.g. NeuroML and PyNN) and share them on the OSB platform as a resource for the wider community. These can be models where code
is available in simulator specific formats on ModelDB, or classic models from the literature which would benefit from curating/updating/documenting. Making models available in these formats will allow them to be used & tested across multiple simulators, make
the physiological properties of the models more accessible and facilitate reuse of model components.<br>
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<b>This opportunity is particularly relevant for Masters & PhD students currently working in model development/analysis in computational neuroscience. Many students
</b><b>are already reusing/converting/updating existing models as part of their work and this is a great opportunity to get paid extra to do this!<br>
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Closing date for student applications: <b>31st March 2020</b><br>
Period of working on projects: <b>18 May - 17 August 2020</b><br>
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More information on the cortical modelling project can be found <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://neurostars.org/t/gsoc-2020-project-idea-10-open-source-cross-simulator-large-scale-cortical-models/5747/9">
here</a>. There is another OSB project related to sharing data in Neurodata Without Borders format
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://neurostars.org/t/gsoc-2020-project-idea-31-osb-conversion-of-public-neurophysiology-datasets-to-neurodata-without-borders-format/5986">
here</a>. Multiple other project ideas from other neuroinformatics and computational neuroscience initiatives (including The Virtual Brain, Brian, LORIS, GeNN, SciUnit, PyNN, OpenWorm) can be found on the
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://neurostars.org/c/gsoc">INCF project ideas page</a>.
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Padraig Gleeson
Room 321, Anatomy Building
Department of Neuroscience, Physiology& Pharmacology
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
+44 207 679 3214
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:p.gleeson@ucl.ac.uk">p.gleeson@ucl.ac.uk</a>
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