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<p><a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/">Google Summer of
Code</a> is a global, online program focused on bringing new
contributors into open source software development. 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(s) for our 2 proposals will take
published computational models and experimental datasets and
convert them into open, standardised formats (e.g. NeuroML and
NWB) and share them on the OSB platform as a resource for the
wider community. The two projects are: <br>
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<p><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://neurostars.org/t/gsoc-2022-project-idea-9-1-open-source-cross-simulator-large-scale-cortical-models-in-neuroml-and-pynn-175-350-h/21394"><b>Open
source, cross simulator, large scale cortical models in
NeuroML and PyNN</b></a><br>
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<p>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.</p>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://neurostars.org/t/gsoc-2022-project-idea-9-2-conversion-of-public-neurophysiology-datasets-to-neurodata-without-borders-nwb-format-175-350-h/21395"><b>Conversion
of public neurophysiology datasets to Neurodata Without
Borders (NWB) format</b></a></p>
<p>This project will involve converting a number of publicly
available datasets to NWB format, adding structured metadata to
ensure maximal readability and reusability of the data. The
converted datasets will be made available through the new NWB
Explorer on the Open Source Brain repository (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://nwbexplorer.opensourcebrain.org">http://nwbexplorer.opensourcebrain.org</a>)
which allows visualisation of the data as well as interactive
analysis through an inbuilt Jupyter notebook.<br>
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<b>This opportunity is particularly relevant for Masters & PhD
students currently working in model development/data analysis
in neuroscience. Many students </b><b>are already
reusing/converting/updating existing models and data 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>19 April 2022</b><br>
Period of working on projects: <b>13 June - </b><b><b>12 </b>September
2022</b></p>
<p>Please get in contact if you have any questions.<br>
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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 moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:p.gleeson@ucl.ac.uk">p.gleeson@ucl.ac.uk</a>
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