Words of Wisdom

Ramp up is hard.
- Understanding the PyNN, Nest, SpiNNaker HiCANN thing is really difficult. It works once you know it, but it's not easy.
- I expect integrating with the neurorobotics platform and the HPC will also be difficult.
- If you want other people to use these things, provide more examples, and more unified examples.
- Tell them what version it works in (PyNN, Nest, and OS).
Give us somewhat stable code.
- We spent a lot of our time rewriting code for new systems.
- Give out stable systems. E.g. It would be nice if say Nest 2.6 was stable, and that Nest 2.7 was backwardly compatible.
- I fully appreciate that you are developing code, but that doesn't mean your users need to suffer through it.
- You could also give us routes from stable version to stable version, but that's more difficult.
Emulators are sweet.
- Hardware is great, but you can't always get it.
- We got a lot done with the SpiNNaker emulator.
- People who can't get the hardware can use it.
- The web interface largely works, but will have problems with load, closed loop, and just running it.
- Write good (stable) emulators.
I've got some HICANN stuff running over the web, but it doesn't seem to correspond to the Nest model. Can you describe it as a "neural" model with flexible boundaries?