Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi From: Marcela Madrid Subject: PSC Neuroscience Workshop Organization: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 11:26:19 -0400 Message-ID: The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is offering a workshop on "SIMULATIONS IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE", June 11-14, 1997. Participants in this workshop will learn to use PGENESIS, a parallel version of the GENESIS simulator, and PNEURON (under development), a parallel version of the NEURON simulator. Both PGENESIS and PNEURON are suitable for large scale parallel search of parameter space for single neuron and neuronal network models. PGENESIS is also suitable for parallel simulation of very large network models. Both of these packages run on single workstations, workstation networks, small-scale parallel computers and large massively parallel supercomputers, providing a natural scale-up path. Familiarity with the non-parallel version of GENESIS or NEURON is preferred but not required. Techniques for parallel search of parameter space and for decomposition of network models will be two foci of the workshop. Participants are encouraged to bring their models to the workshop. Instructors: Michael Vanier, Caltech John Klopp, UCLA Michael Hines, Yale Nigel Goddard, PSC Greg Hood, PSC Financial Information Hotel accommodations during the workshop for researchers affiliated with U.S. academic institutions will be paid by our NIH grant. Complimentary breakfast and lunches also will be provided. There is no registration fee for this workshop. All other costs incurred in attending (travel, other meals, etc.) are the responsibility of the individual participant. For more information and an application form please check http://www.psc.edu/biomed/workshops/wk-97/neural.html Application deadline is May 13, 1997.