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Getting access

Last modified by kindler on 2025/08/22 17:02

Getting access to the NMC systems BrainScaleS and SpiNNaker

To use the Neuromorphic computing platform (SpiNNaker and BrainScaleS machines, free of charge for tests and for accepted research projects):

  1. Get an EBRAINS account (free of charge). Use the "Create your account" button.
  2. Then
    1. EITHER:
      1. Send an email to neuromorphic@humanbrainproject.eu stating your EBRAINS account username
      2. We will create a Collab for you, free of charge and complete with test quota and a few examples.
        Only for large 'production runs' another quota request is needed via the "Job Manager" in your collab (upper right hand corner in the JobManager: "Quota").
    2. OR (to start immediately) see the Quick Start description (includes a non persistent single link way to run e.g. a  learning with superspike notebook on BrainScaleS)
  3. Run your own neuromorphic simulations/emulations interactively via Jupyter notebook (link "LAB" in your Collab) directly in your browser (or via the "Job Manager") using your own PyNN described network and your own input data.
    To add the "Job Manager", if it is not in your Collab yet: Go to the start page of your Collab, click the "+ Create" button in the upper right hand corner, select "Community App" and type "Job Manager" in the "Title" field, then click "Create", then choose the "Neuromorphic Computing Job Manager" from the list of offered Apps and click "Save". Now a new link "Job Manager" is in the left hand menu of your Collab)
  4. If anything fails: see the getting help page in the guidebook or use the support@ebrains.eu email contact.

The documentation: HBP Neuromorphic Computing Platform Guidebook (and a direct link to the BrainScaleS interactive tutorials documentation).

The service has been created mainly by and during the Human Brain Project (HBP). See the EBRAINS neuromorphic computing service page for the EBRAINS research infrastructure context.