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1.1 | 1 | == Getting access to the NMC systems BrainScaleS and SpiNNaker == |
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| 3 | To use the Neuromorphic computing platform (SpiNNaker and BrainScaleS machines, free of charge for tests and for accepted research projects): | ||
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14.1 | 5 | 1. [[Get an EBRAINS account>>https://ebrains.eu/register/]] (free of charge). Use the "Register today" link (near the bottom) on the registration page. |
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19.1 | 6 | 1. EITHER: |
| 7 | 11. Send an email to [[neuromorphic@humanbrainproject.eu>>path:mailto:neuromorphic%40humanbrainproject.eu]] stating your EBRAINS account username | ||
| 8 | 11. We will create a Collab for you, free of charge and complete with test quota and a few examples. | ||
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15.1 | 9 | 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"). |
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19.1 | 10 | 1. OR, if you do not need the copied-in example notebooks or would like to fetch them yourself : |
| 11 | 11. create a new Collab for yourself: | ||
| 12 | 111. go to [[https:~~/~~/wiki.ebrains.eu/>>https://wiki.ebrains.eu/]] and click the "Log-in" link in the upper right hand corner, log in with your new EBRAINS account | ||
| 13 | 111. Click the "Collabs" link in the menu bar at the top of the window | ||
| 14 | 111. Click the "Create a collab" green button and create a private Collab for yourself. The process re-directs you into the new Collab. | ||
| 15 | 111. In your new Collab click the "Lab" link in the left hand menu | ||
| 16 | 111. Select any of the "Lab Execution Site" offered, then select the "Official EBRAINS Docker image", click start. (Click "Launch Server", if you get "Server not running") | ||
| 17 | 111. This will start a Jupyter Lab session (the "Lab") for you. | ||
| 18 | 111. Start a "Terminal" via the icon in the "Launcher window" shown. This opens a terminal in the "/mnt/user/shared/NAME_OF_YOUR_COLLAB/" directory. This is a location on the EBRAINS "Drive". Files stored in this location are stored persistently= will still be there, when you open your Collab again some days later | ||
| 19 | (Note: If you use "File" > "New" > "Terminal" the opened terminal is in the directory "/opt/app-root/src". This location only exists while the Jupyter ("Lab") session is running and will be gone, when a new Lab session is started. Do not use this location, if you want to keep the files. To change into the persistent directory type "cd /mnt/user/shared/NAME_OF_YOUR_COLLAB" (without the " and the name of your your Collab instead of NAME_OF_YOUR_COLLAB) | ||
| 20 | 111. fetch the files you would like to work with. | ||
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20.1 | 21 | E.g. for the BrainScaleS-2 interactive notebooks use the command in the terminal window: |
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19.1 | 22 | //git clone https:~/~/github.com/electronicvisions/brainscales2-demos.git ~-~-branch jupyter-notebooks-experimental// |
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20.1 | 23 | The command clones the BrainScaleS interactive notebooks into a directory "brainscales2-demos". This directory appears then in the files list on the left hand side of the window. Double click it to enter the freshly cloned directory with tutorial notebooks. |
| 24 | To see an overview, open the "tutorial.ipynb" | ||
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19.1 | 25 | 1. Run your own neuromorphic simulations/emulations interactively via Jupyter notebook (link "LAB" in your Collab) directly in your browser (or via the "Job Manager" link in your new collab) using your own [[PyNN>>url:http://neuralensemble.org/PyNN/]] described network and your own input data |
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5.1 | 26 | 1. If anything fails: see the [[getting help page>>url:https://electronicvisions.github.io/hbp-sp9-guidebook/getting_help.html]] in the guidebook or use the [[support@ebrains.eu>>mailto:support@ebrains.eu]] email contact. |
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18.1 | 28 | The documentation: [[HBP Neuromorphic Computing Platform Guidebook>>url:https://electronicvisions.github.io/hbp-sp9-guidebook/]] (and a direct link to the [[BrainScaleS interactive tutorials documentation>>https://electronicvisions.github.io/documentation-brainscales2/latest/brainscales2-demos/tutorial.html]]). |
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17.1 | 30 | The service has been created mainly by and during the Human Brain Project (HBP). See the page on [[Neuromorphic computing on the HBP website>>https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/silicon-brains/]] for project information and the [[EBRAINS neuromorphic computing service page>>https://ebrains.eu/service/neuromorphic-computing]] for the EBRAINS research infrastructure context. |
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