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5 = NEST Tutorials =
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16 **From single-cell modeling to large-scale network dynamics with NEST Simulator**
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19 **Instructor**: Sebastian Spreizer, PhD, University of Trier and Research Center Jülich
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21 - [[Tutorial abstract>>url:https://wiki.ebrains.eu/bin/view/Collabs/swedish-node-nest-tutorials/About/]]
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24 The tutorial is composed of three parts in which the user learns to simulate with NEST step by step.
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29 |(% style="width:191px" %)10 - 10.30|(% style="width:220px" %)Introduction|(% style="width:422px" %)
30 |(% style="width:191px" %)10.30 - 12|(% style="width:220px" %)NEST Desktop|(% style="width:422px" %)[[https:~~/~~/nest-desktop.readthedocs.org/>>https://nest-desktop.readthedocs.org/]]
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39 1. Change drive folder to `/drive/My Libraries/`.
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41 Next, clone a repo from the remote Git repository "[[https:~~/~~/gitlab.ebrains.eu/spreizer/nest-tutorials-2025.git>>https://gitlab.ebrains.eu/spreizer/nest-tutorials-2025.git]]" (Click on [[image:1755972938026-462.png||height="30" width="28"]]).
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49 After cloning, you find tutorials in `nest-tutorials-2025` folders.
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61 1. Have fun with it!
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67 **1) NEST Desktop**
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69 The first part of the tutorial, we look at NEST Desktop.  As a goal we will create and analyze a balanced two-population network.
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77 **2) NEST Simulator**
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79 The tutorial will then turn to Jupyter (Python) notebooks where we will start by creating spiking neurons. Here, we learn advanced steps to write code with NEST Simulation syntax. The scripting codes allow us to customize sophisticated use cases with NEST simulations. How to run examples on EBRAINS lab can be found here:
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