2021 06 07 Open NEST Developer Video Conference

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Agenda

1. Welcome
2. Review of NEST User Mailing List
3. Project team round
4. In-depth discussion
   • t.b.a.

Mailing list

• https://nest-simulator.org/mailinglist

Project team round

Here we discuss topics that need broader attention, for example questions that came up but are outside a single project's scope, larger planned changes/PRs that affect all teams or pending work that is blocked by external factors.

1. Models / NESTML
   • prototype for synapse rules with 3rd-factor plasticity being tested
   • many variants of 3rd-factor rules, implementation details vary considerably, biophyiscally very different processes
2. PyNEST
   • #1773 prepare/run/simulate/cleanup, needs assignment
     • interacts with callibrate, where many checks and exceptions are already done.
     • exceptions can be thown on node level, from kernel side operations are safe then
     • -> separate session tomorrow
3. Kernel
   • adaptive buffer size, spike compression and ring-buffers merged, running last checks of performance.
4. Installation
   • last PR #1959 for NEST 3.0 milestone
   • -> look at tomorrow
5. Infrastructure
   • nothing to report
6. Documentation
   • style guide PR almost ready
   • timers docs still in progress
   • API docs requires separate step interacts with source directory, class docs need to guide users to the right places.
7. EBRAINS
   • nothing to report
8. (Feature) Automated Testing
   • no updates
9. (Feature) Extension Module System
   • nothing to report

In-depth discussion

NEST 3.0 finalization

Timers documentation

• new timers need to be documented for the release
• caused much confusion in the past

NEST I/O documentation

• documentation needs to be written to close the PR
• need to have pro-active contact to PR creators

AOB

Historical/educational material for NEST

• Need common folder for PR materials (with corresponding licenses)
• Some materials like abstracts are available from conferences (e.g. Bernstein or NEST conferences), published with DOI.