NeuroFedora update: week 41
A quick update on NeuroFedora at the end of week 41.
NeuroFedora: towards a ready to use Free/Open source environment for neuroscientists
I have recently resurrected the NeuroFedora SIG. We aim to make Fedora a ready to use platform for neuroscientists, so that they can focus on the science. Read on to learn more!
Testing out Sumatra: a tool for managing iterations of simulations/analyses
When working on projects that require multiple iterations of simulations and/or analyses, it's really quite hard to keep track of the changes one makes and how the results vary. Sumatra is a tool that is developed to help researchers manage such projects.
A channel for neuroscientists on Gitter
I've come across a few mailing lists for neuroscientists, but I couldn't find a chat channel. While mailing lists suit certain purposes, open source communities tend to use a combination of mailing lists and chat channels - each platform serves different purposes. TLDR: here's a new chat channel on Gitter here for everything neuroscience related. It is also accessible using the IRC and Riot.
Python - analysing large files - some notes to self
I use Python to post process large amounts of spike data from my simulations. This post documents some observations I've made while writing my scripts.
Two new planets for neuroscientists
No, not heavenly bodies, feed aggregators.
On jargon
When we speak of jargon, it is usually because we heard something we couldn't make sense of. We focus on how it adversely affects the listener. The truth is, it also affects the speaker if the speaker does indeed intend to get the point across. In this post I discuss how it affects my work and me and I try to document what I can do to improve my communications to make it easier for my listeners and me to understand each other correctly.
Using NEURON - Part II
Quickly scripting a grid-search for parameter tuning
Finding the right set of parameters is quite important in a lot of research - machine learning and computational neuroscience are two fields that I know of. I recently had to ascertain the optimal parameter set for my simulations too. I came up with a quick script to do it for me.