2021 09 27 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
   • Presentation at Bernstein Conference, Baltic Nordic Summer School
     • found one segfault in a synapse, very helpful to know about this, already fixed by now.
     • STDP-Dopa synapse found some interest at the Bernstein Conference
   • good attendence at the BNSS 59 students were logged in during the 1.5h course
     • Breakout rooms with smaller groups worked very well
     • working with VM images on ICEI resources
2. PyNEST
   • Nothing much to report, work on python import mechanics ongoing
3. Kernel
   • Breakout meeting about pinning threads
4. Installation
   • nothing to report
5. Infrastructure
   • nothing to report
6. Documentation
   • looking into PRs, need reviewers
7. EBRAINS
   • nothing to report
   • many changes in https://lab.ebrains.eu, currently working on publishing many new features
8. (Feature) Automated Testing
   • nothing to report
9. (Feature) Extension Module System
   • nothing to report

In-depth discussion

• nothing to discuss today. Breakouts for specific topics planned this week.