bdevans/spike

Spiking neural network simulator

spike

Spiking neural network simulator

This project is written in C, parallelised with OpenMP and requires the GNU Scientific Library (for pseudo RNGs). Data analysis is conducted with the accompanying Matlab files.

It was developed under OS X and includes Xcode project files and a Makefile.

Released under the BSD license.

Citations

If you use this simulator, please cite from the following list of publications:

1. Evans, B. D. & Stringer, S. M. (2012) Transform-invariant visual representations in self-organizing spiking neural networks. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 6(46), 1-19. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2012.00046

2. Evans, B. D. & Stringer, S. M. (2013) How Lateral Connections and Spiking Dynamics May Separate Multiple Objects Moving Together. PLoS ONE, 8(8), e69952. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069952

3. Evans, B. D. & Stringer, S. M. (2015) STDP in lateral connections creates category-based perceptual cycles for invariance learning with multiple stimuli. Biological Cybernetics, 109(2), 215-239. doi: 10.1007/s00422-014-0637-z