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Large-scale modeling - a tool for conquering the complexity of the brain
KTH, School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC), Computational Biology, CB.
KTH, School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC), Computational Biology, CB.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2792-1622
KTH, School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC), Computational Biology, CB.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2358-7815
2008 (English)In: Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, E-ISSN 1662-5196, Vol. 2, p. 1-4Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Is there any hope of achieving a thorough understanding of higher functions such as perception, memory, thought and emotion or is the stunning complexity of the brain a barrier which will limit such efforts for the foreseeable future? In this perspective we discuss methods to handle complexity, approaches to model building, and point to detailed large-scale models as a new contribution to the toolbox of the computational neuroscientist. We elucidate some aspects which distinguishes large-scale models and some of the technological challenges which they entail.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2008. Vol. 2, p. 1-4
Keywords [en]
modeling methodology, large-scale model, simulation, parallel computing, brain, cortex, computational neuroscience, subsampling
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Neurosciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-10456DOI: 10.3389/neuro.11.001.2008PubMedID: 18974793Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-67650327576OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-10456DiVA, id: diva2:217754
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QC 20100708Available from: 2009-05-15 Created: 2009-05-15 Last updated: 2024-01-17Bibliographically approved
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1. Large-scale simulation of neuronal systems
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Large-scale simulation of neuronal systems
2009 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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Biologically detailed computational models of large-scale neuronal networks have now become feasible due to the development of increasingly powerful massively parallel supercomputers. We report here about the methodology involved in simulation of very large neuronal networks. Using conductance-based multicompartmental model neurons based on Hodgkin-Huxley formalism, we simulate a neuronal network model of layers II/III of the neocortex. These simulations, the largest of this type ever performed, were made on the Blue Gene/L supercomputer and comprised up to 8 million neurons and 4 billion synapses. Such model sizes correspond to the cortex of a small mammal. After a series of optimization steps, performance measurements show linear scaling behavior both on the Blue Gene/L supercomputer and on a more conventional cluster computer. Results from the simulation of a model based on more abstract formalism, and of considerably larger size, also shows linear scaling behavior on both computer architectures.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH, 2009. p. xii, 65
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Trita-CSC-A, ISSN 1653-5723 ; 2009:06
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-10616 (URN)978-91-7415-323-1 (ISBN)
Public defence
2009-06-09, Sal F2, KTH, Lindstedtsvägen 26, Stockholm, 10:00 (English)
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Available from: 2009-06-03 Created: 2009-06-03 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved

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