/spiking_grid_cell_model

Code for my MSc dissertation titled 'Spiking Grid Cell Models on Neuromorphic Hardware' submitted to The University of Manchester for the degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Science and Engineering in 2019.

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Spiking Grid Cell Models on Neuromorphic Hardware

Code for my MSc dissertation titled 'Spiking Grid Cell Models on Neuromorphic Hardware' submitted to The University of Manchester for the degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Science and Engineering in 2019.

Supervised by Prof. Steve Furber and Dr. Oliver Rhodes.

BibTeX citation: @phdthesis{buttigieg_2019, title={Spiking Grid Cell Models on Neuromorphic Hardware}, author={Buttigieg, Nicholas}, year={2019}}

View dissertation paper here.

Setting up

Requires access to SpiNNaker hardware. The simulator may be replaced with another, such as Brian2, though the code is not guaranteed to work without any issues on simulators other than SpiNNaker.

  1. Requires Python v2.7 and the SpiNNaker tools (installed automatically when using setup_virtual_env.sh)
  2. Install virtualenv package: pip install virtualenv
  3. Create your virtual environment: virtualenv ENV_NAME
  4. Activate virtual environment: source ENV_NAME/bin/activate

The SpiNNaker tools may all be updated using the update_git_repos.sh script.