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ArticleeLife2023

BrainPy, a flexible, integrative, efficient, and extensible framework for general-purpose brain dynamics programming.

Chaoming Wang, Tianqiu Zhang, Xiaoyu Chen, Sichao He, Shangyang Li, Si Wu

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Article in eLife, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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Chaoming WangSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Center of Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Bejing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7986-3890
Tianqiu ZhangSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Center of Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Bejing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Xiaoyu ChenSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Center of Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Bejing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Sichao HeBeijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China.
Shangyang LiSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Center of Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Bejing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Si WuSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Center of Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Bejing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9650-6935

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Ministry of Science & Technology, People Republic of China 2021ZD0200204Peking University 2021ZD0200204
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elucidating the intricate neural mechanisms underlying brain functions requires integrative brain dynamics modeling. To facilitate this process, it is crucial to develop a general-purpose programming framework that allows users to freely define neural models across multiple scales, efficiently simulate, train, and analyze model dynamics, and conveniently incorporate new modeling approaches. In response to this need, we present BrainPy. BrainPy leverages the advanced just-in-time (JIT) compilation capabilities of JAX and XLA to provide a powerful infrastructure tailored for brain dynamics programming. It offers an integrated platform for building, simulating, training, and analyzing brain dynamics models. Models defined in BrainPy can be JIT compiled into binary instructions for various devices, including Central Processing Unit, Graphics Processing Unit, and Tensor Processing Unit, which ensures high-running performance comparable to native C or CUDA. Additionally, BrainPy features an extensible architecture that allows for easy expansion of new infrastructure, utilities, and machine-learning approaches. This flexibility enables researchers to incorporate cutting-edge techniques and adapt the framework to their specific needs.

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AlgorithmsSoftwareBrainComputer GraphicsMachine Learningbrain modelingbrain simulationbrain simulatorcomputational biologycomputational neurosciencejust-in-time compilationneurosciencenonespiking neural networkssystems biology

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PMID38132087
PMCPMC10796146

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