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NeuroManager: a workflow analysis based simulation management engine for computational neuroscience

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, October 2015
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Title
NeuroManager: a workflow analysis based simulation management engine for computational neuroscience
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Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, October 2015
DOI 10.3389/fninf.2015.00024
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David B. Stockton, Fidel Santamaria

Abstract

We developed NeuroManager, an object-oriented simulation management software engine for computational neuroscience. NeuroManager automates the workflow of simulation job submissions when using heterogeneous computational resources, simulators, and simulation tasks. The object-oriented approach (1) provides flexibility to adapt to a variety of neuroscience simulators, (2) simplifies the use of heterogeneous computational resources, from desktops to super computer clusters, and (3) improves tracking of simulator/simulation evolution. We implemented NeuroManager in MATLAB, a widely used engineering and scientific language, for its signal and image processing tools, prevalence in electrophysiology analysis, and increasing use in college Biology education. To design and develop NeuroManager we analyzed the workflow of simulation submission for a variety of simulators, operating systems, and computational resources, including the handling of input parameters, data, models, results, and analyses. This resulted in 22 stages of simulation submission workflow. The software incorporates progress notification, automatic organization, labeling, and time-stamping of data and results, and integrated access to MATLAB's analysis and visualization tools. NeuroManager provides users with the tools to automate daily tasks, and assists principal investigators in tracking and recreating the evolution of research projects performed by multiple people. Overall, NeuroManager provides the infrastructure needed to improve workflow, manage multiple simultaneous simulations, and maintain provenance of the potentially large amounts of data produced during the course of a research project.

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Unknown 21 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 33%
Student > Bachelor 4 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 14%
Professor 1 5%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 5%
Other 2 10%
Unknown 3 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Computer Science 5 24%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 14%
Engineering 3 14%
Neuroscience 2 10%
Arts and Humanities 1 5%
Other 4 19%
Unknown 3 14%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 December 2015.
All research outputs
#7,432,513
of 23,577,654 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Neuroinformatics
#350
of 774 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#90,240
of 280,533 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Neuroinformatics
#3
of 6 outputs
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