.. _about: About |project| =============== .. image:: _static/logo_Color_trimmed.png :width: 80% |project| is an open source project released by SynSense. .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/rockpool :target: https://pypi.org/project/rockpool/ .. image:: https://img.shields.io/conda/v/conda-forge/rockpool :target: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/rockpool .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/rockpool?logo=python :target: https://pypi.org/project/rockpool/ .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-black-000000 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/dd/rockpool :target: https://pypi.org/project/rockpool/ .. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.3773845.svg :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3773845 Citing Rockpool --------------- If you use Rockpool in your academic work, we would appreciate a citation! You can cite us as DR Muir, F Bauer & P Weidel. (2019). Rockpool Documentaton. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3773845 Or using the bibtex block:: @misc{muir_dylan_2019_4639684, author = {Muir, Dylan R. and Bauer, Felix and Weidel, Philipp}, title = {Rockpool Documentaton}, month = sep, year = 2019, publisher = {Zenodo}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.3773845}, url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3773845} } About SynSense -------------- .. image:: _static/synsense_logo.png :width: 40% SynSense_ is a Neuromorphic computing hardware and solutions startup, based in Zurich Switzerland. The company specializes in developing mixed-signal neuromorphic silicon hardware for neural simulation and signal processing; it develops software for interfacing with and configuring neuromorphic hardware; and develops solutions to analyse and process bio-signals. SynSense_ is a commercial spin-off from the Institute of Neuroinformatics (INI_), University of Zurich (UZH_) and ETH Zurich (ETHZ_). .. _SynSense: https://synsense.ai .. _INI: https://ini.uzh.ch .. _UZH: https://uzh.ch .. _ETHZ: https://ethz.ch About Noodle ------------ .. image:: _static/noodle.png :width: 40% Noodle is the mascot of |project|. Noodle is a Nudibranch_, `Glaucus marginatus`_. Nudibranches are a group of amazing sea snails that shed their shells after the larval stage, to display an incredible array of forms, patterns and colours. `Glaucus marginatus`_ is a species found in the Pacific ocean, and often seen at beaches and in rock pools of the eastern Australian coast. Photograph of Noodle is `CC BY 2.0`_ `Taro Taylor`_ .. _Nudibranch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudibranch .. _Glaucus marginatus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_marginatus .. _CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ .. _Taro Taylor: https://www.flickr.com/people/tjt195/