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09.01.2026 Teaching Networks of simplified neurons and tutoring on use of NEST, NEST Desktop and NESTML at LASCON X, the tenth Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience, in São Paulo.

01.01.2026 As of today, my colleague Prof Oliver Tomic takes over as Head of the Data Science Department. I will focus on furthering research activities at REALTEK as Chair of the Research Committee at the faculty.

16.12.2025 Interview about Ten years of PD14 with Markus Diesmann and myself on ebrains.eu.

27.11.2025 Preprint released: A. Korcsak-Gorzo, J. A. E. Valverde, J. Stapmanns, H. E. Plesser, D. Dahmen, M. Bolten, S. J. v Albada, and M. Diesmann.
Event-driven eligibility propagation in large sparse networks: Efficiency shaped by biological realism.
(arXiv:2511.21674), November 2025. DOI 10.48550/arXiv.2511.21674.

09.11.2025 Paper published: H. E. Plesser, A. P. Davison, M. Diesmann, T. Fukai, T. Gemmeke, P. Gleeson, J. C. Knight, T. Nowotny, A. René, O. Rhodes, A. C. Roque, J. Senk, T. Schwalger, T. Stadtmann, G. Tiddia, and S. J. van Albada.
Building on models—a perspective for computational neuroscience.
Cerebral Cortex, 35(11):bhaf295, November 2025.
ISSN 1460-2199. DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhaf295.

25.09.2025 NEST 3.9 is released.

19.09.2025 Paper published: H.-J. Jiang, J. Aćimović, T. Manninen, I. Ahokainen, J. Stapmanns, M. Lehtimäki, M. Diesmann, S. J. v Albada, H. E. Plesser, and M.-L. Linne.
Modeling neuron-astrocyte interactions in neural networks using distributed simulation.
PLOS Computational Biology, 21(9):e1013503, September 2025.
ISSN 1553-7358. DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013503.

05.08.2025 Paper published: J.-E. W. Skaar, N. Haug, and H. E. Plesser.
A simplified model of NMDA-receptor-mediated dynamics in leaky integrate-and-fire neurons.
Journal of Computational Neuroscience.
DOI 10.1007/s10827-025-00911-8.
See the NEST documentation for examples.

17./18.06.2025 The annual virtual NEST Conference has become a well-established tradition.

12.11.2024 Preprint submitted: H.-J. Jiang, J. Aćimović, T. Manninen, I. Ahokainen, J. Stapmanns, M. Lehtimäki, M. Diesmann, S. J. van Albada, H. E. Plesser, and M.-L. Linne.
Modeling neuron-astrocyte interactions in neural networks using distributed simulation.
bioRxiv, 2024. DOI 10.1101/2024.11.11.622953.

23.10.2024 Paper published: H. E. Plesser
Commentary: Accelerating spiking neural network simulations with PymoNNto and PymoNNtorch.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 18:1446620, 2024. DOI 10.3389/fninf.2024.1446620.

03./04.04.2024 On the occasion of the 10^th anniversary of the publication of the Potjans-Diesmann cortical microcircuit model, I organized a two-day workshop Building on Models: Experiences from a Decade with the Microcircuit model at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg for Cultures of Research together with Markus Diesmann.

09.01.2026	Teaching Networks of simplified neurons and tutoring on use of NEST, NEST Desktop and NESTML at LASCON X, the tenth Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience, in São Paulo.
01.01.2026	As of today, my colleague Prof Oliver Tomic takes over as Head of the Data Science Department. I will focus on furthering research activities at REALTEK as Chair of the Research Committee at the faculty.
16.12.2025	Interview about Ten years of PD14 with Markus Diesmann and myself on ebrains.eu.
27.11.2025	Preprint released: A. Korcsak-Gorzo, J. A. E. Valverde, J. Stapmanns, H. E. Plesser, D. Dahmen, M. Bolten, S. J. v Albada, and M. Diesmann. Event-driven eligibility propagation in large sparse networks: Efficiency shaped by biological realism. (arXiv:2511.21674), November 2025. DOI 10.48550/arXiv.2511.21674.
09.11.2025	Paper published: H. E. Plesser, A. P. Davison, M. Diesmann, T. Fukai, T. Gemmeke, P. Gleeson, J. C. Knight, T. Nowotny, A. René, O. Rhodes, A. C. Roque, J. Senk, T. Schwalger, T. Stadtmann, G. Tiddia, and S. J. van Albada. Building on models—a perspective for computational neuroscience. Cerebral Cortex, 35(11):bhaf295, November 2025. ISSN 1460-2199. DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhaf295.
25.09.2025	NEST 3.9 is released.
19.09.2025	Paper published: H.-J. Jiang, J. Aćimović, T. Manninen, I. Ahokainen, J. Stapmanns, M. Lehtimäki, M. Diesmann, S. J. v Albada, H. E. Plesser, and M.-L. Linne. Modeling neuron-astrocyte interactions in neural networks using distributed simulation. PLOS Computational Biology, 21(9):e1013503, September 2025. ISSN 1553-7358. DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013503.
05.08.2025	Paper published: J.-E. W. Skaar, N. Haug, and H. E. Plesser. A simplified model of NMDA-receptor-mediated dynamics in leaky integrate-and-fire neurons. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. DOI 10.1007/s10827-025-00911-8. See the NEST documentation for examples.
17./18.06.2025	The annual virtual NEST Conference has become a well-established tradition.
12.11.2024	Preprint submitted: H.-J. Jiang, J. Aćimović, T. Manninen, I. Ahokainen, J. Stapmanns, M. Lehtimäki, M. Diesmann, S. J. van Albada, H. E. Plesser, and M.-L. Linne. Modeling neuron-astrocyte interactions in neural networks using distributed simulation. bioRxiv, 2024. DOI 10.1101/2024.11.11.622953.
23.10.2024	Paper published: H. E. Plesser Commentary: Accelerating spiking neural network simulations with PymoNNto and PymoNNtorch. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 18:1446620, 2024. DOI 10.3389/fninf.2024.1446620.
03./04.04.2024	On the occasion of the 10^th anniversary of the publication of the Potjans-Diesmann cortical microcircuit model, I organized a two-day workshop Building on Models: Experiences from a Decade with the Microcircuit model at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg for Cultures of Research together with Markus Diesmann.