We present this work on behalf of the NEST Initiative. Many institutions have supported NEST development including: Weizmann Institute, U Bochum, U & BCCN Freiburg, Honda Research Institute Europe, MPI for Fluid Dynamics, Norwegian U of Life Sciences, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Helmholtz Gesellschaft and Forschungszentrum Jülich, EPFL and BlueBrainProject, EU grants FACETS (FP6-15879) and BrainScales (FP7-269921) and Research Council of Norway grant eNeuro (178892/V30).
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