Use NEST Desktop on HBP

Human Brain Project (HBP) is a research infrastructure for the researchers in neuroscience, computing and brain-related medicine fields.

NEST Desktop has been selected as a Partnering Project of the Human Brain Project. The main goal of the project of NEST Desktop is to develop to an advanced GUI for the NEST Simulator and to integrate into HBP infrastructure. For more information, please follow the link here.

Access to NEST Desktop

An HBP account is required to access NEST Desktop on HBP.

If you have an HBP account, follow the link below:

• https://nest-desktop.apps.hbp.eu.

You will see the login interface of HBP. Enter you account name and password, then it directs you to the main page of NEST Desktop.

Request account of HBP

If you have no HBP account, you can ask a member of HBP to invite you or request an account here:

• https://services.humanbrainproject.eu/oidc/login

Trouble shootings

Why cannot I find NEST Server?

Sometimes the issue is resolved when you check NEST Server.

If not, the problem lies in cookies and site data for the user authentication of the HBP. That cookie expires after a session. This happens when you re-access to https://nest-desktop.apps.hbp.eu after the browser is closed.

The simple solution is to reload the page that you can re-login HBP infrastructure.

A persistent solution is to set the browser configuration that it deletes cookies and site data when the browser is closed (It works in Firefox).