Software

Selected open-source projects.

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Numbl

Open-source MATLAB-compatible computing environment that runs .m files in the browser and on the command line; early stage (with Dan Fortunato).

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mip

Package manager for MATLAB and numbl: dependencies, precompiled MEX binaries, and path management; early stage (with Dan Fortunato).

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Neurosift

Browser-based visualization of NWB (Neurodata Without Borders) files and interactive exploration of the DANDI Archive, EMBER Archive, and OpenNeuro (with the CatalystNeuro team).

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Figpack

Python package for interactive scientific visualizations as self-contained HTML bundles: portable, reproducible, and suitable for long-term archiving.

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Stan Playground

Browser-based editor and runtime for Stan models: edit, compile, run, and analyze results with no local installation (with Brian Ward and Jeff Soules).

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Isosplit

Non-parametric clustering with no adjustable parameters, based on Hartigan's dip statistic and isotonic regression.

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LINDI

Cloud-friendly file format and Python library for NWB data, compatible with HDF5 and Zarr and designed for linking to remote datasets (with the NWB team).

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simple_ans

Simple, efficient lossless compression of integer datasets via Asymmetric Numeral Systems.

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MCMC Monitor

Real-time tracking and diagnostic visualization of Stan MCMC runs in the browser (with Jeff Soules).

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SpikeInterface

Unified Python framework for spike sorting and electrophysiology analysis; part of the original team.

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FINUFFT

Fast, parallel library for the nonuniform fast Fourier transform on CPU and GPU; co-developed the original version with Alex Barnett.

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Remfile

File-like object for reading remote files over HTTP, optimized for h5py.

Also: the Concept Collection, a set of small proof-of-principle examples and interactive demos, many runnable directly in the browser.

Older projects

  • Figurl — shareable interactive figures; replaced by figpack
  • Kachery — content-addressed storage for sharing scientific data; replaced by figpack
  • SortingView — interactive spike-sorting visualizations; replaced by figpack
  • MountainSort 4 — replaced by MountainSort 5
  • SequenceTree — visual MRI pulse sequence programming