Core 3: Instrumentation and Software Resource Core

核心3：工具和软件资源核心 摘要 工具和软件资源核心(ISRC)的目标是通过以下方式支持我们的团队研究工作 开发和维护定制的实验仪器和分析软件。迈克尔·狄金森博士 将担任核心的首席PI，我们将招聘一名受过计算机工程和 用于运行核心的指令插入。ISRC将设计、制造和支持新的仪器，包括 分析软件的开发。加州理工学院将通过提供设施为ISRC的努力提供支持 可通过他们现有的神经技术中心获得。尽管ISRC的主要目标是支持 在我们团队项目中的研究，我们的设计策略将确保我们开发的所有工具都将是 通过研究界自由传播。ISRC将与数据科学合作 资源核心(DSRT)，以确保来自新仪器的所有数据格式满足易用性要求 存储和传播。通过原则性设计，我们将确保所有新仪器都采用 最先进的压缩标准、短期和长期存储能力以及格式寿命。通过 使用行业标准的CAD软件格式开发所有仪器，并使用现代制造 实践，我们将使我们的所有仪器和相关软件可供普通神经科学使用 社区。对于最具挑战性的任务，如开发虚拟现实系统或实时 机器视觉行为跟踪，我们将利用一套强大的软件工具，称为ROS(机器人操作 系统，www.ros.org)，它是专门用于机器人应用程序的软件开发框架。

Core 3: Instrumentation & Software Resource Core Abstract The goal of the Instrumentation and Software Resource Core (ISRC) is to support our team research efforts by developing and maintaining custom experimental instruments and analysis software. Dr. Michael Dickinson will serve as lead PI for the Core, and we will recruit a staff member with training in computer engineering and instrumentation to run the Core. The ISRC will design, fabricate, and support new instruments, including the development of analysis software. Caltech will provide support for the ISRC effort by providing facilities available through their existing Center for Neurotechnology. Although the primary goal the ISRC is to support the research within our team project, our design strategy will ensure that all the tools we develop will be disseminate freely through the research community. The ISRC will work in concert with the Data Sciences Resource Core (DSRT) to ensure that all data formats from new instruments satisfy the requirements for ease of storage and dissemination. Through principled design we will ensure that all new instrumentation employs state-of-the art standards for compression, short and long-term storage capabilities, and format longevity. By developing all instruments using industry-standard CAD software formats and the use of modern fabrication practices, we will make all of our instruments and associated software available to the general neuroscience community. For the most challenging tasks, such as the development of virtual reality systems or real-time machine vision behavioral tracking, we will utilize a powerful set of software tools called ROS (Robot Operating System, www.ros.org), which is a framework for software development specialized for robotic applications.