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Analyzing neural data at huge scale

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A new distributed computing framework for data analysis enables neuroscientists to meet the computational demands of modern experimental technologies.

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Figure 1: Data sets recorded from the brain are growing in scale and require scalable analysis methods.

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Cunningham, J. Analyzing neural data at huge scale. Nat Methods 11, 911–912 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3071

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