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We present N2Sky, a novel Cloud-based neural network simulation environment. The system implements a transparent environment aiming to enable arbitrary and experienced users to do neural network simulations easily and comfortably. The necessary resources, as CPU-cycles, storage space, etc., are provided by using Cloud infrastructure. N2Sky also fosters the exchange of neural network specific knowledge, as neural network paradigms and objects, between users following a virtual organization design blue-print. N2Sky is built using the RAVO reference architecture which allows itself naturally integrating into the Cloud service stack (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS) of service oriented architectures.
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Schikuta, E., Mann, E. (2013). A Cloud-Based Neural Network Simulation Environment. In: Rojas, I., Joya, G., Gabestany, J. (eds) Advances in Computational Intelligence. IWANN 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7902. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38679-4_12
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