BioDynaMo

BioDynaMo implements high-performance agent-based simulations of large-scale biological systems, leveraging modern hardware to enable scalable studies in neuroscience, oncology, and epidemiology.

Key Features:

• Agent-based modeling: Uses agent-based modeling techniques to represent individual entities and their interactions within biological systems.
• High-performance simulation engine: Provides a general-purpose, high-performance simulation engine that achieves speeds up to three orders of magnitude faster than state-of-the-art simulators.
• Hardware leverage: Leverages modern hardware capabilities to increase computational throughput and resource utilization.
• Scalability: Enables simulation scenarios involving up to one billion agents on a single server.
• Domain generality: Supports scalable simulations across multiple biological domains including neuroscience, oncology, and epidemiology.
• Validation: Compares simulation outcomes with experimental data or analytical solutions for each use case to ensure reliability and accuracy.

Scientific Applications:

• Neuroscience: Modeling large-scale neural systems and dynamics for neuroscience research.
• Oncology: Simulating cancer-related biological processes and tumor dynamics at scale.
• Epidemiology: Modeling population-level disease dynamics and spread for epidemiological studies.

Methodology:

Employs agent-based modeling techniques within a high-performance simulation engine that leverages modern hardware, with validation performed by comparison of simulation outcomes to experimental data or analytical solutions.