Dear NEST Community,

Colleagues at Research Centre Jülich and Trier University are currently preparing to take NEST Desktop to the next level by creating an AI-assisted modeling environment — and they need your input.

The planned framework would integrate interactive modeling and compilation (NEST & NESTML), advanced data analysis (Elephant toolbox), and native AI/LLM assistance. Your feedback will directly inform which features get prioritized.

👉 Take the survey herehttps://limesurvey.uni-trier.de/932288?newtest=Y&lang=en — it takes about 5 minutes.

The survey closes on Friday 23.10.2026.

The data is collected by the research group of Prof Benjamin Weyers at Trier University will be used exclusively for a demand analysis and reported only in cumulative form. Raw responses will not be published.

Thank you for helping to shape the future of NEST Desktop!

Hans Ekkehard

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Prof. Dr. Hans Ekkehard Plesser Research Committee Chair, Faculty of Science and Technology Department of Data Science Faculty of Science and Technology Norwegian University of Life Sciences PO Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway Phone +47 6723 1560 Email hans.ekkehard.plesser@nmbu.no Home http://arken.nmbu.no/~plesser