Welcome to SPARK!
SPARK (Simple Platform for Agent-based Representation of Knowledge) is a cross-platform, free software for multi-scale agent-based modeling (ABM). Specifically, it provides some unique features for biomedical model development at the systems level. Our goal is to provide a lightweight, convenient, extensible and computationally efficient platform for ABM modelers. SPARK is under continuous development by the team at CIRM at the University of Pittsburgh.
News
- Oct 31, 2008: SPARK 0.1a released!
- June 25, 2009: SPARK 1.0 is released! Now it provides a user friendly interface and more importanly, a simple, Logo-like language: SPARK-PL which can greatly facilitate development of SPARK models
Users Group
We've set up a SPARK Users Group where you can share your thoughts and questions about SPARK.?Please join us!
| Figure: Cytokine level being monitored in a sample of liver tissue infected by Hepatitis C. blue dots - virus; green - HMGB1; red dots - portal triads. |
Development Team
| Author: | Alexey Solovyev |
| Developers: | Alexey Solovyev, Maxim Mikheev |
| Project Members: | Leming Zhou, Joyeeta Dutta-Moscato, Cordelia Ziraldo, Gary An |
| Project Leader: | Qi Mi |
| CIRM director: | Prof. Yoram Vodovotz |