def runTM(SP_cols,activeCells,winnerCells,cells_activeSegs,cells_matchingSegs,cells_segments,cellsSegInds_numActivePotentialSyns):
    global SP_numColumns
    prevActiveCells = copy.deepcopy(activeCells)
    prevWinnerCells = copy.deepcopy(winnerCells)
    activeCells = []
    winnerCells = []
    activeSegCells = list(cells_activeSegs.keys())
    matchingSegCells = list(cells_matchingSegs.keys())
    ''' PART 1: Activate a set of cells '''
    for col in range(SP_numColumns):
        colCells = cellsFromCol(col)
        colActiveCells = [c for c in colCells if c in activeSegCells] #getActiveMatchingCellsFromCol(col,prevActiveCells,cells_segments)
        colMatchingCells = [c for c in colCells if c in matchingSegCells]
        if col in SP_cols:
            if len(colMatchingCells) > 0:
                activeCs,winnerCs,cells_segments = activatePredColCells(col,prevActiveCells,prevWinnerCells,colActiveCells,colMatchingCells,cells_segments)
                activeCells += (activeCs)
                winnerCells += (winnerCs)
            else:
                activeCs,winnerCs,cells_segments = burstCol(col,prevActiveCells,prevWinnerCells,colActiveCells,colMatchingCells,cells_segments,cellsSegInds_numActivePotentialSyns)
                activeCells += (activeCs)
                winnerCells += (winnerCs)
        else:
            if len(colMatchingCells) > 0:
                cells_segments = decColSegments(col,prevActiveCells,colMatchingCells,cells_segments)
    ''' PART 2: Activate Predicted/Matching Segments '''
    cells_activeSegs = dict()
    cells_matchingSegs = dict()
    for cell,segList in cells_segments.items():
        for seg in segList:
            segIndex = segList.index(seg)
            numActiveConnected = 0
            numActivePotential = 0
            for preSynCell,perm in seg.items():
                if preSynCell in activeCells and perm > TM_permConnectThresh:
                    numActiveConnected += 1
                if preSynCell in activeCells and perm > 0:
                    numActivePotential += 1
            if numActiveConnected > TM_segActiveThresh:
                cells_activeSegs[cell] = seg
            if numActivePotential > TM_segMatchingThres:
                cells_matchingSegs[cell] = seg
            key = str(cell) + '_' + str(segIndex)
            cellsSegInds_numActivePotentialSyns[key] = numActivePotential
    return activeCells,winnerCells,cells_activeSegs,cells_matchingSegs,cells_segments,cellsSegInds_numActivePotentialSyns