NIH NeuroImaging + Brain-Hack 2017

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NeuroImaging + Brain-Hack 2017

Online Intensive for Brain Science: Cerebral Computation and Neuro Imaging

Sara Rose Kimmich

Overview

The aim of this program is to empower undergraduate and early graduate students the utilize the tools and technology of modern neuroscience in a real world setting: a BrainHack. This program will cover research design and ethics, with a foundation of technical knowledge for neuroimaging and computational neuroscience. We will utilize open source datasets to think critically about data quality and study design through hands on processing and analysis. There will be a strong focus on collaborative thinking and rapid prototyping, and participants are strongly encouraged to participate in one of the global BrainHacks of 2017 after the course.

Goals

  1. Goal 1: Develop core competency in coding, computer environments and computational analysis geared toward scientific analysis.
  2. Goal 2: Support a selection of students to join researchers for a Brainhack at National Institutes of Health, 9-10 November 2017; ± followed by the 4 day Society for Neuroscience Conference, 11-15 November 2017. (*Tentative)

Womanium Scholarships: Womanium will sponsor a selection of graduate and undergraduate student registrations to the Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference in Washington D.C. November 11-15 2017.
»» Apply to become a Womanium NIH NeuroScience Scholar

Course Content

Week 1: Open Neuroscience + Prototype Thinking

Week 2: Brain Imaging Data Analysis: a Focus on fMRI

Week 3: Research Design and Reproducibility

Week 4: Computational Neuroscience

Timeline

Start : 2017 August 28
End : 2017 September 30

Course Platform

Course content is available via the open source learning platform OpenEdX, GitHub and via Womanium.

Participant Requirements

Students with backgrounds in neuroscience, biomedicine, computer science, physics, electrical engineering, mathematics are well suited to this course. All students will have access to supplementary learning material for the topics covered on the course.

All students must commit at least 3 hours a week: 2 hours of learning material and 1 hour online meeting with their project group. Online ‘office hours’ will provided every week to assist students with milestone projects and course material. A breakdown of participation options available here.

Guest Lecturer Requirements

Guest lecturers are asked to commit 1 hour between August 28 - September 30:

30 minutes of live lecture on a course topic, and 30 minutes of follow up ‘office hours’ for students to discuss the lecture material. Guest lecturers are asked to be available via email during the week of their course topic.

Talks should have some focus on how software and data storage are leveraged in their work.

Topic Specialist Requirements

Topic specialist are asked to commit 1 hour a week to online office hours for students to consult on lecture material and project development. Topic Specialists are expected to be familiar with each week’s content, but are asked to state a specific topic (ex: bash scripting, neuroanatomy) in which they can provide expertise in. Each Topic Specialists will provide a 2 minute video introducing their research interests, technical strengths and the best way to contact them throughout the course.

Teaching Assistant Requirements

Teaching Assistants are asked to commit 1 hour a week to online office hours for students to consult on lecture material and project development. Teaching assistants are expected to be familiar with each week’s content.

NeuroImaging + Brain-Hack 2017

Online Intensive for Brain Science: Cerebral Computation and Neuro Imaging

INSTRUCTORS

Sue Whitfield Gabrieli

Sue Whitfield Gabrieli

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Kirstie Whitaker

Kirstie Whitaker

Cambridge University
Emily Finn

Emily Finn

National Institutes of Health
Jeanette Mumford

Jeanette Mumford

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Megan Peters

Megan Peters

University of California - Riverside
Chris Gorgolewski

Chris Gorgolewski

Stanford University
Greg Kiar

Greg Kiar

McGill University - Canada
Cameron Craddock

Cameron Craddock

Child Mind Institute
Yaroslav Halchenko

Yaroslav Halchenko

Dartmouth College
NAME

Sara Rose Kimmich

National Institutes of Health

NeuroImaging + Brain-Hack 2017

Online Intensive for Brain Science: Cerebral Computation and Neuro Imaging

AMBASSADORS

Neda kaboodvand

Neda kaboodvand

Karolinska Institute
Kathryn O'Nell

Kathryn O'Nell

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Morgan Oh

Morgan Oh

Vanderbilt University
Cathy Chen

Cathy Chen

Princeton University
Lucy Lai

Lucy Lai

Rice University
Katlyn Hedgpeth

Katlyn Hedgpeth

University of Texas - Austin
Tasfia Additra

Tasfia Additra

Fordham University - New York
Hunter Schone

Hunter Schone

University College London
Katie Zyuzin

Katie Zyuzin

University of South Carolina
Tami Lin

Tami Lin

University of California San Diego
NAME

Sara Rose Kimmich

National Institutes of Health

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Contact:

Sara Rose Kimmich
Email: BrainHack@Womanium.org






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