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Workshop on Big Data in Brain Science
February 16, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - February 17, 2017 @ 5:30 pm
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The Data Science Initiative is sponsoring a two-day workshop on February 16 and 17 highlighting recent advances on big data in brain science. The event will consist of tutorials on Feb 16 and presentations & discussions on the scientific context and data/analytic/modeling strategies on Feb 17.
Date and Time
February 16: 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
February 17: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Calit2 Auditorium, UCI. Parking is $10 in the Anteater Parking Structure (directions)
The event is free and open to the public.
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Thursday, February 16, 2017
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 1:00 – 3:15 p.m. | Tutorial on Pre-Processing of fMRI Data Mark Fiecas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota |
| 3:15 – 3:45 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 – 5:30 p.m. | Tutorial on Pre-Processing of EEG Data (EEGLAB) Scott Makeig, Ph.D., Research Scientist & Director, Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego |
Friday, February 17, 2017
| Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 8:30 – 8:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction Padhraic Smyth, Ph.D., Director, Data Science Initiative Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Statistics, UCIHernando Ombao, Ph.D., Co-Organizer Professor of Statistics and Professor of Cognitive Sciences |
| Session 1 | Data Analytic Challenges in Neural Signals (spike train, LFP) Moderator: Babak Shahbaba, Associate Professor of Statistics, UCI |
| 8:45 – 9:15 a.m. | Ellen Wann Graduate Student, Frostig Lab Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, UCI |
| 9:15 – 9:45 a.m. | Chi-Wing Ng Post-doctoral Researcher, Fortin Lab Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, UCI |
| 9:45 – 10:15 a.m. | Sam Behseta Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Cal State Fullerton |
| 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. | Discussion (led by Prof. Shahbaba) |
| 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| Session 2 | Data Analytic Challenges in fMRI Moderator: Michele Guindani, Associate Professor of Statistics, UCI |
| 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. | Zach Reagh Graduate Student, Yassa Lab Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, UCI |
| 11:45 – 12:15 p.m. | Ron Frostig, Ph.D. Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, UCI |
| 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. | Jessica Cassidy Post-doctoral Researcher, Cramer Lab Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UCI |
| 1245 – 1:15 p.m. | Discussion (led by Prof. Guindani) |
| 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| Session 3 | Data Analytic Challenges in EEG Moderator: Ramesh Srinivasan, Professor and Chair of Cognitive Sciences, UCI |
| 2:15 – 2:45 p.m. | Daniel Shrey, M.D. Pediatric Neurology, CHOC |
| 2:45 – 3:15 p.m. | Rachel Smith Graduate Student, Lopour Lab Laboratory of Computational and Translational Neuroscience Department of Biomedical Engineering, UCI |
| 3:15 – 3:45 p.m. | Dustin Pluta Graduate Student, Space-Time Group and Statistical Genetics Department of Statistics, UCI |
| 3:45 – 4:15 p.m. | Anirudh Wodeyar Graduate Student, Srinivasan Lab Department of Cognitive Sciences, UCI |
| 4:15 – 4:45 p.m. | Discussion (led by Prof. Srinivasan) |