From zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca Mon Oct 2 11:10:27 2017 From: zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (Zografos Caramanos, Mr) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 15:10:27 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BTODAY=3A_Feindel_Brain_Imaging_L?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ecture=5D_Reza_Farivar-Mohseni=3A_=22Object_Recognition=3A?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_a_Hierarchy_of_Edge_Processing_or_a_House_of_Cards=3F=22_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?--_Mon-Oct-2-2017_at_1=3A00_pm=3B_de_Grandpr=E9_Communicat?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ions_Centre=2C_MNI?= Message-ID: The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series "Object Recognition: a Hierarchy of Edge Processing or a House of Cards?" Monday, October 2, 2017 at 1:00 pm de Grandpr? Communications Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute [reza.jpg] Reza Farivar-Mohseni, PhD FRQS Research Scholar Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, McGill University Scientific Director, MGH TBI Program Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series: Fall 2017 [as of 2017-10-02-Mon at 11:07 AM] Unless specified otherwise, lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute. To be notified about these lectures and all the other events going on at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, please join the BIC-Announcements Mailing List. For more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos. 01) Mon-Sep-18: Tal Yarkoni [Generalisability in fMRI: fast and slow] 02) Mon-Sep-25: Signy Sheldon [The Dynamic Nature of Memory Retrieval: Insights from the Hippocampus] 03) Mon-Oct-02: Reza Farivar-Mohseni [Object Recognition: a hierarchy of edge processing or a house of cards?] ---) Mon-Oct-09: No Lecture (Thanksgiving Day) 04) Mon-Oct-16: Robert McDonald [Title TBA] ---) Mon-Oct-23: No Lecture (Renovations) ---) Mon-Oct-30: No Lecture (Renovations) 05) Mon-Nov-06: Christophe Grova [Title TBA] 06) Mon-Nov-13: Erin Dickie [Personalized Connectomics for the Study of Brain Health and Decease] 07) Mon-Nov-20: Habib Benali [Title TBA] 08) Mon-Nov-27: Pierre Orban [Title TBA] 09) Mon-Dec-04: Natasha Rajah [Title TBA] 10) Mon-Dec-11: Linda Booij [Title TBA] 11) Wed-Dec-13: Robert Brown [Title TBA] 12) Mon-Dec-18: Taylor Schmitz [Title TBA] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Communications Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute [reza.jpg] Reza Farivar-Mohseni, PhD FRQS Research Scholar Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, McGill University Scientific Director, MGH TBI Program Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series: Fall 2017 [as of 2017-10-02-Mon at 11:07 AM] Unless specified otherwise, lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute. To be notified about these lectures and all the other events going on at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, please join the BIC-Announcements Mailing List. For more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos. 01) Mon-Sep-18: Tal Yarkoni [Generalisability in fMRI: fast and slow] 02) Mon-Sep-25: Signy Sheldon [The Dynamic Nature of Memory Retrieval: Insights from the Hippocampus] 03) Mon-Oct-02: Reza Farivar-Mohseni [Object Recognition: a hierarchy of edge processing or a house of cards?] ---) Mon-Oct-09: No Lecture (Thanksgiving Day) 04) Mon-Oct-16: Robert McDonald [Title TBA] ---) Mon-Oct-23: No Lecture (Renovations) ---) Mon-Oct-30: No Lecture (Renovations) 05) Mon-Nov-06: Christophe Grova [Title TBA] 06) Mon-Nov-13: Erin Dickie [Personalized Connectomics for the Study of Brain Health and Decease] 07) Mon-Nov-20: Habib Benali [Title TBA] 08) Mon-Nov-27: Pierre Orban [Title TBA] 09) Mon-Dec-04: Natasha Rajah [Title TBA] 10) Mon-Dec-11: Linda Booij [Title TBA] 11) Wed-Dec-13: Robert Brown [Title TBA] 12) Mon-Dec-18: Taylor Schmitz [Title TBA] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We have put in place and adopted state-of-the art policies for the conduct and publication of basic and pre-clinical open science in biology and the biomedical fields (e.g., guidelines from the Center for Open Science). - All articles will be open access, with flat-rate publishing charges waived during the launch period. - The journal has an open-data policy and follows the TOP (Transparency and Openness Promotion) guidelines. This means the datasets, analytical methods (including statistical code) and research materials used in your study should be openly available. - It operates under open peer review. This means reviewer reports and names are published alongside accepted articles. Open peer review promotes transparency and accountability for peer reviewers, editors, and authors. We designate reviews with a DOI and reviewers have the ability to upload the review to their ORCID profile. - It is mandatory for submitting authors to have an ORCID upon revision. - BMJ Open Science fully supports and encourages the archiving of preprints (e.g. from bioRxiv) - The journal will focus on quality of the research reports: negative results can be submitted for consideration. For more information concerning the journal, please visit: http://openscience.bmj.com With best wishes, Sylvain. - Sylvain Baillet, PhD Professor, Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University > more -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bruce.pike at mcgill.ca Thu Oct 12 10:53:11 2017 From: bruce.pike at mcgill.ca (G. Bruce Pike) Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:53:11 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Upcoming fMRI Workshop - registration now open! Message-ID: A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Karl Zilles (Germany). - Morning addresses will be followed by an open forum discussion on the challenges and future directions of the BigBrain data and their applications. - The afternoon will be dedicated to short presentations from selected projects covering the topics listed below, and will end with poster presentations. Please note that the workshop will be restricted to ~100 attendees. The event is free, but registration is mandatory. Lunch will be served. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER For those who would like to present, one-page abstracts / proposals should be submitted by October 13th, 2017. Those who have already published on BigBrain-related subjects are encouraged to participate. Those who cannot attend can provide a 3-minute video of their work, to be shown at the event. We welcome abstracts of current work and/or short proposals for future initiatives related to such high-resolution reference brains. Topics to be considered will include: - Technical or methodological issues related to the BigBrain data (e.g., realignment, segmentation, and visualization) - Neuroinformatic hurdles (e.g., management and storage of large images) - Scientific and clinical applications of high-resolution reference brains - Teaching proposals For more information please contact paule.toussaint at mcgill.ca or lindsay.lewis at mcgill.ca, or visit the event website at http://mcin-cnim.ca/bigbrain-workshop-2017-montreal-from-open-data-to-novel-applications/ The BigBrain is a 3D model of a human brain, reconstructed from serial sections that were scanned at very high resolution (Amunts et al., Science 2013). Researchers from McGill University (Montreal) and the Research Centre in J?lich (Germany) developed a 3D model of the human brain at very high resolution - the BigBrain. The model is available as a free tool (https://bigbrain.loris.ca) and offers unequalled neuroanatomical insight as well as the possibility to verify hypotheses, and develop solutions for big data management, visualisation and analytics. Read more about the BigBrain and the Human Brain Project here. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 17109 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From ted.strauss at mcgill.ca Fri Oct 13 12:11:39 2017 From: ted.strauss at mcgill.ca (Ted Strauss) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:11:39 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] Announcing Plotly: a new tool for collaborative data visualization. Message-ID: Hello! We are pleased to announce that Plotly is now available to us all for a 90-day trial period. Plotly is a web-based interactive tool for producing data visualization in a collaborative fashion. The figure elements produced can be exported to your papers and reports, or shared online with collaborators or the rest of the world. You can also import figures produced by Matlab, Python, Java, R, etc. and ?Plotlyfy? them easily. The dedicated instance of Plotly is hosted securely locally and is accessible here: http://plotly.bic.mni.mcgill.ca. You can log in now using your McGill short name, e.g. tstrau, and password. We will review the utility of such tool for our community, based on your feedback and adoption during the trial period. More information about how to get started using Plotly has been posted on our forum, just click here . Do not hesitate to contact me at ted.strauss at mcgill.ca if you'd like help trying out Plotly. Thank you Ted Ted Strauss / Manager, Data Resources McConnell Brain Imaging Centre / Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are pleased to announce that Plotly is now available to us all for a 90-day trial period. Plotly is a web-based interactive tool for producing data visualization in a collaborative fashion. The figure elements produced can be exported to your papers and reports, or shared online with collaborators or the rest of the world. You can also import figures produced by Matlab, Python, Java, R, etc. and ?Plotlyfy? them easily. The dedicated instance of Plotly is hosted securely locally and is accessible here: http://plotly.bic.mni.mcgill.ca. Plotly | Make charts and dashboards online plotly.bic.mni.mcgill.ca View hundreds of thousands of beautiful graphs created by the Plotly community. You can log in now using your McGill short name, e.g. tstrau, and password. We will review the utility of such tool for our community, based on your feedback and adoption during the trial period. More information about how to get started using Plotly has been posted on our forum, just click here. Do not hesitate to contact me at ted.strauss at mcgill.ca if you'd like help trying out Plotly. Thank you Ted Ted Strauss / Manager, Data Resources McConnell Brain Imaging Centre / Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University [https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=adGVkLnN0cmF1c3NAZ21haWwuY29t&type=zerocontent&guid=ef813d47-33ff-4d70-a057-9064c247755f]? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca Mon Oct 16 00:13:46 2017 From: zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (Zografos Caramanos, Mr) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 04:13:46 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] [CANCELLED: Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture] -- Mon-Oct-16-2017 Message-ID: Please note that the lecture that was scheduled for this week (Mon-Oct-16) has been cancelled. Also, because of renovations to the de Grandpr? Communications Center from Sun-Oct-22nd to Sun-Nov-5th, our next Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture is scheduled for Nov-06th. Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series: Fall 2017 [as of 2017-10-16-Mon at 12:02 AM] Unless specified otherwise, lectures are held on Mondays at 1:00 pm in the de Grandpr? Communications Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute. To be notified about these lectures and all the other events going on at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, please join the BIC-Announcements Mailing List. For more information, please contact Zografos Caramanos. 01) Mon-Sep-18: Tal Yarkoni [Generalisability in fMRI: fast and slow] 02) Mon-Sep-25: Signy Sheldon [The Dynamic Nature of Memory Retrieval: Insights from the Hippocampus] 03) Mon-Oct-02: Reza Farivar-Mohseni [Object Recognition: a hierarchy of edge processing or a house of cards?] ---) Mon-Oct-09: No Lecture (Thanksgiving Day) ---) Mon-Oct-16: No Lecture (Cancelled) ---) Mon-Oct-23: No Lecture (Renovations) ---) Mon-Oct-30: No Lecture (Renovations) 05) Mon-Nov-06: Christophe Grova [Title TBA] 06) Mon-Nov-13: Erin Dickie [Personalized Connectomics for the Study of Brain Health and Decease] 07) Mon-Nov-20: Habib Benali [Title TBA] 08) Mon-Nov-27: Pierre Orban [Title TBA] 09) Mon-Dec-04: Natasha Rajah [Title TBA] 10) Mon-Dec-11: Linda Booij [Title TBA] 11) Wed-Dec-13: Robert Brown [Title TBA] 12) Mon-Dec-18: Taylor Schmitz [Title TBA] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca Mon Oct 16 00:31:50 2017 From: zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (Zografos Caramanos, Mr) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 04:31:50 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] REMINDER/TODAY: INFORMATION OHBM au CRIUGM; afternoon of October the 16th Message-ID: Back to OHBM - October 16, 2017 (afternoon) This year?s OHBM meeting in Vancouver was very well attended by students, post-docs, and researchers working in Montreal. But, as is too often the case, despite working in the same city, we had to go to a conference to meet each other and, given the hustle and bustle of OHBM, there seem many encounters and discussions yet to be had. So, on October the 16th, bring your poster and any updates and plans you?d you like to discuss (eyeing Singapore, are you?) and meet your fellow brain mappers at the Centre de Recherche de l'Institut universitaire de G?riatrie de Montr?al (CRIUGM) for an afternoon of poster sessions, oral presentations, and a few short and engaging talks from leading researchers with insight into current and future trends at the OHBM. This event, hosted by the CRIUGM and the McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, is free but please register below. See you soon! Program: 11:30-12:00: poster set-up 12:00-13:00: panel of invited speakers * Alan Evans * Alain Dagher * Pierre Bellec * Jean-Baptiste Poline 13:00-14:30 lunch and poster session 14:30-15:30: lightning talks by volunteer speakers 15:30-16:30: coffee and poster session Registration Deadline: October 9, 2017 Sorry, registration period is over From: Zografos Caramanos, Mr Sent: October 5, 2017 4:29 PM To: MRS Lab Coordinator Subject: INFORMATION OHBM au CRIUGM; afternoon of October the 16th Note that there is no Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture in two weeks because of the following event at the CRIUGM (co-hosted by the MCIN), which is is free but requires registration at http://criugm.qc.ca/postohbm2017/. Cheers! Aki From: bic-announce-bounces at bic.mni.mcgill.ca [mailto:bic-announce-bounces at bic.mni.mcgill.ca] On Behalf Of MRS Lab Coordinator Sent: September 27, 2017 12:05 PM To: bic-announce at bic.mni.mcgill.ca Subject: [BIC-announce] INFORMATION OHBM au CRIUGM; afternoon of October the 16th Back to OHBM! This year's OHBM meeting in Vancouver was very well attended by students, post-docs, and researchers working in Montreal. But, as is too often the case, despite working in the same city, we had to go to a conference to meet each other and, given the hustle and bustle of OHBM, there seem many encounters and discussions yet to be had. So, on October the 16th, bring your poster and any updates and plans you'd you like to discuss (eyeing Singapore, are you?) and meet your fellow brain mappers at the Centre de Recherche de l'Institut universitaire de G?riatrie de Montr?al (CRIUGM) for an afternoon of poster sessions, oral presentations, and a few short and engaging talks from leading researchers with insight into current and future trends at the OHBM. This event, hosted by the CRIUGM and the McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, is free but please register by following this http://criugm.qc.ca/postohbm2017/. Feel free to share the information. See you soon! -- Pierre-Olivier Quirion Ph.D. CRIUGM - SIMEXP, UNF & NeuroPoly labs pioliqui at gmail.com 514-998-6376 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00001.txt URL: From mrs-lab.neuro at mcgill.ca Mon Oct 23 17:05:29 2017 From: mrs-lab.neuro at mcgill.ca (MRS Lab Coordinator) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 21:05:29 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Montreal Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience (MAIN 2017) In-Reply-To: <006401d34c13$37a81bd0$a6f85370$@criugm.qc.ca> References: <006401d34c13$37a81bd0$a6f85370$@criugm.qc.ca> Message-ID: We are delighted to announce the first Montreal Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience (MAIN 2017) meeting, which will be held at the Mathematics Research Center (CRM) of the University of Montreal, between November 18th and 21st. This four-day meeting, which is organized by the CRM, will be a unique opportunity to hear about cutting-edge research from world-leading scientists whose research lies at the crossroads between data science and brain science. The program includes introductory courses and two full days of hands-on training sessions that will focus on the application of conventional machine learning and deep learning techniques to neuroscience/neuroimaging data. Check-out the MAIN 2017 official website for the list of invited speakers, preliminary program, the call for posters, our social events and registration details at: http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2017/MAIN2017 Context: Recent years have witnessed an upsurge in research that uses artificial intelligence tools in all areas of neuroscience including systems, computational, cognitive and clinical neuroscience. Yet, the future impact and pace of this exciting research trend will critically depend on improving the synergy between the Neuroscience and AI research communities. This is precisely the goal of this international meeting. Furthermore, the thriving research in neuroscience and data science across all universities in Montreal and the important support to these two fields through Canada First Excellence Research Funds (CFREF) are strengthening Montreal's position as an international hub for world-class research in Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence. The four-day meeting will be a unique opportunity for these communities to get together and explore novel collaboration paths, and increase the international visibility of Montreal as a hub for Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence. MAIN 2017 is generously supported by the IVADO (Data science CFREF, UdeM/Polytechnique/HEC) and HBHL (Neuroscience CFREF, McGill University) initiatives, in addition to strong support from the Quebec Bio-Imaging Network (QBIN), PERFORM (Concordia), Facebook, the CRM and the University of Montreal. Seats are limited, so make sure you register quickly and spread the world to students and colleagues! Web: http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2017/MAIN2017 Follow us on twitter: @MAIN_Community / #MAIN2017 We look forward to welcoming you at this meeting and to joining forces to build a vibrant MAIN community. See you there! The MAIN 2017 Organizing Committee Karim Jerbi (CRM/UdeM) / Jean-Marc Lina (CRM/ETS) Pierre Bellec (UNF/UdeM) / Pascal Vincent (MILA/UdeM) ______________________________ [Version fran?aise] Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter ? la premi?re ?dition de la conf?rence internationale sur l'Intelligence Artificielle et les Neurosciences ? Montr?al (Montreal Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, MAIN 2017), qui aura lieu du 18 au 21 novembre 2017 au Centre de Recherche Math?matiques (CRM) de l'universit? de Montr?al. Ce colloque de 4 jours, organis? par le CRM, sera une occasion unique pour profiter de la pr?sence de chercheurs de renomm?e mondiale dont les travaux recherche se situent ? la fronti?re entre l'intelligence artificielle et les neurosciences. Outre des s?minaires, le programme comprendra aussi des cours d'initiation ainsi que deux journ?es d?di?es ? la formation pratique sur des outils d'apprentissage automatique (conventionnel et profond) en neuroscience/neuroimagerie. Nous vous invitons ? consulter le site de MAIN 2017 pour plus d'informations sur les conf?renciers invit?s, le programme, l'appel ? affiches et les inscriptions: http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2017/MAIN2017/ Contexte: Les techniques issues de l'Intelligence Artificielle (IA) sont de plus en plus employ?es dans tous les domaines des neurosciences, que ce soit en science de la sant?, en neurosciences fondamentales, cognitives ou cliniques. N?anmoins, l'impact et la croissance de cette tendance en recherche d?pendront de mani?re critique de l'am?lioration de la synergie entre les communaut?s de recherche en Neuroscience et en IA. C'est pr?cis?ment l'objectif de cet atelier international. Par ailleurs, l'effervescence actuelle ? Montr?al autour de l'AI et des neurosciences, et le soutien important accord? ? ces domaines ? travers les initiatives Apog?e renforcent le positionnement de Montr?al comme centre internationale ? la pointe de la recherche en neurosciences et en intelligence artificielle. MAIN 2017 sera une belle occasion pour renforcer les ?changes et stimuler les collaborations entre ces deux communaut?s, tout en renforcer l'image de Montr?al comme carrefour incontournable pour l'AI et les neurosciences. MAIN 2017 est g?n?reusement soutenue par les initiatives IVADO (Apog?e, Science des donn?es, UdeM/Polytechnique/HEC) et HBHL (Apog?e Neuroscience, Universit? de McGill). La conf?rence a aussi ?t? rendue possible gr?ce ? l'appui du R?seau de Bio-Imagerie du Qu?bec (RBIQ), le centre PERFORM (Universit? de Concordia), Facebook, le CRM et l'Universit? de Montr?al. Les places sont limit?es, nous vous conseillons de vous inscrire rapidement et de partager l'information avec vos ?tudiants et coll?gues! Web: http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/2017/MAIN2017 Suivez nous sur Twitter: @MAIN_Community / #MAIN2017 Au plaisir de vous accueillir ? cet ?v?nement et de contribuer ensemble au d?veloppement de la communaut? montr?alaise de neuroscience et d'intelligence artificielle. Le comit? organisateur / MAIN 2017 Karim Jerbi (CRM/UdeM) / Jean-Marc Lina (CRM/ETS) Pierre Bellec (UNF/UdeM) / Pascal Vincent (MILA/UdeM) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: implementing and extending advanced image processing algorithms, creating or adapting cognitive and behavioural testing to MRI protocols, consulting on MRI design and analysis techniques, and preparing and applying processing pipelines to magnetic resonance brain imaging datasets from various studies and experimental designs. The data analyst will organize imaging data and results, perform quality control on the results, and communicate with researchers for the dissemination and discussion of the results. Position is full-time (35 hours/week) for a period of 1 year, with the possibility for renewal, contingent on continued funding. The starting salary of $44,619, commensurate on experience and qualifications. A minimum of a Master's or equivalent is required, but PhD level education is preferred with a background in biomedical engineering or neuroscience (or related field/skills/expertise). Experience with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis is required. Strong computer and programming skills (e.g., knowledge of Matlab, and/or Python, R, statistical analysis packages, basic shell scripting, XML, experience in Unix platform) are required, and familiarity with MRI imaging data and analysis tool (e.g., SPM, FSL, AFNI, Freesurfer, BrainVoyager) and experiment presentation software (e.g., E-Prime, Psychtoolbox) are assets. Fluency in French and English is an asset. The University of Ottawa is the largest bilingual (English-French) university in the world. The University of Ottawa is a vibrant research and teaching environment, with state-of-the-art research facilities and many research centers. The University of Ottawa is located in the heart of our nation's capital, recently ranked as offering one of the best quality of life and student experiences in Canada. Timeline and application process: Application deadline: open until position is filled Expected start date: 2017/09/01 Submission process: all documents must be submitted to Dr. Andra Smith (andra.smith at uottawa.ca) Application checklist: A covering letter and a Curriculum vitae demonstrating relevant education, skills and experience to be sent directly to Professor Andra Smith (andra.smith at uottawa.ca). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca Tue Oct 24 16:31:32 2017 From: zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (Zografos Caramanos, Mr) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:31:32 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Artificial Intelligence & Neuroscience. New limited open spaces available for the conference on Monday and Tuesday In-Reply-To: <0398DC4F-3341-4967-92FF-9E39D10B8821@crm.umontreal.ca> References: <0398DC4F-3341-4967-92FF-9E39D10B8821@crm.umontreal.ca> Message-ID: Dear all, We were able to open some additional spaces for the talks of Monday and Tuesday. If you are interested to attend these additional sessions, please reply to this e-mail as soon as possible. You don?t need to register again, but we will make changes of your registration, and change the amount charged from $ 50 to $100. Spaces are still limited and we will proceed on ? first come - first served ? basis. Thanks again for your interest in our conference. Best regards, Guillermo Martinez-Zalce ____________________ Guillermo Martinez-Zalce Responsable des laboratoires Centre de recherches math?matiques Universit? de Montr?al Case postale 6128, Succursale centre-ville Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3C 3J7 tel: (514) 343-7574 (514) 398-3826 (mercredis) From zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca Tue Oct 24 16:40:38 2017 From: zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (Zografos Caramanos, Mr) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:40:38 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] FW: Artificial Intelligence & Neuroscience. New limited open spaces available for the conference on Monday and Tuesday In-Reply-To: References: <0398DC4F-3341-4967-92FF-9E39D10B8821@crm.umontreal.ca> Message-ID: If interested, please respond to: Guillermo Martinez-Zalce -----Original Message----- Subject: FW: Artificial Intelligence & Neuroscience. New limited open spaces available for the conference on Monday and Tuesday Dear all, We were able to open some additional spaces for the talks of Monday and Tuesday. If you are interested to attend these additional sessions, please reply to this e-mail as soon as possible. You don?t need to register again, but we will make changes of your registration, and change the amount charged from $ 50 to $100. Spaces are still limited and we will proceed on ? first come - first served ? basis. Thanks again for your interest in our conference. Best regards, Guillermo Martinez-Zalce ____________________ Guillermo Martinez-Zalce Responsable des laboratoires Centre de recherches math?matiques Universit? de Montr?al Case postale 6128, Succursale centre-ville Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3C 3J7 tel: (514) 343-7574 (514) 398-3826 (mercredis) From zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca Wed Oct 25 13:28:46 2017 From: zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (Zografos Caramanos, Mr) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:28:46 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] Postdoctoral Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Imaging Biomarker Development Message-ID: Postdoctoral Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Imaging Biomarker Development Position Summary: A Research Fellow is being sought in the Department of Radiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The focus of the research for this position will be on multimodal imaging changes (DTI, ASL, fMRI) associated with cerebrovascular disease, dementia, and brain resilience. Successful candidates should have background knowledge in mathematics, electrical engineering, computer science, biomedical engineering, or statistics. Applicants should be able to demonstrate good communication skills through publications in peer-reviewed publications. The position is currently for three years. If interested, please send your CV to Prashanthi Vemuri, PhD (vemuri.prashanthi at mayo.edu). The complete posting is available here - http://www.mayo-clinic-jobs.com/job/Rochester-Research-Fellow-Radiology-Job-MN-55901/431010600/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca Tue Oct 31 18:01:54 2017 From: zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca (Zografos Caramanos, Mr) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 22:01:54 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] CRBLM DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: DR. JEAN-REMI KING: "Identifying the neural architecture of human cognition with machine learning and neuroimaging" - Wed-Nov-22 at 10:00am; Goodman Cancer Research Centre, 1160 Pine Ave W, Montreal, Room 501 Message-ID: http://crblm.ca/crblm-distinguished-lecture-dr-jean-remi-king/ CRBLM DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: DR. JEAN-REMI KING (PSYCHOLOGY, NYU) Title: Identifying the neural architecture of human cognition with machine learning and neuroimaging. Date: Wednesday, November 22, 10:00am Location: Goodman Cancer Research Centre, 1160 Pine Ave W, Montreal, Room 501 Abstract: What computations are specific to human cognition? Are they supported by a particular neural architecture? Here, I will argue that the recent developments in 1) artificial intelligence and 2) temporally-resolved neuroimaging offer a new opportunity to address these foundational issues. In particular, I will show how we can track the unfolding of complex hierarchical processes, such as those supporting perceptual decision making and speech comprehension, and reveal the representations that the human brain encodes, selects, and maintains at each instant in time. The present studies show that brain activity can be automatically decomposed into a multitude of parallel, serial and recursive processing stages that can be directly compared and contrasted to Bayesian and deep neural networks. The present studies outline promising research directions to parse the recursive computations responsible for syntactic processing and conceptual composition and pave the way to integrate the disciplines of biological and artificial cognition. Centre and faculty and student members who are interested in meeting Dr Prior are invited to contact Debra Titone at dtitone at psych.mcgill.ca