From natacha.beck at mcgill.ca Tue Jul 3 15:07:28 2018 From: natacha.beck at mcgill.ca (Natacha Beck, Ms) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 19:07:28 +0000 Subject: [BIC-announce] ADM schedule: `Linux and Git tips` (July 5) , `The CBRAIN Architecture` postponed to next week (July 12) Message-ID: Hi all, Due to various reason, Pierre Rioux will give the second part of his presentation about `The CBRAIN Architecture` next week on Thursday 12 at 1 pm (De Grandpre room). For this week I will give a quick presentation about some "Linux and Git tips and tricks" something informal about some useful command. As usual, it will be at 1 pm on Thursday (De Grandpre room). See you soon. Natacha Beck CBRAIN Software developer McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (MCIN) Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) McGill University Office: 514-398-8330 Website: http://mcin-cnim.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you, - Jan ---------------------------------------- Janet Delsey Supervisor, Engineering Support Services McMaster University JHE-216A 1280 Main St. W. Hamilton, ON L8S 4L7 905-525-9140, ext. 24910 A joint venture by McMaster's Faculties of Health Sciences, Science, Engineering and the Humanities Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) St. Joseph's Healthcare 100 West 5th St., Hamilton, Ontario The machine learning paradigm is a major new frontier in brain research. It has been used for multiple purposes relating to disorders of consciousness and for diagnosing and treating psychiatric illness. It is also the driving engine behind brain-computer interfaces. This symposium is a venue for expanding on the current understanding of the interactions between machine learning and brain health. A group of renowned local, national and international speakers will be discussing diverse topics such as archiving brain data in various forms, the role of machine learning as it relates to mental health and disorders of consciousness, and neuro-engineering applications of machine learning. Participants at the event will gain an opportunity to interact with prominent researchers in the field, and will also be exposed to the latest ideas in this emerging and exciting area of research. Researchers are invited to submit a poster on their recent work relating to machine learning and brain health. LEARN MORE, SUBMIT A POSTER and REGISTER HERE ORGANIZERS: Sue Becker, McMaster University, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour John Connolly, McMaster University, Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental & Applied Linguistics Fl?vio Kapczinski, McMaster University, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neuroscience James (Jim) Reilly, McMaster University, Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering SPONSORS: Vector Institute Ontario Brain Institute MacDATA Institute McMaster Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental & Applied Linguistics McMaster University - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences McMaster University - Faculty of Engineering McMaster University - Faculty of Health Sciences McMaster University - Faculty of Science St. Joseph's Healthcare ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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He/she will also have the opportunity to develop and evaluate new multimodal data analysis approaches, as for instance the study of sleep patterns combining high-density Electro-EncephaloGraphy (EEG) with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and for the very first time EEG with Near-Infra Red Spectroscopy (NIRS) during whole night recordings. These techniques will allow addressing links between bioelectrical neuronal activity and hemodynamic processes during sleep. He/she will be based at Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec), jointly supervised by Dr. Christophe Grova PhD and Dr. Thanh Dang-Vu MD-PhD, and will work in a highly multidisciplinary environment (neurosciences, kinesiology, physics, engineering, psychology) and in collaboration with multiple academic and hospital institutions in Montreal (PERFORM Center, Centre de Recherche de l?Institut Universitaire de G?riatrie de Montr?al [CRIUGM], Montreal Neurological Institute [MNI]). The research themes that will be addressed by the Fellow will include: * The neural mechanisms of sleep, sleep deprivation and sleep disorders (chronic insomnia, central disorders of hypersomnolence), and their relationship with cognition. * Developing and evaluating methods dedicated to the analysis of multimodal neuroimaging data for sleep studies: (i) simultaneous EEG/fMRI, and (2) simultaneous EEG/NIRS, including the analysis of functional connectivity and brain network analysis The PERFORM Centre is a 8,000 m2 research facility including eight inter-related research platforms, such as a state of the art sleep laboratory (3 bedrooms with polysomnography and high-density EEG) and a fully equipped imaging suite (3T MRI, high-density EEG, NIRS, TMS, SPECT-CT, PET-CT, Ultrasound and Dexa) entirely dedicated to research (http://www.concordia.ca/research/perform.html ). Applicants must have a PhD (or close to completion) in a related field (e.g., neurosciences, computer science, (bio)medical engineering, physics). Experience in the analysis of hemodynamic signals from fMRI or NIRS is important. Applicants should have strong knowledge of Matlab and/or experience in analysis of neuroimaging, excellent organizational skills, an aptitude for teamwork, good writing skills and a productive publication record. Experience in one or more aspects of the research themes will constitute an asset. Salary will consist of 47,500 $/year (plus benefits) for 2 years. The position has a flexible start date. Interested applicants should submit their application as described in the following link, before September 1st 2018: http://www.concordia.ca/sgs/postdoctoral-fellows/funding/horizon/descriptions/5007.html Review of applications will begin as they are received and will continue until the position has been filled. All requests for additional information should also be directed to them. Only those candidates selected to interview will be contacted. Dr. Christophe Grova, Ph.D, Dr. Thanh Dang-Vu, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Associate Professor, Neurologist, Department of Physics, Concordia U. Adjunct Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Concordia University Research Chair in Sleep, Neuroimaging and Cognitive Health, Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill U. christophe.grova at concordia.ca Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Concordia U. Assoc. Director for Clinical Research, CRIUGM tt.dangvu at concordia.ca For more information about our current research programs, please visit the lab websites: https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/physics/research/grova-research-group.html https://scnlab.com *************************** Christophe Grova, PhD Associate Professor, Physics Dpt, Concordia University PERFORM centre, Concordia University, Chair of PERFORM Applied Bio-Imaging Committee (ABC) Adjunct Prof in Biomedical Engineering, and Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt, McGill University Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm) Montreal Neurological Institute - epilepsy group Centre de Recherches en Math?matiques Physics Dpt Concordia University - Loyola Campus - Office SP 365.12 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6 Phone: (514) 848-2424 ext.4221 Biomedical Engineering Department McGill University - Room 304 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4 Phone : (514) 398 2516 Fax : (514) 398 7461 email : christophe.grova at concordia.ca , christophe.grova at mcgill.ca web: Explore Concordia: http://explore.concordia.ca/christophe-grova Physics, Concordia University: http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/physics/faculty.html?fpid=christophe-grova McGill University: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe MultiFunkIm Lab: http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/HomePage *************************** [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From claude.godbout at criugm.qc.ca Thu Jul 26 13:33:45 2018 From: claude.godbout at criugm.qc.ca (Claude Godbout) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 13:33:45 -0400 Subject: [BIC-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?S=E9minaire_UNF_=5F_Anders_Elkund_-?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_lundi_6_ao=FBt_1pm?= Message-ID: <006201d42506$ce06a340$6a13e9c0$@criugm.qc.ca> LES S?MINAIRES DE L?UNF / SEMINAR UNF SERIES Pr?sentateur/ Speaker: Anders Eklund, Ph.D. Titre/ Title: Cluster failure revisited: Impact of first level design and physiological noise on cluster false positive rates. Endroit/ Where: CRIUGM ? Local E1910 ( http://www.criugm.qc.ca/en/contact.html) Date/ When: Lundi 6 ao?t, 13h-14h/ Monday, August 6th 1pm-2pm *La conf?rence sera pr?sent?e en anglais/The seminar will be present in English Dr. Anders Eklund is a research fellow at Link?ping University (Sweden) in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (IMT). His main research interests are within analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data, mainly regarding development and testing of statistical algorithms. Other interests include high performance computing using graphics cards, image registration and machine learning. Abstract: Methodological research rarely generates a broad interest, yet our work on the validity of cluster inference methods for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) created intense discussion on both the minutia of our approach and its implications for the discipline. In the present work, we take on various critiques of our work and further explore the limitations of our original work. We address issues about the particular event-related designs we used, considering multiple event types and randomisation of events between subjects. We consider the lack of validity found with one-sample permutation (sign flipping) tests, investigating a number of approaches to improve the false positive control of this widely used procedure. We found that the combination of a two-sided test and cleaning the data using ICA FIX resulted in nominal false positive rates for all datasets, meaning that data cleaning is not only important for resting state fMRI, but also for task fMRI. I hope to see you there / J?esp?re vous voir nombreux. Pierre Bellec Assistant professor/Professeur adjoint sous octroi, D?partement d'informatique et de recherche op?rationnelle ( DIRO) Director/Directeur, Unit? de Neuroimagerie Fonctionnelle ( UNF) Researcher/Chercheur Centre de recherche de l'institut Universitaire de g?riatrie de Montr?al ( CRIUGM) Universit? de Montr?al, Montr?al, Canada Phone +1 514 713 5596 Coordinates/c oordonn?es. Laboratory/Laboratoire SIMEXP -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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