<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all, <br></div><div><br></div><div>The <a href="https://brainhackmtl.github.io/school2019">BrainHack school</a> is on!  It is a project based 4 week course (Aug 5 - Aug 30) across Concordia, McGill,  polytechnique and UdM, that you can take for credit through the Quebec inter-university system. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The first week of this course will be a more traditional -and intense- set of tutorials to teach you the fundamentals of data science for neuroscience with an emphasis on neuroimaging. The preliminary <a href="https://github.com/neurodatascience/NeuroDataSci-course-2019/blob/master/neuro-data-science.md">syllabus is here</a>. <br></div><div><br></div><div>There are only few seats available for McGill students, they will go on a first come first serve basis, and priority given to those who take the course for credit. Do not hesitate to send me an email if you need more information. See the official announcement below.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>JB</div><div><br></div><div>


        
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</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-style:normal"><b><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Montreal
BrainHack School</span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">
</span></span></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">is
a 4-weeks long full-time educational workshop, which will train
participants in a range of fundamental tools for neuronal data
science, applied at the interface of Neuroscience, Statistical
modelling and Computer Science, using a project-based,
multidisciplinary approach. The school is an initiative of the group
for the union of neuroscience and artificial intelligence in Québec
(UNIQUE), and features instructors from four institutions: McGill,
Université de Montréal, École Polytechnique and Concordia
University.</span></span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Graduate
students (Master and PhD) at the psychology department of Université
de Montréal can register to brainhack school as a 3 credit course
called <a href="https://admission.umontreal.ca/cours-et-horaires/cours/psy-6983/">"</a></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><a href="https://admission.umontreal.ca/cours-et-horaires/cours/psy-6983/"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">PSY
6983 - Projet en sciences des données neuronales</span></span></u></span></font></font></span></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">"
</span></span></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">.
Graduate students at École Polytechnique, Concordia University and
McGill University can register to PSY 6983 through the </span></span></span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span><a href="http://www.bci-qc.ca/"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Bureau
de coopération inter-universitaire</span></span></u></span></font></font></span></font></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">.
Participants from outside of the partner institutions can register
too. Computer Science students from Concordia University can register
as a COMP 490 or COMP 6971 project, following the usual procedure of
their department.</span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%">There
is a limited number of seats and priority will be given to students
who take the course for credit. </span></span></span></span></font></span></font></font>
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<span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><b><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Dates:
</span></b></span></font></font></span></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">August
5th- 30th, 2019</span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><b><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Costs:
</span></b></span></font></font></span></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">free
for partner institutions, 50 CAD otherwise</span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#222222"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><b><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Location:
</span></b></span></font></font></span></font></span><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#222222"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">McGill
(week 1), Université de Montréal (week 2), École Polytechnique
(week 3) and Concordia University (week 4), Montréal, Canada</span></span></span></font></font></span></font></span></p>
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<span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><b><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Website:
</span></b></span></font></font></span></font></span><a href="https://brainhackmtl.github.io/school2019/index_fr.html"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#1155cc"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><b><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">https://brainhackmtl.github.io/school2019</span></b></u></span></font></font></span></font></span></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><b><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Inscription:
</span></b></span></font></font></span></font></span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/brainhack-school-2019-registration-59972899557"><span style="font-variant:normal"><font color="#1155cc"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u><b><span style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/brainhack-school-2019-registration-59972899557</span></b></u></span></font></font></span></font></span></a></p>
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