[MINC-users] [REPRIC] Multivariate neuroimaging analysis workshop Oct 5&6

[yves.roy@UMontreal.CA]

Dear Colleagues

As most of you working in neuroimaging know very well, new methods for
data analysis are constantly being developed. Among these are
multivariate techniques which have wide applicability in many
circumstances.

In collaboration with the University of Montreal, we have arranged for a
two-day workshop devoted to one of these methods, partial least squares
(PLS), to be given by Randy McIntosh and Nancy Lobaugh, from the
University of Toronto, who have been leaders in this field for some
time. (see references, below)

The workshop is aimed at faculty, postdocs, and advanced graduate
students who have experience with neuroimaging and wish to enlarge their
knowledge of analysis techniques. Details about PLS analyses as they
pertain to PET and fMRI as well as ERP techniques will be discussed.

Background information will be presented on the first day to
ensure a sufficient base for attendees, but the assumption is that most
attendees have a rudimentary knowledge of matrix algebra, statistics,
neuroimaging.  The second day will be a hands-on computer lab using both
example data sets and data that participants bring.  Further details
concerning the format for data to be analyzed will be posted shortly.

Additional details

PLACE:
1st day: MNI, room 201 Webster pavillion, 3801 University St.
2nd day: Université de Montréal, lab A-325, Marie-Victorin, 90 Vincent
d'Indy Ave.

DATES: October 5 & 6

COST: $100 per participant (further details on method of payment will be
forthcoming to those who register)

NOTE: places are limited because of the availability of computer
terminals. We may need to double up people from the same or related labs
on a single terminal if there are more participants than there are  
spaces.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED: please register at the following web site:
http://www.rsmnq.ca/repric/en/pls_workshop.htm

Schedule
Day 1
900-1015    Multivariate Stats Review
1015-1045    Coffee
1045-1200    PLS Basics
1200-1330    Lunch
1330-1530    PLS for MRI
1530-1600    Coffee
1600-1730    PLS for ERP

Day 2
900-1015    PLS software
1015-1045    coffee
1045-1200    PLS apps - example data sets
1200-1330    Lunch
1330-1730    PLS appls - self directed

Hope to see you at the workshop

Robert Zatorre
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Readings:
McIntosh, AR, Bookstein, FL, Haxby, JV & Grady, CL, (1996). Spatial
pattern analysis of functional brain images using partial least squares.
NeuroImage, 3, 143-157.

Lobaugh NJ, West R, McIntosh AR (2001) Spatiotemporal analysis of
experimental differences in event-related potential data with partial
least squares. Psychophysiology 38:517-530

McIntosh, A.R., Rajah, M. N., and Lobaugh, N. J. (2003). Functional
Connectivity of Medial Temporal Lobe Relates to Learning and Awareness.
Journal of Neuroscience, 23(26), 6520-6528.



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Robert J. Zatorre, Ph.D.
Montreal Neurological Institute
3801 University St.
Montreal, QC Canada H3A 2B4
phone: 1-514-398-8903
fax: 1-514-398-1338
e-mail: robert.zatorre at mcgill.ca
web site: www.zlab.mcgill.ca