<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Everybody, <br></div><div>We, Noah Benson, Fernada Ribeiro and Mark Schira, will be running a Workshop as a Satellite to this year's Vision Science Society Meeting in St. Pete Beach, FL. <br></div><div><b>Date and Place:</b><em> Monday, May 20, 2024, 2:00 – 5:00 pm, Banyan/Citrus</em></div><div><b>Website:</b><em> </em> <a href="https://nben.net/vss2024" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">https://nben.net/vss2024</a></div><div>The workshop will discuss <a href="https://fmriprep.org/en/stable/index.html" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">fMRIprep</a>, <a href="https://bids.neuroimaging.io/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">BIDS</a>, <a href="https://www.neurodesk.org/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Neurodesk</a>, <a href="https://github.com/vistalab/PRFmodel" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">population receptive field (PRF) modeling tools <span class="gmail-badge gmail-badge-notification gmail-clicks" title="1 click">1</span></a>,
and machine learning techniques including CNNs. Lectures will focus on
live-coding examples of the relevant software tools when possible, and
all participants will be given access to a shared compute environment
that includes all discussed software and numerous tutorials. A small <a href="https://nben.net/vss2024/register/">Registration</a> fee ($10-$50) will cover the costs for providing the cloud based compute environment running <a href="https://www.neurodesk.org/">Neurodesk</a> for at least one month after the workshop.</div><div><p>The workshop will consist of three sessions with short breaks between:</p>
<ol><li><a href="https://schiralab.com/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Mark Schira</a>
will discuss the use of reproducible software tools for lab management,
classroom settings, and high performance compute clusters. Mark will
demonstrate the <a href="https://www.neurodesk.org/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Neurodesk</a>
platform, which drastically simplifies the management, installation,
versioning, and use of numerous open source neuroimaging software tools
across environments.</li><li><a href="https://nben.net/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Noah C. Benson</a> will walk through the processing of visual MRI data using <a href="https://fmriprep.org/en/stable/index.html" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">fMRIprep</a>, <a href="https://bids.neuroimaging.io/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">BIDS</a>,
and Python tools for visualization, analysis, and annotation of
cortical surface data. Noah will demonstrate these tools in live-coded
examples in which a pipeline is established from start to finish for
examining data from visual MRI experiments.</li><li><a href="https://felenitaribeiro.github.io/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Fernanda L. Ribeiro</a>
will discuss and demonstrate machine learning tools, including
convolutional neural networks (CNNs) on retinotopic mapping data modelling complex relationships
in visual data.</li></ol>
<p>More information, including advice on <a href="https://nben.net/vss2024/prep/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">preparing for the workshop</a>, can be found on the <a href="https://nben.net/vss2024" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">website <span class="gmail-badge gmail-badge-notification gmail-clicks" title="2 clicks">2</span></a>. Please contact <a href="mailto:nben@uw.edu">Noah Benson</a> with any questions.</p></div><div>Kindest</div><div>Mark<br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Mark M. Schira, Ph.D.<br>Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong<br>Senior Research Officer, Neuroscience Research Australia<br>office:+ 61 (0) 2 4239-2501<br>mobile: +61 (0) 4059 54853<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://schiralab.com/" target="_blank">https://schiralab.com/</a><br></div><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7945-0498" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7945-0498</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>