== Aix-en-Provence, France: October 27-31, 2025 [NOT READY] ==
Practical workshop on EEG/MEG analysis in Aix-en-Provence, in parallel with:!FieldTrip, EEGLAB, and MNE-Python. Program available on the workshop website https://cuttingeeg.org/practicalmeeg2025/

The hands-on part of this workshop is based on the Frontiers Research Topic [[https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/5158/from-raw-megeeg-to-publication-how-to-perform-megeeg-group-analysis-with-free-academic-software|From raw MEG/EEG to publication]]: a collection of articles processing the [[https://openneuro.org/datasets/ds000117|same multimodal dataset]] using different software environments. We will process together one subject of this dataset, following the processing pipeline described in the article [[https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2019.00076/full|MEG/EEG Group Analysis With Brainstorm]] and the corresponding [[https://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/Tutorials/VisualSingle|online tutorial]].

== General information ==
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<<HTML(<TR><TD>)>>'''Where'''<<HTML(</TD><TD>)>>[[https://practicalmeeg2022.org/venue/|Le Cube, Aix-Marseille université]]<<HTML(</TD></TR>)>>

<<HTML(<TR><TD>)>>'''When'''<<HTML(</TD><TD>)>>Monday Octo 27th - Friday Oct 31st, 2022: 9:00-18:00<<HTML(</TD></TR>)>>

<<HTML(<TR><TD>)>>'''Instructors'''<<HTML(</TD><TD>)>> [[https://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/AboutUs/tmedani|Takfarinas MEDANI]] (University of Southern California, Los Angeles) <<BR>> [[http://www.neurotrack.fr|Anne-Sophie Dubarry]] (Aix-Marseille University, LNC) <<BR>> [[https://guiomarniso.com/|Guiomar Niso]] (Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Spain) <<HTML(</TD></TR>)>>

<<HTML(<TR><TD>)>>'''Documents'''<<HTML(</TD><TD>)>> [[https://practicalmeeg2022.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/practicalmeeg2022_brainstorm_walkthrough.pdf|Tutorial walkthrough]]<<HTML(</TD></TR>)>>

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== Requirements ==
The  participants are required to <<HTML(<FONT color=red>)>> '''bring a laptop''' <<HTML(</FONT>)>> and an external mouse. In order to make the    session as efficient as possible, we ask  all the attendees to <<HTML(<FONT color=red>)>>'''download, install and test'''<<HTML(</FONT>)>> the software and sample  dataset on their  laptops prior to the workshop.

Please read carefully the installation instructions: <<BR>>[[https://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/WorkshopParis2019#Installation_instructions|How to prepare your laptop for the training]]

== Installation instructions ==
Before  coming to the workshop, you  need to download  the software and the  tutorial dataset (1.1 Gb). To streamline   troubleshooting during the  session, please save all the  downloaded   files '''__on your Desktop__'''.

 1. From the Brainstorm [[http://neuroimage.usc.edu/bst/download.php|Download]] page, log in or create a Brainstorm account
 1. Download <<HTML(<FONT color=red>)>>brainstorm_YYMMDD.zip<<HTML(</FONT>)>>   (88 Mb)
 1. If you already have Brainstorm: update it.
 1. Download the tutorial dataset (1.1 Gb):<<BR>>[[https://owncloud.icm-institute.org/index.php/s/cNu5jmiOhe7Yuoz/download|https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7189460]]
 1. Unzip the two downloaded files on your desktop
 1. Delete the two downloaded zip files
 1. Create a folder "'''brainstorm_db'''" on your '''Desktop '''
 1. Final check: you should have 3 folders on your desktop:
  * '''brainstorm3''': Program folder, with the source code and the compiled executable
  * '''brainstorm_db''': Brainstorm database (empty)
  * '''ds000117-pruned''': Example dataset used during the training session
 1. Start Brainstorm (see following section)
 1. Select the menu '''Help > Workshop preparation'''.
 1. Follow the instructions: when you see the 3D figure, make sure you see both a  transparent head surface and a brain surface. Try to rotate the view with your mouse, and zoom in and out with the mouse wheel. <<BR>><<BR>> {{attachment:test_bst.gif}}
 1. If you want to call !FieldTrip functions from Brainstorm (multitaper, cluster-based statistics and dipole fitting), '''download and install !FieldTrip''' on your computer:<<BR>>http://www.fieldtriptoolbox.org/download/

== Running Brainstorm for the first time ==
First '''download''' the free trial version of [[https://www.mathworks.com/licensecenter/classroom/3912557/|Matlab 2025a]] (valid until XXXX YYYth) provided by the PracticalMEEG organizers.

 1. Start Matlab
 1. Do '''NOT '''add brainstorm3 folder to your Matlab path: this will be done automatically
 1. Go to the brainstorm3 folder
 1. Type "brainstorm" in the command window
 1. When asked for the Brainstorm database folder, pick the "brainstorm_db" you have just created