Brainstorm Training Workshop at MIT

General information

• When: Saturday, April 28, 2012 (9am - 5pm)

• Where: MIT Building 32 (Stata Center) Room 141

• Requirements: Bring your own laptop with Brainstorm installed (minimum version: April 18th), and the sample dataset.

Installation instructions

Before coming to the workshop, you need to download the software and the tutorial dataset from the Brainstorm website (approximately 400Mb). It requires a free registration. To streamline troubleshooting and workshop procedures, we ask the attendees to store all the downloaded files on their desktops.

1. Go to the ?Download page, create an account (quick and free registration process)

2. From the download page, download the following files to your desktop:

   • Brainstorm software: brainstorm_YYMMDD.zip (45 Mb)

   • Example dataset: sample_workshop.zip

   • Matlab Component Runtime: ONLY if you do not have Matlab installed on your computer

3. Note: if you already have Brainstorm installed, make sure that the version you use was released after April 18th.

4. Unzip all the zip files
5. If you are using the stand-alone version (no Matlab): Install the MCR library
6. Delete the zip files

7. Create a folder "brainstorm_db" on your desktop

11. 8) Go back to the installation page for information on how to run Brainstorm (http://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/Installation) 9) To make sure that Brainstorm works properly, please follow at least the first half of the online First steps tutorial: http://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/Tutorials/TutFirstSteps 10) When asked to select a folder for the Brainstorm database: create a folder called ‘brainstorm_db’ on your desktop. 11) Final check: you should have three folders on your desktop:

12. brainstorm3: program folder b. brainstorm_db: brainstorm database c. sample_workshop: sample dataset d. And the brainstorm introduction slides Support:

    For any technical problems, please contact Francois Tadel ( francois.tadel@mcgill.ca ) For those who need help prior to the meeting, please come to our laptop clinics:  April 27 / all day: MIT Bldg 46 Atrium (3rd floor) during the McGovern Institute Annual Symposium  April 28 @ 8am: MIT Bldg 32, outside room 141

REQUIREMENTS: Attendees must follow the attached instructions. Power plugs are available at each desk. We ask participants to visit one of our "Laptop Clinics" prior to the Brainstorm session. Clinic times and locations include: