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= Brainstorm Training: Halifax, February 16, 2013 =
== General information ==
'''Where:''' Kenneth C. Rowe Bldg., Room 100, Dalhousie University

'''When:''' Saturday, February 16, 8am-5pm

'''Hosted by''': endMS Atlantic, RADIANT and NRC

'''Organizers:''' Timothy Bardouille, Jodi Reid, Lindsay Berrigan (Dalhousie University)

'''Instructors:''' Francois Tadel, Sylvain Baillet (MNI, !McGill)

'''Target audience: '''Neuroscientists,  psychologists, clinicians, engineers, etc. using MEG or EEG as advanced  research tools. Students, post-docs, staff, faculty interested in  learning a new academic software tool for MEG and EEG data analysis,  with an emphasis on source imaging, spectral decompositions and  functional connectivity metrics.

'''Participation fees:''' $40 for trainees, $80 for faculty, free for endMS and RADIANT trainees

== Workshop program ==
<<HTML(<FONT color=red>)>>'''Requirements'''<<HTML(</FONT>)>>

The  participants are required to bring a laptop. In order to make the session as efficient as possible, we ask  all the attendees to  download, install and test the software and sample  dataset on their  laptops prior to the workshop. Please read carfully the following  instructions:<<BR>>[[WorkshopHalifax2013Install|How to prepare your laptop for the training]]<<BR>><<BR>>

'''08:00-08:30:''' '''Laptop clinic and breakfast '''

 * Bring your laptop if you are not sure you were  succesful in installing the material for the training session

'''08:30-9:15''': '''Introduction to MEG (Sylvain Baillet''')

'''09:15-10:00''': '''Brainstorm overview'''

 * Software architecture
 * Typical data workflow

'''10:00-10:45: Hands-on training begins'''

 * Database explorer
 * Importing MRI volumes, surfaces and atlases
 * Introduction to anatomical atlases

'''10:45-11:00: Coffee break<<BR>>'''

'''11:00-12:30: Hands-on training<<BR>>'''

 * Co-registration MEG/MRI
 * Reviewing continuous recordings
 * Artifact  detection and correction
 * Filtering and epoching
 * Averaging, observation of a typical  somato-sensory evoked response
 * Head modeling, cortical source reconstruction

__'''12:30-13:30: Lunch break'''__

'''13:30-17:00: Hands-on training resumes '''(coffee & refreshments served)

 * Definition of   ROIs, tracking the processing of the sensory information millisecond  by  millisecond at the cortex level
 * Frequency and time-frequency analysis
 * Functional connectivity
 * Group   analysis and statistics
 * Advanced scripting interface
 * Other topics can be discussed  depending on the audience   specific requests

== Registration ==
'''Registration deadline:''' '''<<HTML(<FONT color=red>)>>February 1, 2013'''<<HTML(</FONT>)>>

Download, print, fill and sign the attached registration form:<<BR>> [[attachment:2013 Brainstorm Registration and Information.doc||&do=get]]

Send it with payment to:<<BR>>Janet Marshall, NRC, 3900-1796 Summer Street, Halifax, NS   B3H 3A7<<BR>> Tel:  (902) 473 1850    Fax: (902) 473 1851

Contact endMS@dal.ca for further information.