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= Osaka, Japan: May 31st, 2014 =
Workshop following the 29th Annual Meeting of Japan Biomagnetism and Bioelectromagnetics Society.<<BR>>[[http://jbbs2014.nict.go.jp/index.html|Conference link]] |  [[http://jbbs2014.nict.go.jp/satellite/index.html|Satellite event link]]

[[attachment:brainstorm-introduction-jp.pdf|Brainstormのご紹介]] | [[attachment:brainstorm-workshop-jp.pdf|Brainstormトレーニングコース開催のお知らせ]]

== General information ==
'''Where:'''<<BR>>Osaka University Convention Center Meeting Room 2<<BR>>1-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan<<BR>>Japanese: [[http://jbbs2014.nict.go.jp/annai/index.html|Access map]] | [[http://jbbs2014.nict.go.jp/access/index.html|Transit information]] | [[http://55099zzwd.coop.osaka-u.ac.jp/convention/mitori.html|Venue map]] <<BR>>English: [[WorkshopOsaka2014Access|Access information]] | [[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.817917,135.522632&hl=en&ll=34.754025,135.54863&spn=0.256407,0.528374&num=1&t=m&z=12|Google maps]]

'''When:''' <<BR>>Saturday, May 31st, 8:15-18:00

'''Organizers:''' <<BR>>Kikuko Nagao (Boston Children's Hospital)<<BR>>Francois Tadel, Sylvain Baillet (Montreal Neurological Institute / McGill University)

'''Target audience: '''<<BR>>MEG and EEG users interested in analyzing their results using Brainstorm. No specific background required. Teaching in English with help from Japanese-speaking experts.

'''Participation fees:''' <<BR>>80 USD / 8000 JPY (students)<<BR>>120 USD / 12000 JPY (faculty, staff, post-docs)

'''Maximum attendance:''' 120

== Requirements ==
The  participants are required to <<HTML(<FONT color=red>)>> '''bring a laptop''' <<HTML(</FONT>)>>  (an external mouse will add to your comfort). 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 following  instructions:<<BR>>[[WorkshopOsaka2014Install|How to prepare your laptop for the training]]

== Workshop program ==
'''08:15-09:00: Welcome and l''''''aptop clinic'''

 * Come early for assistance in installing the material for the training session

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

 * Software architecture and typical data workflow: [[http://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/WorkshopOsaka2014?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=slides_osaka2014.pdf|Download slides]] | [[attachment:workshop_slides_jp.pdf|スライド日本語訳]]

'''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'''

'''11:00-12:40: Hands-on training'''

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

__'''12:40-13:30: Lunch break'''__ ''(lunch not provided)''

'''13:30-15:00: Hands-on training resumes'''

 * Definition of   ROIs, tracking the processing of the sensory information at the cortex level
 * Frequency and time-frequency analysis
 * Functional connectivity

'''15:00-15:30: Coffee break'''

'''15:30-18:00: ''''''Advanced topics and open discussion'''

 * Group   analysis and statistics
 * Advanced scripting interface
 * Other topics can be discussed  depending on the audience specific requests

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== Registration ==
<<HTML(<A HREF="WorkshopOsaka2014Reg">View list of registered participants </A>)>>