[Neuroinfo] 1st French Neuroinformatics Workshop, June 17th, Paris

[Andrew Davison]

The French Node of the INCF is organising a one day workshop with the aims of:

* bringing together people involved in neuroinformatics in France (i.e. anyone applying computational methods to neuroscience, whether it be simulation, data analysis, data management, ...)
* raising the profile of neuroinformatics, so that more neuroscientists are aware of the what the field has to offer

We invite anyone involved in using computational approaches in neuroscience, or who is interested in discovering new tools and techniques they can apply to their own research, to take part in the workshop. **A limited number of travel grants are available** to doctoral students and postdocs working in French universities or research institutes.

Registration is free but required, as the number of places is limited. To register, please fill in the registration form: http://neuroinf.fr/workshop2014/register/

The meeting will take place at the European Institute for Theoretical Neuroscience,  74 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine in central Paris.

Full information:  http://neuroinf.fr/workshop2014/


Speakers:

* Dimitri Papadopoulos, CEA/Saclay, I2BM, NeuroSpin. "Brain imaging and genetics database: a semantic web experience with the Imagen data."
* Paula Sanz Leon, Université Aix-Marseille, "Introducing The Virtual Brain: the challenges and benefits of building a large-scale brain network simulator."
* Marcel Stimberg, Institut de la Vision, Paris, "Watching Brian grow - the development of a neural simulator"
* Yann Le Franc, Independent scientist, Paris. "TBA"
* Thomas Brochier, CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille. "Recording and analysis of massively parallel neuronal data in relation to behavior"
* Alexandre Gramfort, Telecom ParisTech, CNRS, "MNE software for MEG and EEG data analysis"
* Roberto Toro, CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris. "BrainSpell: Help us create the first open, human-curated, classification of the neuroimaging literature"
* Michel Dojat, Inserm, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble. "Fli-IAM: A national infrastructure for the management of data and tools in in vivo imaging"

We will also have a session for lightning talks. If you have a project you would like to present, please propose a lightning talk when you register!


Organisation and Support:

The workshop is being organised by the French National Node of the INCF (organising committee Yves Frégnac (UNIC, CNRS), Jean-Baptiste Poline (Neurospin, CEA2, UC Berkeley) and Andrew Davison (UNIC)). The workshop is supported by a grant to the INCF French National Node from the Thematic Institute for Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Neurology, and Psychiatry of the French National Alliance for Life and Health Sciences, by the CNRS and by the EITN.