[Neuroinfo] Summer School on Brain Connectomics 19-22 September 2016

[Paolo Avesani]

*SUMMER SCHOOL ON BRAIN CONNECTOMICS**SEPT. 19-22, DEPT. OF COMPUTER
SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF VERONA*

Connectomics is one of the hottest inter-disciplinary topics today. It
links computer science and Engineering with life sciences and medicine.
Connection networks grow over functional (fMRI, ASL, EEG) and structural
(diffusion weighted MRI) data and the integration of the two in both static
and dynamic conditions would shad light on the way our brain actually
works. Connectomics also holds paramount potential for clinical
applications through the characterization of the network modulation in
pathologies and the assessment of the effectiveness of the treatment.

The School on Brain Connectomics gathers the knowledge in the different
fields that are touched by this topics providing the students a
comprehensive view of this research area as well as awareness about the
cutting-edge methodological, experimental and clinical aspects that are
involved, besides giving them the opportunity of getting in touch with
top-level scientists.

The School articulates in four days respectively focusing on diffusion MRI
and microstructure (Session 1), functional neuroimaging (Session 2),
connectivity models (Session 3) and practical aspects (Session 4),
complemented by “Diving Into Science” (DIS) sessions.

The School will be held at the Dept. of Computer Science of the University
of Verona.

The opening lecture will be held by Prof. *Rachid Deriche*, winner of the
ERC Advanced grant with the project CoBCoM “Computational Brain
Connectivity Mapping”.

Full program is available on the website at www.brainconnectomics.org.
*LIST OF SPEAKERS*

*Jean Philippe Thiran*, Signal Processing Lab. (LTS5), Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

*Maxime Descoteaux*, Sherbrook Connectivity Imaging Lab. (SCIL), Dept. Of
Computer Science, Sherbrook University, Canada

*Flavio Dell’Acqua*, Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, King’s College
London, UK

*Alessandro Daducci*, Radiology Dept., Vaud University Hospital (CHUV) and
LTS5-EPFL, Switzerland

*Markus Nilsson*, Department of Radiology at Lund University, Sweden

*Dimitri Vandeville*, EPFL and University of Geneva, Switzerland

*Luis Lemieux*, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL, UK

*Olivier Coulon*, MeCA research group – Laboratory for Signals and Systems
(LSIS), CNRS, Marseille, France

*Angelo Bifone*, Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems, IIT, Italy

*Fabio Babiloni*, Univ. La Sapienza and BrainSigns, Rome, Italy

*Dr. Cristina Granziera*, Harvard Medical School, US, and CHUV, Lausanne,
Switzerland

The school will be open to about 50 qualified, motivated and pre-selected
candidates.

Ph. D. students, Post-Docs, young researchers (both academic and
industrial), senior researchers (both academic and industrial) or
academic/industrial professionals are encouraged to apply by sending an
email to info at brainconnectomics.org. Priority will be given to PhD students.

The School fee will be 150,00 €.

Applications should be received *before Sept. 2, 2016*. Applicants will
receive notification of acceptance by Sept. 9, 2016.


*STUDENT POSTERS AND BEST PRESENTATION*

Students may submit a poster to present their research activity. The
electronic version of the posters will also be available from the School
web site.

A best presentation prize of 100€ will be assigned by the school committee.


*DIS (DIVING INTO SCIENCE) SESSIONS*

Groups of students will be formed leaded by a tutor for each topic. The
tutor will select 2 papers per each speaker of the Session to be read by
the students in the topic group. The DIS session will consist in an open
discussion chaired by the tutor with the speakers of the topic.


*SCHOOL DEADLINES*

Application: *Sept. 2 2016*
Notification Acceptance: *Sept. 9 2016*
Poster Submission: *Sept. 2 2016*


Local Arrangements: available under request on a first-come first-served
basis
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