5th BigBrain Workshop – Insights from the BigBrain (Online)

Organiser: Other

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Attendance type(s): Virtual

Event Dates: 22—23 Sep 2021

  • 22/09/2021
  • 23/09/2021

Registration Deadline: 20 Sep 2021

Call for contributions.

After a series of successful BigBrain workshops we are pleased to announce the 5th BigBrain Workshop, taking place as an international symposium on:

September 22-23, 2021 in virtual format

with a pre-workshop day on September 21 providing practical hands-on sessions on our data and tools.

We are proud to announce Martijn van den Heuvel as our keynote speaker.

Registration is now open. Please register at https://go.fzj.de/BigBrainWorkshop2021

The workshop will be organized as a symposium, with both invited speakers and contributed talks as well as a poster and demo session. We welcome short abstracts of current work and/or short proposals for future initiatives related to the BigBrain. The topics to be considered will include:

  • Methods and algorithms to analyze the BigBrain, especially (but not necessarily) concerning
    + repair and preprocessing
    + registration
    + segmentation and mapping of cortical layers, areas, and subcortical structures
    + visualization and annotation tools
    + deep learning and machine learning approaches
    + modelling and simulation
  • HPC aspects of managing, storing and processing big data (high resolution and/or very large volume)
  • Studies and teaching activities around the BigBrain

 

Contact Details

Name: BigBrain Project

Email: info@bigbrainproject.org

URL: https://bigbrainproject.org/