The Human Connectome Project (HCP) is pleased to announce the 2016 HCP Course: “Exploring the Human Connectome” http://humanconnectome.org/courses/2016/exploring-the-human-connectome.php, to be held August 28-September 1 (Sunday-Thursday) at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center http://www.theconfcenter.hms.harvard.edu/ at Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
This 5-day intensive course will provide training in the acquisition, analysis and visualization of whole-brain imaging and behavioral data from the Human Connectome Project (HCP) using methods and informatics tools developed by the WU-Minn HCP consortium plus data made freely available to the neuroscience community.
The course is designed for investigators who are interested in:
*using data being collected and distributed by HCP *acquiring and analyzing HCP-style imaging and behavioral data at your own institution *processing your own non-HCP imaging data using HCP pipelines and methods *learning to use Connectome Workbench tools and the CIFTI connectivity data format *learning HCP multi-modal neuroimaging analysis methods, including those that combine MEG and MRI data *positioning yourself to capitalize on HCP-style data from forthcoming large-scale projects (e.g., Lifespan HCP and Connectomes Related to Human Disease)
Participants will learn how to acquire, analyze, visualize, and interpret data from four major MR modalities (structural MR, resting-state fMRI, diffusion imaging, task-evoked fMRI) plus magnetoencephalography (MEG) and extensive behavioral data. Lectures and labs will provide grounding in neurobiological as well as methodological issues involved in interpreting multimodal data, and will span the range from single-voxel/vertex to brain network analysis approaches.
The course is open to graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and industry participants. The course is aimed at both new and existing users of HCP data, methods, and tools, and will cover both basic and advanced topics. Prior experience in human neuroimaging or in computational analysis of brain networks is desirable, preferably including familiarity with FSL and Freesurfer software. For more info and to register visit the HCP Course website http://humanconnectome.org/courses/2016/exploring-the-human-connectome.php.
We hope to see you in Bah-ston!
Best, 2016 HCP Course Organizers