Connectionists: data analysis competition / Biomag2012

[Ole Jensen]

Dear colleagues,

We would like to announce (2nd announcement) the data analysis 
competition at the Biomag2012 meeting (Paris, Aug 26-30). Please 
encourage students and postdocs to participate. There were some 
technical glitches in the data after the 1st announcement. They are now 
corrected.

With best wishes,

Ole Jensen and Ali Bahramisharif


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*Biomag2012 analysis competition - distributed representations
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http://www.biomag2012.org/content/data-analysis-competition

The decoding of mental states and neuronal representations from brain 
imaging data is a research field in rapid development (Spiers HJ, 
Maguire EA. Decoding human brain activity during real-world experiences. 
Trends Cogn Sci. 2007 ; Haynes JD, Rees G. Decoding mental states from 
brain activity in humans. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2006). These decoding 
approaches have a great potential in MEG research where data are 
recorded from hundreds of sensors with a millisecond time resolution. In 
particular cognitive neuroscience could benefit from further development 
of decoding approaches in order to identify representational specific 
brain activity.
The aim of the competition is to:

  * Promote the development and application of new multivariate analysis
    techniques for decoding of brain activity
  * Make the audience aware of novel approaches
  * Elucidate the pros and cons of the different techniques
      o Which assumptions are behind a given approach?
      o What are the limitations?
  * Attract signal-processing experts from outside the MEG field
  * Encourage a discussion on the cognitive insight the techniques can
    bring about

The deadline for submitting results is Aug 17, 2012.


-- 
   Ole Jensen http://www.neuosc.com

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