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"Why & How" Seminar Series

Lectures are held about twice per month on Thursday at 6PM, in the 2204 conference room of Building 149. Snacks are served 20 minutes prior to the talk (no food is allowed inside the conference room).

Organizers: Hamdi Eryilmaz (heryilmaz@partners.org) and Jason Stockmann (jaystock@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu)
Mailing List: https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/whynhow

In order to better serve your Why 'n How needs, let us know what you would like to learn more about! Below are the schedules from past years, which will serve as the basis for this year's talks. If you'd like us to add a topic, send us an email at heryilmaz@partners.org and/or jaystock@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu and we'll try to make it happen.

Calendar 2015-16:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Topic	References	Lecture Slides
September 10, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Sam Mehl and Jon Kaiser	Intro to Computing at the Martinos Center		[1] [2]
September 24, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Jason Stockmann	Intro to Magnetic Resonance Physics and basic principles of imaging
October 8, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Natalia Zaretskaya	Intro to SPM and FsFAST analysis tools
October 22, 2015 (Note different time and place!)	4:30-6:30 pm	CNY75 Conference room	Alyssa Silverman and Brandon Armstrong from MathWorks	Special MathWorks seminar
November 5, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Ani Varjabedian	Intro to FreeSurfer brain image analysis tool
November 19, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Hari Bharadwaj	Statistics
December 2015, exact day TBA	6pm	!!! BAY 2 !!!	Dylan Tisdall	MRI scanner demonstration
January 21, 2015	6 pm	CNY149-2204	Sheraz Khan	Master MEG/EEG in one hour

Calendar 2014-15:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Topic	References	Lecture Slides
September 18, 2014	6pm	CNY149-2204	Sam Mehl and Jon Kaiser	Intro to Computing at the Martinos Center		[3] [4]
October 2, 2014	6pm	CNY149-2204	Allison Stevens	Intro to Freesurfer		[5]
October 16, 2014	6pm	CNY149-2204	Aapo Nummenmaa	Intro to Matlab		[6]
October 30, 2014	6pm	CNY149-2204	Martin Luessi	Intro to Python
November 13, 2014	6pm	CNY149-2204	Jason Stockmann	Intro to MRI physics
December 10 & 11, 2014	6pm	!!! BAY 2 !!!	Dylan Tisdall	MRI scanner demonstration
January 29, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Hari Bharadwaj	Statistics		[7]
February 12, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Sheraz Khan	Master MEG/EEG in one hour
February 26, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Anastasia Yendiki	Diffusion-weighted MRI		[8]
March 12, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Marco Loggia	Intro to neuroanatomy		[9]
March 26, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Natalia Zaretskaya	Intro to functional MRI and FSL FAST		[10]
April 9, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Koene van Dijk	Intro to functional connectivity		[11]
May 7, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Matt Hutchison	Brain circuits and functional connectivity
June 18, 2015	6pm	CNY149-2204	Christin Sander	Intro to positron emission tomography (PET)

Calendar 2013-14:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Topic	References	Lecture Slides
September 19, 2013	6pm	CNY149-2204	Martin Luessi	Intro to Scientific Python		[12]
October 3, 2013	6pm	CNY149-2204	Sara Sprinkhuizen	MR Physics		TBD
October 17, 2013	6pm	CNY149-2204	Maritza Ebling	Intro to FreeSurfer		[13]
November 7, 2013	6pm	CNY149-2204	Jon Kaiser	Intro to Computing at the Martinos Center		[14]
November 20 & 21, 2013	6pm	Bay 2!	Dylan Tisdall	Syngo demonstration
January 23, 2014	6pm	CNY149-2204	Marco Loggia	Neuroanatomy for Dummies		[15]
February 6, 2014	6pm	CNY149-2204	Jon Kaiser	Intro to Launchpad		[16]
February 20, 2014	6pm	CNY149-2204	Koene van Dijk	Resting-state fMRI		[17]
March 6, 2014	6pm	CNY149-2204	Hari Bharadwaj	Statistics
March 20, 2014	6pm	CNY149-2204	Jacob Hooker	Intro to PET and PET/MRI		[18]
April 17, 2014	6pm	CNY149-2204	Linda Douw	Introduction to Network Theory
April 29, 2014 NB this is a Tuesday!	6pm	CNY149-2204	Randy Gollub	Grant writing		[19]

Calendar 2012-13:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Topic	References	Lecture Slides
September 13, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Martin Luessi	Intro to Scientific Python		[20]
September 20, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Sam Mehl and Jon Kaiser	Intro to Computing at the Martinos Center		[21]
October 25, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Dylan Tisdall	MR Syngo training		N/A
November 8, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Louis Vinke	Intro to FreeSurfer		[22]
November 15, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Donald McLaren	Group Analysis and Its Implications for Experimental fMRI Designs		[23]
November 29, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Sara Sprinkhuizen	MR Physics		[24] NB Adobe Flash Player is needed
December 6, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Doug Greve	Introduction to FsFast	N/A
December 13, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Sheraz Khan	Master MEG/EEG in 45 minutes	N/A
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January 10, 2013	6pm	CNY149-2204	Martin Luessi	Intro to MEG and MNE	N/A	[25]
January 24, 2013	6pm	CNY149-2204	cancelled		N/A
February 7, 2013	6pm	CNY149-2204	Hari Bharadwaj	Introduction to statistics		[26]
February 21, 2013	6pm	CNY149-2204	Koene van Dijk	Resting-state fMRI		[27]
March 7, 2013	6pm	CNY149-2204	Linda Douw	Introduction to network theory		[28]
March 12, 2013 NB this is a Tuesday!	6pm	CNY149-2204	Randy Gollub	Grant writing		[29]
April 18, 2013	6pm	CNY149-2204	Juliette Selb	Intro to NIRS		[30]
April 25, 2013	6pm	CNY149-2204	Satra Ghosh	Nipype	N/A

Calendar 2011-12:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Topic	References	Lecture Slides
September 29, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Khaldoun Makhoul [31]	Linux Computing Part I	N/A	pdf
October 6, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Khaldoun Makhoul [32]	Linux Computing Part II	N/A	pdf
October 13, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Khaldoun Makhoul [33]	MRI Physics I	N/A	pdf
November 3, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Alex Gramfort	Python for Matlab users	N/A	pdf
November 17, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Aapo Nummenmaa	Matlab	N/A	pdf
December 1, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Dylan Tysdall	MRI Syngo Training	N/A
December 15, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Anna Moore	Intro to Molecular Imaging	N/A
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January 19, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Doug Greve	Intro to fsFast	N/A	pdf
February 2, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Louis Vinke	Intro to FreeSurfer	N/A	pdf
February 16, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Donald McLaren	Rules for Constructing and Reporting Second-level Statistics	OrthoView peak_nii 3dClustSim	pdf
March 1, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Sheraz Khan	Master MEG/EEG in one hour	N/A	pdf
March 22, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Marco Loggia	Neuroanatomy for Dummies	N/A	pdf
March 29, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Juliette Selb	Intro to NIRS	N/A	pdf
April 5, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Martin Luessi	Intro to git and github	N/A	html
April 19, 2012	6pm	CNY149-2204	Satra Ghosh	{Nipype: ('why', 'what', 'how')}	N/A	html

Calendar 2010-11:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Topic	References	Lecture Slides
October 7, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Marco Loggia [34]	Neuroanatomy for dummies	N/A	pdf
October 21, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Hari Bharadwaj [35]	Statistics	N/A	pdf
November 4, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Donald McLaren [36]	The GLM (General Linear Model)-- first and second-level models	N/A	pdf
November 18, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Adrian KC Lee [37]	Matlab	N/A	pdf review.m comb.m comb2.m factorial.m factorial2.m
December 2, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Khaldoun Makhoul [38]	UNIX and basic C shell scripting	N/A	pdf
February 3, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Allison Stevens	FreeSurfer	N/A	pdf
February 17, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Jean Chen	Arterial Spin Labeling	N/A	pdf
March 3, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Aapo Nummenmaa	MEG	N/A	pdf
March 8, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Prof. Randy Gollub [39]	Seminar on Grant Writing		ppt
March 17, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Sheraz Khan [40]	PsychToolbox for Stimuli Presentation		ppt .m tutorial
April 7, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Dionyssios Mintzopoulos [41]	Introduction to R	N/A	pdf
April 28, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Khaldoun Makhoul [42]	MR Physics	N/A	pdf
May 5, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Ellen Lau [43]	Practical Issues for Multimodal Neuroimaging		pdf
May 19, 2011	6pm	CNY149-2204	Anastasia Yendiki [44]	Introduction to DTI	N/A	ppt

Calendar 2009-10:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Topic	References	Lecture Slides
** Nov 10, 2009 **	5pm	CNY149-2204	Prof. Randy Gollub [45]	Seminar on Grant Writing	N/A	PDF
Nov 19, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Adrian KC Lee [46]	How to use MATLAB? (Advanced)	PDF(m-files)	PDF
Dec 3, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Hari Bharadwaj [47]	Statistics (Beginners)	N/A	PDF
Dec 17, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Hari Bharadwaj [48]	Statistics (Advanced)	PDF PDF	PDF
Jan 14, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Allison Stevens [49]	Intro to FreeSurfer (Beginners)	N/A	PDF
Feb 4, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Nick Schmansky [50]	How do you use Qdec for group analysis of morphometric data?	N/A	PDF
Feb 18, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Lilla Zollei [51]	Basic C Shell scripting	PDF BOOK	PDF
March 4, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Marco Loggia [52]	By the way, where is the fornix??? An introduction to gross neuroanatomy	N/A	PDF MOVIE
March 18, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Anastasia Yendiki [53]	Introduction to DTI analysis	N/A	PDF
April 1, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Aapo Nummenmaa [54]	Interpreting MEG data in terms of "distributed sources": under the cover of MNE	N/A	PDF
April 15, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Adrian KC Lee [55]	How to navigate through the MEG-MNE workflow?	N/A	PDF
May 6, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	--	--	N/A
May 20, 2010	6pm	CNY149-2204	Kara Dyckman [56]	Where do those pretty colored blobs come from? An introduction to the BOLD signal and fMRI designs.	N/A	PDF

Beginner's level: No prior knowledge assumed. First exposure or a refresher to the topic.

Advanced level: Prior knowledge assumed. Please check the relevant beginner's level Why.N.How section offered previously for assumed knowledge.

Calendar 2008-09:

Date	Time	Location	Speaker	Topic	References	Lecture Slides
Nov 6, 2008	6pm	CNY149-2204	Adrian KC Lee [57]	Why do we need to know about Linear Algebra?	N/A	PDF
Nov 20, 2008	6pm	CNY149-2204	Emily Israeli (eisraeli@nmr)	How do we use MATLAB? -- an introductory session.	N/A	PDF ZIP
Dec 4, 2008	6pm	CNY149-2204	Lilla Zollei [58]	Why do we have so many brain coordinate systems?	N/A	PDF
Dec 18, 2008	6pm	CNY149-2204	Allison Stevens [59]	How to use Freesurfer?	N/A	PDF
Jan 15, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Marco Loggia [60]	By the way, where is the fornix? An introduction to gross neuroanatomy	N/A	PDF
Feb 5, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Lilla Zollei [61]	Intro to basic statistics	N/A	PDF
Feb 19, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Katie Handwerger [62]	SPSS tutorial	N/A	PDF
March 5, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Aapo Nummenmaa [63]	Why is it called a current dipole?	Cohen.PDF	PDF1 PDF2
March 19, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Daniel Goldenholz [64]	How do we analyze MEG data?	N/A	PDF
April 2, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Nick Schmansky [65]	How do you use Qdec for group analysis of morphometric data?	N/A	PDF
April 30, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Rudolph Pienaar [66]	What is the physics behind MRI?	N/A	PDF1 PDF2
May 7, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Adrian KC Lee [67]	Why do we need Signal Processing N How do we conceptualize it?	N/A	PDF
May 21, 2009	6pm	CNY149-2204	Ed Vul [68]	Discussion on "Voodoo Correlations"	N/A	PDF

To facilitate discussion on Ed Vul's paper, we have made the following papers / links available:

Vul et al (2009), "Puzzlingly high correlations in fMRI studies of emotion, personality and social cognition," Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4(3):274-290. (formerly known as "Voodoo Correlations" paper)

Lieberman et al (in press), "Correlations in social neuroscience aren't voodoo: A reply to Vul et al," Perspectives on Psychological Science

Vul et al (2009), "Reply to Comments on 'Puzzlingly high correlations in fMRI studies of emotion, personality and social cognition", 4(3):319-324.

Vul and Kanwisher (in press), "Begging the Question: The Non-Independence Error in fMRI Data Analysis." in Hanson & Brunzl (eds.), Foundations and Philosophy for Neuroimaging.

Jabbi et al, "Response to 'Voodoo Correlations in Social Neuroscience' by Vul et al. - summary information for the press"

Slides from Bob Cox (NIMH) discussion on Voodoo Correlations

For more rebuttals on the Voodoo correlations paper, please visit Ed Vul's website.

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